Editor's note:On February 28, the 2023 China Enterprise Reform and Development Summit and Results Conference, hosted by the China Enterprise Reform and Development Research Association and the China Enterprise Reform 50 Forum, was held in Beijing. With the theme of "Developing New Quality Productivity and Enhancing Core Competitiveness", the summit brought together guests to collide views, share practices, stir wisdom, and talk about development. The following is a speech by Zhu Qingfeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and Chief Accountant of China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group.
Zhu Qingfeng, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and chief accountant of China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group.
ESG is an important embodiment of the international mainstream concept of green and sustainable development, and is also highly consistent with a series of development requirements such as China's high-quality development, carbon peak and carbon neutrality, modern governance, and building a community with a shared future for mankind. In recent years, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the Communist Party of China has issued a number of documents to put forward clear requirements for the ESG work of enterprises. ESG has become an important starting point for enterprises to fulfill their social responsibilities with high standards and promote high-quality economic and social development.
As a leading enterprise focusing on energy conservation and environmental protection, CECEP actively implements the relevant requirements of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and has become one of the first batch of enterprises to benchmark the special report index system of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and release the ESG special report of the group company, and has carried out a series of management improvement work such as ESG governance integration with "disclosure to drive management".
Focus on the main responsibility and main business
Bravely assume the responsibility of the main force in the construction of ecological civilization
The first is to take the initiative to serve the major national strategies. CECEP gives full play to the advantages of its main business of energy conservation and environmental protection, and bravely assumes the responsibility of the main force in the construction of ecological civilization in serving the major national strategies. In Xiong'an New Area, the innovative use of the "energy + environment" model has built the first energy ** and sewage treatment project of the citizen service center in Xiong'an New Area, achieving a comprehensive energy utilization rate of 80% and a renewable energy substitution rate of 74%; Along the Yellow River, the Linyi Ecological Recycling Industrial Park built by China Energy Conservation is the first "vein industrial park" in the true sense of the word. In Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, a number of landmark demonstration projects have been completed in the fields of ecological restoration, ecological environmental protection, ecological landscape, and ecological technology.
The second is to resolutely shoulder the responsibility of the main platform. As the "main platform enterprise for pollution control in the Yangtze River Economic Belt" identified by the National Promotion and Governor's Office, CECEP has carried out close cooperation with 11 provinces and cities along the Yangtze River, signed more than 40 strategic cooperation agreements, and vigorously promoted the construction of key projects in four pilot cities: Huzhou, Xianning, Hengyang and Bijie. At present, more than 500 energy conservation and environmental protection projects have been implemented in the Yangtze River Basin, involving an amount of more than 130 billion yuan, making positive contributions to the environmental governance of the Yangtze River Economic Belt.
The third is to actively fulfill the social responsibility of energy conservation and emission reduction. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, CECEP produced a total of 69.4 billion kWh of green electricity, equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 53.6 million tons and saving 21.5 million tons of standard coal. A total of 54.23 million tons of solid waste have been processed, continuing to rank at the forefront of the industry; A total of 4 billion tons of sewage have been treated, 4.2 billion tons of water have been produced, and the total COD has been reduced by 910,000 tons. In the same period, the emission reduction exceeded 70 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, contributing to the country's green transformation and development.
Adhere to the system concept
Actively explore new models for the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and sand systems
The first is to deeply practice the concept of system governance. CECEP thoroughly implements the general secretary's system governance concept, based on the advantages of the whole industrial chain of energy conservation and environmental protection, adheres to the integrity of the ecosystem, and actively explores the construction of a comprehensive regional environmental management method that is synergistic and coupled and organically connected in the whole process.
The second is to actively create comprehensive solutions. CECEP is committed to creating a comprehensive solution basic model of "planning consultation and guidance + menu-based customization + professional operation of large platform + digital support". On the basis of comprehensive research and judgment of the needs of environmental governance in various places, we continue to enrich the "customized menu" in various fields such as comprehensive treatment of solid waste, integration of water affairs, "ecological governance +", and integration of source, grid, load and storage, and gradually form a number of comprehensive ecological and environmental treatment models with effective governance, complete systems, and can be promoted and replicated.
The third is to innovate and explore the governance model of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands. With comprehensive solutions as the starting point, CECEP has successfully implemented a number of comprehensive ecological restoration projects in Hubei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Xinjiang and other provinces (autonomous regions), achieving a win-win situation of ecological, social and economic benefits. The Jiayu Riverside Ecosystem Improvement Project implemented in Xianning, Hubei Province was exhibited in the 2021 Centennial Achievement Exhibition of the Communist Party of China as a vivid practice and typical case of the management of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands. It undertook the construction of Xinjiang's first integrated protection and restoration project of mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes, grasslands and sands, and further built an important ecological security barrier in the northern sand control belt of China.
Leading the practice of "dual carbon".
Bravely take on the important task of achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality
The first is to strengthen organizational safeguards. Establish a leading group for carbon peaking and carbon neutrality headed by the main responsible comrades of the group, set up a carbon peak and carbon neutrality business department, and set up a carbon peak and carbon neutrality research institute to form a two-level "double carbon" organizational system to effectively ensure the implementation of various decisions and deployments of the group's green and low-carbon transformation.
The second is to strengthen the top-level design. The Group will incorporate carbon peaking and carbon neutrality into the Group's "14th Five-Year Plan" strategic plan, and thoroughly implement the "Consulting, Planning and Resource Coordination Capabilities to Promote the Realization of the National 'Double Carbon' Goal" Improvement Project, and build a "dual drive" business layout that serves the national "Double Carbon" strategy. Compiled and released the "Carbon Peak and Carbon Neutrality Action Plan" of CECEP, and vigorously and orderly promoted the "double carbon" work of enterprises.
The third is to continue to provide intellectual support for the practice of "dual carbon" in society. Actively serve the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the People's Bank of China and other departments, deeply participate in the formulation of national and local carbon peak and carbon neutrality standard guidelines and implementation plans, continue to enhance the intellectual support ability to serve the national carbon peak and carbon neutrality strategy, and strive to become an important participant, outstanding contributor and active leader in the country's "dual carbon" goal.
Promoting the formation of green and low-carbon production methods and lifestyles is the basic policy to solve China's resource, environmental and ecological problems, and is also the primary way to achieve the goals of carbon peak and carbon neutrality. CECEP will continue to implement the major decisions and arrangements of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, deeply implement the deepening and upgrading of the reform of state-owned enterprises, firmly grasp the general objectives, general principles and general requirements of the work of state-owned central enterprises in the new era and new journey, and make good use of the "two ways" to improve the core competitiveness of enterprises and enhance the core functions, give full play to the "three roles" of scientific and technological innovation, industrial control and safety support, vigorously lay out strategic emerging industries, carry out in-depth institutional and mechanism reforms such as scientific and technological innovation, and fully stimulate the vitality of enterprises. Formation of new qualitative productivity. Deeply integrate the practice of ESG concepts into the national strategy and the high-quality development process of enterprises, and promote the modernization of the integration of environment, social responsibility and governance capabilities with ecological construction. CECEP will work with all sectors of society to make contributions to promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy and society, and contribute wisdom and strength to the construction of Chinese-style modernization in harmony between man and nature!