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KUNMING, China, March 3, 2022 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

- 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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