Yili Reports Strong Progress on Biodiversity Protection and Sustainability at the Warm-up Event of the 2021 BBF
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KUNMING, China, June 8, 2021 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --
On June 6, 2021, the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity
(SCBD) and China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment hosted the warm-up event
of the 2021 Business and Biodiversity Forum (BBF) in Kunming, China, with the
theme "The business and finance journey to Kunming: We are part of the
solution". The event took place as part of the UN Conference on Biological
Diversity, which aims to convene partnerships to share ideas and solutions.
Yili Group, Asia's largest dairy producer, released its 2020 Annual Report on
Biodiversity Conservation and 2020 Sustainability Report at the event. The
company has been reporting upon its practices in both areas since 2018.
Addressing climate change and achieving a "carbon-neutral" future
Achieving "carbon neutrality" and "peak carbon emissions" have become key
issues concerning humanity wellbeing. As of 2010, Yili has been working on
carbon inventory for 11 consecutive years. In response to the UN 2030 SDGs,
Yili has proposed solutions to the challenges of global climate change. In
2019, Yili successfully automated its carbon inventory by incorporating the
IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Guidelines on National
Greenhouse Gas Inventories into its own EHSQ management information system in
accordance with ISO14064 Standards. Yili has reduced CO2 emissions by 6.51
million tons and saved electricity by 10.7 billion kwh over the pase 11 years.
Protecting wildlife diversity through desert afforestation
"With its roots in Inner Mongolia, Yili is particularly concerned about the
ecology of grassland", said Su Yufeng, Yili's spokesperson. Due to the frequent
droughts and overgrazing, Ar Horqin Banner in Inner Mongolia, faces the
challenge of widespread grassland deterioration and desertification. To address
this problem, Yili lauched an innovation herb cultivation model, that utilizes
planting and husbandry practices. With annual production of more than 40,000
tons of high-quality medick and oat hay and saving 46,000 mu (1 mu ≈ 667
m2) of degraded grassland, the model produces quality coarse fodder for dairy
cows while combating desertification and bringing important social and economic
benefits to the local communities. This model helped to significantly increased
vegetation coverage rate of key areas in Ar Horqin Banner's grassland from
less than 10% in 2008 to more than 90% this year.
Yili is dedicated to wetland protection and afforestation as well as wildlife
habitats protection. In the company's wetland ecology monitoring project last
year, 16,526 species of birds were recorded at 39 monitoring stations in three
national nature reserves in Jilin Province. Among these recorded species are
endangered birds such as the Oriental Stork, the Red-crowned Crane, and the
Baer's Pochard, which has been described as "rarer than the Giant Panda" and is
listed as critically endangered species by the IUCN (International Union for
Conservation of Nature).
Promoting organic lifestyles through environmentally-friendly packaging
Yili has been a major advocate of organic and green lifestyles by promoting
environmentally-friendly packaging. To protect forests inhabited by wildlife,
Yili's Satine milk uses FSC-certified packaging. In 2020 alone, this program
succeeded in converting 185,500 mu of sustainable forest into nearly five
billion milk packages. Satine introduced organic lids partly made from
sugarcane, a recyclable and renewable resource.
In addition, Yili has established a life-cycle supply chain management system,
inviting suppliers to build a responsible industry chain for a green future. By
the end of 2020, 19 factories of Yili had been identified as "Green Factories"
by China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.
Source: Yili Group
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Sustainable Development Report at the warm-up event of the 2021 BBF
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