- Bureau Veritas recognized Yili Yunnan Dairy for having achieved carbon 
neutrality, representing the first "zero-carbon factory" among Chinese food 
manufacturers. 
- As China's first dairy producer that is publicly committed to becoming carbon 
neutral, Yili is accelerating the pace of its green development, energy saving 
and carbon reduction efforts.

On February 28, 2022, Yili Group received the PAS 2060 certification on carbon 
neutrality from Bureau Veritas, a world leader in testing, inspection and 
certification. This also recognizes the dairy producer's Yunnan facility for 
having become the first "zero-carbon factory" in China's food industry. 

Bureau Veritas believes that Yili will take carbon neutrality as an opportunity 
and leverage technological innovations to promote green development. It said 
Yili will play a pioneering and leading role in China's dairy industry in 
exploring unique pathways to achieve carbon neutrality.

Yili Yunnan Dairy was first established in 2012 and then entered into 
production in 2015. Last year, Yili Yunnan Dairy received the first "green 
electricity certificate" in China's food industry. Through continuous efforts 
focused on energy management, the factory's total energy consumption has 
steadily declined, falling 15.7% year-on-year to 28.77 kilograms per ton in 
2021. On February 22, 2022, Yili Yunnan Dairy successfully completed a carbon 
inventory assessment and passed the China Certified Emission Reductions (CCER).

In 2020, Yili became the first Chinese dairy producer to be publicly committed 
to becoming carbon neutral after China announced its 2030/2060 climate goals 
(achieving peak carbon emissions by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2060) at the 
United Nations General Assembly. Last year, Pan Gang, Chairman of Yili Group, 
then put forward the New Vision for creating social value, outlining how Yili 
will take the lead in realizing peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality and 
achieve lead ratings on sustainability.

Guided by the 2030/2060 climate targets and its own development goals, Yili 
continues to accelerate the pace of its green development, energy saving and 
carbon reduction efforts. Yili has carried out corporate carbon inventory 
assessments for 12 consecutive years and established a comprehensive data 
accounting system for energy and environmental protection. 

The company is also recognized for establishing the Yili Future Intelligence 
and Health Valley in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, which will become China's first 
five-star project for carbon neutrality. By the end of 2021, a total of 23 Yili 
factories had been rated as "green factories" by China's Ministry of Industry 
and Information Technology.

Yili was also recently selected as the world's only corporate representative 
from the agriculture and food sector to be featured in the Corporate Net Zero 
Pathway report. This is the world's first report issued by UN agencies to guide 
and celebrate corporate efforts to achieve carbon neutrality.

SOURCE  Yili Group

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