CDP launch in China

The first CDP China Report was launched in Beijing International Hotel. With only five replies from 100 companies the presentations and discussions were more interesting than the report. I also remembered how hard Peng Lei had to work to get a 30% response rate on our report about Chinese Companies in the 21st century a few years ago so I was not surprised.

The two key presentations were done by Dongzhi Yu from ICBC and Jennifer Jiang from Merrill Lynch. Both presentations were of very high quality and with focus on the core business of the banks related to a low carbon development and what they are doing. I really hope that we will see more of these kinds of presentations in OECD from people in the finance sector, especially these days.

Then there was a "panel" where I participated together with Allan Zhang, Director, PwC and Richard Shi, Director, China Entrepreneur Club DCE sitting on the chairs on stage. Chairing the session was Feng Jia, Deputy Director, MEP. Our discussions focused mainly on the opportunities mong Chinese companies to become winners in a low carbon economy.

Hopefully the future development of CDP and other instruments that support a low carbon development will focus more on the winners in a low carbon economy and less on today’s big emitters.

UPDATE 29th October: Chinese article with pictures

Baoding and a resource smart development in China

WWF and CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) arranged a conference in Beijing with the theme: “Why Ecological Footprint Matters to the Economy and Sustainable development: Practical Solutions to Global Needs”.

I was in a session called “International cooperation on natural resources and energy solutions” together with Yuan Jinghua, head of Baoding Industrial Zone and Liu Daoping, Division Director, State Forest Administration. Professor Cheng Shengkui, Director of institute, IGSNRR, CAS, as chairing the session and Nan Li from WWF ended the session with a very interesting overview of the work WWF done with CAITEC in Africa to see how the Sino-African axis can be a driver for sustainable resource use.

It was encouraging to see the progress in Baoding and I really hope our coming report, that soon will be ready, will be able to make the work there known to a broader audience.

Baoding and a resource smart development in China

WWF and CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences) arranged a conference in Beijing with the theme: “Why Ecological Footprint Matters to the Economy and Sustainable development: Practical Solutions to Global Needs”.

I was in a session called “International cooperation on natural resources and energy solutions” together with Yuan Jinghua, head of Baoding Industrial Zone and Liu Daoping, Division Director, State Forest Administration. Professor Cheng Shengkui, Director of institute, IGSNRR, CAS, as chairing the session and Nan Li from WWF ended the session with a very interesting overview of the work WWF done with CAITEC in Africa to see how the Sino-African axis can be a driver for sustainable resource use.

It was encouraging to see the progress in Baoding and I really hope our coming report, that soon will be ready, will be able to make the work there known to a broader audience.

China Mobile: Getting ready for low carbon leadership

To meet with China Mobile is always a pleasure. Their work in the low carbon area is really interesting. They have a balanced approach where they approach both their own emissions and their (mainly positive) impact from use of their products and services. People like Yan Jiang, General Manager, at China Mobile are working hard to deliver concrete results.

Following earlier work, three areas are of particular interest in relation to China Mobile:

1. How China Mobile can keep their own emissions under control, especially emissions from base stations. China Mobile already have a target to reduce CO2 from base stations with almost 7 million tonnes of CO2.

2. Assess the emission reductions due to existing services that China Mobile is providing. Today China Mobile provides a number of low-carbon IT solutions, but no assessment exists on how significant these savings are.

3. Assess the future potential of services from China Mobile. The need for a resource efficient development in China is established by the Chinese government and for a low carbon development it is important to understand the potential for smart low carbon IT solutions.

China Mobile is already well prepared and it is interesting to see how the GRI reporting framework we developed back in 2003 as a supplement for the telecom sector is being used today by China Mobile.

China Mobile: Getting ready for low carbon leadership

To meet with China Mobile is always a pleasure. Their work in the low carbon area is really interesting. They have a balanced approach where they approach both their own emissions and their (mainly positive) impact from use of their products and services. People like Yan Jiang, General Manager, at China Mobile are working hard to deliver concrete results.

Following earlier work, three areas are of particular interest in relation to China Mobile:

1. How China Mobile can keep their own emissions under control, especially emissions from base stations. China Mobile already have a target to reduce CO2 from base stations with almost 7 million tonnes of CO2.

2. Assess the emission reductions due to existing services that China Mobile is providing. Today China Mobile provides a number of low-carbon IT solutions, but no assessment exists on how significant these savings are.

3. Assess the future potential of services from China Mobile. The need for a resource efficient development in China is established by the Chinese government and for a low carbon development it is important to understand the potential for smart low carbon IT solutions.

China Mobile is already well prepared and it is interesting to see how the GRI reporting framework we developed back in 2003 as a supplement for the telecom sector is being used today by China Mobile.