China Economic Net, Beijing, March 6 (Reporter Zhang Jing) "It is recommended that the relevant departments combine the actual situation of China's energy structure and energy consumption level, learn from the practice of the "Greenhouse Gas Regulations" widely used in the world, revise China's greenhouse gas accounting and reporting standards as soon as possible, and regularly update and publish emission factors. Huang Shizhong, a deputy to the National People's Congress and a professor at Xiamen National Accounting Institute, told a reporter from China Economic Net.
Premier Li Qiang proposed to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization and promote green and low-carbon development when introducing this year's work tasks in the work report on the 5th. We will deeply practice the concept that lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets, and work together to promote carbon reduction, pollution reduction, green expansion and growth, so as to build a beautiful China where man and nature coexist in harmony.
Green and low-carbon has become a new symbol of Chinese modernization and high-quality development. Enterprises and other market entities are the main source of greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide, and establishing and improving the disclosure of greenhouse gas emission information of enterprises and other market entities is an important measure to ensure the realization of the "double carbon" goal.
Huang Shizhong, deputy to the National People's Congress and professor of Xiamen National Accounting Institute (photo provided by the interviewee).
According to Huang Shizhong, at present, the relevant state departments have issued guidelines for greenhouse gas accounting and reporting in a number of industries, as well as management measures and guidelines for corporate environmental information disclosure, but there are differences with the internationally adopted "Greenhouse Gas Regulations" in terms of accounting boundaries, accounting scope, types of greenhouse gas emissions, and technical details of emission accounting. Not only that, the failure to update the emission factor in time also makes it unable to reflect the major changes in China's energy structure and energy consumption level in recent years.
From the perspective of global development, enterprises must disclose ESG (environmental, social, governance) reports at the same time as disclosing financial reports, and greenhouse gas emissions are the core content of ESG reports. Deputy Huang Shizhong said.
*: China Economic Net.