KUALA LUMPUR: Yili Group recently took the lead in China’s food industry to launch its plan for a net-zero carbon future and roadmap to a net-zero carbon future.

       In a statement, Yili Group chairman and president Pan Gang said Yili peaked carbon emissions in 2012 and committed to achieving carbon neutrality before 2050 with targets set for 2030, 2040 and 2050.

       On the same day, Yili Group net-zero carbon alliance was inaugurated with Yili’s 43 global strategic partners, which was marked by an online conference.

       With World Integrally Sharing Health: A sustainable development initiative by Yili Group, Yili collaborated with partners across the industrial chain towards a net-zero future.

       Among them, Tetra Pak, FrieslandCampina, Chr Hansen, Roquette, and four other suppliers were recognised as low-carbon pioneer in Yili’s global supply chain.

       In the roadmap, Yili outlined a path towards full life-cycle carbon neutrality in three phases. By 2030, an operational model for green, low-carbon, and circular development will preliminarily take shape at Yili and the energy efficiency will increase substantially.

       By 2040, remarkable progress will be made towards overall green growth throughout Yili’s industrial chain; and, by 2050, Yili will become a green, low-carbon, and circular enterprise with a high-quality energy system that is clean, emission-free, safe, and efficient.

       For many years, Yili has attached great importance to its goal of carbon neutrality and has taken effective actions to reduce carbon emissions across the industrial chain.

       As the first company in the food industry to launch the corporate carbon inventory assessment in 2010, Yili has continued with such assessments for 12 consecutive years so far. This year, Yili now has the first net-zero factory in China’s food industry, the first net-zero milk in the country, and the first two ‘net-zero factories’ in the Chinese milk powder industry.

       Yili will pursue carbon neutrality before 2050 in its next strategic phase.

       As one of the top five global dairy brands and the largest dairy company in Asia, Yili will strive for mutually beneficial development along its industrial chain and create more social value while ensuring its high-quality development. — Bernama