Abstract: With the in-depth advancement of ecological civilization construction, industrial parks, as the core carriers of industrial economic agglomeration, are facing multiple challenges such as the complexity of pollution sources, insufficient technical support for environmental management, and the increasing pressure of environmental compliance. As an innovative business model of third-party governance services for environmental pollution, environmental stewards have become a key path to solve the dilemma of environmental governance in parks. Based on the dual perspectives of policy evolution and practical cases, this paper systematically analyzes the core application scenarios and practical effects of environmental stewards in industrial parks, and deeply dissects the bottlenecks existing in the current promotion process, including the lack of standardization, cognitive bias of relevant subjects, and vague definition of rights and responsibilities. Combined with cutting-edge development trends such as artificial intelligence empowerment and strengthened policy coordination, this study proposes targeted promotion and optimization paths, aiming to provide theoretical support and practical guidance for promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of industrial parks and improving the modernization level of the environmental governance system.
Chen et al. (Mon,) studied this question.