Leading Sustainable Development for Chinese and Foreign Enterprises: Pudong ESG Alliance Builds a High-Quality Ecological Ecosystem

Last December, the Pudong New Area Sustainable Development (ESG) Alliance (hereinafter referred to as the 'Pudong ESG Alliance') was officially inaugurated. A total of 202 founding members joined the alliance, including 176 foreign-invested headquarters enterprises from home and abroad and 26 enabling institutions, spanning industries such as biopharmaceuticals, integrated circuits, equipment manufacturing, and electronic information. Recently, the Pudong ESG Alliance held its first Joint Chairpersons’ Meeting, refining the year’s “implementation roadmap” for building an ESG competitiveness ecosystem among headquarters enterprises in Pudong. According to reports, foreign-invested enterprises in Pudong will advance the “Three Continuations” and “Three Enhancements” initiatives this year, further leveraging Pudong New Area’s exemplary and leading role in constructing an innovative ESG ecosystem. Headquarters Enterprises Demonstrate Strong ESG Driving Force Lei Huanli, Senior Vice President Global and President China of Covestro, serves as Chairperson of the Pudong ESG Alliance. Sixteen leaders from diverse enterprises and professional service institutions—including Honeywell, Rockwell Automation, MAHLE, SKF, Baowu Green Carbon Fund, State Grid, Shanghai Pharmaceuticals, Baidu, and EY—serve as Joint Chairpersons. For years, headquarters enterprises have introduced internationally advanced ESG management requirements and practices into Pudong, thereby enhancing the ESG competitiveness of local industrial chains. Covestro, a global leader in high-quality polymers and their components, is committed to promoting long-term circular resource utilization. In 2023, approximately 16% of the company’s global electricity consumption came from renewable sources, and the share of green electricity used at Covestro’s Shanghai Integrated Site exceeded 40%. “The leadership role of headquarters enterprises is crucial—to drive upstream and downstream enterprises across the industrial chain to jointly enhance their ESG capabilities. Meanwhile, the alliance integrates resources from all sides to generate powerful synergies,” said Lei Huanli. “ESG is no longer optional—it is mandatory, both at the governmental and corporate levels,” said Zhang Yi, President of the Pudong Association of Foreign-Invested Enterprises and President of DuPont Asia Pacific. He suggested exploring cooperation with western regions, leveraging their energy-resource advantages to extend Pudong’s pioneering experience and best practices nationwide, thus achieving complementary collaboration between eastern and western China. Over the years, DuPont has actively responded to China’s dual-carbon strategy, formulated energy plans for its local factories, and accelerated clean, low-carbon transformation. By the end of 2023, it had reduced Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 58%, exceeding its 2030 sustainability target. As the sole specialized carbon asset management company under State Grid Corporation, Yingda Carbon Asset Management Co., Ltd. has pioneered an innovative “carbon assessment + finance” transformation model, linking upstream and downstream enterprises’ emission-reduction contributions to green financial products. This approach alleviates financing difficulties faced by small- and medium-sized enterprises along the supply chain while incentivizing them to proactively pursue low-carbon transformation through cost reduction. Ge Wei, General Manager of Yingda Carbon Asset Management Co., Ltd., stated that the company will continue leveraging State Grid’s professional expertise to provide alliance members with practical and feasible energy transition solutions, supporting enterprises on their steady journey toward green and low-carbon development.

Healthcare Protection, Innovation Leadership: DuPont Showcases Multiple Healthcare Solutions at the 7th CIIE

Sustainable development in medical packaging means managing risks to patients, products, and the environment across the entire packaging lifecycle. This process is highly challenging and demands continuous innovation, ongoing improvement, and proactive collaboration. DuPont™ Tyvek® has long been driving sustainable development across the entire medical packaging value chain. On November 7, 2024, DuPont announced the launch of Tyvek® with Renewable Attributes (RA)—an expansion of its existing Tyvek® medical packaging product portfolio—offering a significantly reduced carbon footprint and enabling more sustainable medical packaging. Tyvek® with Renewable Attributes achieves this lower carbon footprint by partially substituting fossil-based raw materials with certified bio-circular feedstocks during the production of Tyvek® raw materials. This substitution is implemented via the mass balance approach, compliant with the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC PLUS) standard. Tyvek® with Renewable Attributes is designed to help reduce product carbon footprints while offering a drop-in alternative compatible with existing medical packaging systems. Through the mass balance method, certified bio-circular feedstocks are allocated to Tyvek®, resulting in substantially lower CO₂ emissions compared to conventional Tyvek® and helping reduce fossil fuel consumption. DuPont has obtained ISCC PLUS certification for its Tyvek® manufacturing facilities in Richmond, Virginia, and Luxembourg. This certification ensures credible measurement, traceability, and allocation of certified bio-circular feedstocks replacing fossil resources. Tyvek® medical packaging products with Renewable Attributes further advance DuPont’s global strategy to promote the circular economy and collaborate with global supply chains to reduce Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions. On September 19, 2024, DuPont announced its commitment to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. This net-zero pledge builds upon significant progress made since 2019, when DuPont incorporated “taking proactive action against climate change” as a core component of its overall sustainability strategy. As announced in April 2024, DuPont has already surpassed its climate targets: Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by 58% relative to the 2019 baseline, while Scope 3 emissions (from purchased goods and services, and end-of-life treatment of sold products) have declined by 39% relative to the 2020 baseline. As noted earlier, DuPont has announced ISCC PLUS certification for its Tyvek® production facilities in Luxembourg and Richmond, Virginia. These facilities fully match their annual operational energy consumption with Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) and Guarantees of Origin (GOs) (see DuPont Sustainability Report). Biopharmaceutical Solutions: Ensuring Healthcare Safety and Enabling Localized Production In recent years, the biopharmaceutical industry has grown rapidly, emerging as one of the most dynamic sectors in the global pharmaceutical market. It delivers more effective treatment options for patients worldwide and simultaneously raises higher technological and innovative demands for pharmaceutical solutions.

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