"Passion for a Sustainable Future", a short film co-produced by Yili Group and 
The Economist Group in the UK, was recognized as the "Best Corporate 
Sustainability Film" at Odyssey 2023 in Cambridge, an acknowledgment of the 
Asian dairy giant's commitment to global sustainability.

Now in its 3rd edition, the Odyssey film festival celebrates "Global 
Sustainability" as its main theme this year, in response to the United Nations' 
17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 

Integrating sustainability into its corporate culture, Yili upholds a 
development philosophy that underscores the importance of green development, 
win-win cooperation and shared prosperity. 

As early as in 2007, Yili took the lead in putting forward "green leadership" 
in 2007, which was upgraded later as the "green industry chain" strategy in 
2009. The strategy stipulates that Yili should work with its suppliers to 
reduce carbon emissions across the value chain in standard formulation, 
platform building and talent cultivation. 

In 2010, Yili took the lead in China's food sector in launching a corporate 
carbon inventory assessment. After 13 years of efforts, Yili has realized green 
production throughout the life cycle of its products, and has established a 
comprehensive data accounting system for energy and environmental protection. 
In addition to building the first "Net-zero carbon factory" in China's food 
industry, Yili also launched China's first net-zero product series, covering 
milk, yogurt, organic milk powder and ice cream. The company also pioneered in 
China's food sector as one of the first companies to unveil its carbon 
reduction goal and commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 across the 
industry chain.

Adhering to the principles of altruism and creating long-term positive impact, 
Yili pools various resources to establish a global health ecosystem and promote 
shared prosperity, in the process of generating business value and social value.

In 2021, Yili came up with the "New Vision for Value Creation", aiming to 
create value for key stakeholders including business partners, consumers, 
employees and society. Under this strategy, Yili has launched the Net-Zero 
Carbon Alliance, and put in place a comprehensive employee care system. 
Besides, it also helped millions of dairy farmers and herdsmen shake off 
poverty, and launched public welfare programs such as "Yili's Ark", "Yili 
Nutrition 2030" and "Yili Homeland Initiative" to give back to society on a 
long-term basis.

The company has also joined forces with the world's leading organizations to 
address climate change, biodiversity conservation, and economic recovery. Yili 
is China's first enterprise to sign the Business and Biodiversity Pledge of the 
Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the 
first to commit to and be approved to join the UN Water Action Agenda, and the 
sole dairy partner of the COP to be invited to the second session of the COP15 
to the Convention on Biological Diversity.

With its dream of "World Integrally Sharing Health", Yili has also been 
expanding its ESG footprint across the continents. For instance, Yili has 
engaged in conserving salmon species in New Zealand and joined hands with the 
Coral Reef Ecological Restoration Project in Indonesia. Yili has also provided 
financial support to Indonesian local SMEs for economic recovery and set up 
scholarships in Europe to encourage young talents in nutrition R&D.

This year, with its outstanding performance in the ESG field, Yili Group has 
achieved an A-level MSCI ESG rating, placing it at the top among A-share-listed 
dairy companies. Following its "New Vision for Value Creation", Yili is 
dedicated to uniting all forces to create value and contribute to the UN SDGs 
in the future.

Source: Yili Group

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