Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

Social Achievements

• Invested RMB47.45 million in targeted poverty alleviation initiatives focusing on health, education, industry, and society.
• Donated 6,240,000 cases of Yili Student Milk nationwide.
• Launched the "Yili Nutrition 2020" nutrition project for poverty alleviation, donating RMB11.5 million worth of milk powder.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Uncertainties over the global economic landscape and growth trend increased due to Sino-US trade friction, resulting in higher procurement costs for imported dairy products and pressure from increasing prices of domestic milk sources, packaging materials, and other raw and ancillary materials.
• Efficient marketing, rapid market response, and accurate servicing capabilities, coupled with insight and recognition of consumers' differentiated demands, posed new challenges for the development of traditional enterprises.

Mitigation Strategies

• The Company maintained cooperative relationships with over 100 suppliers from a number of nations and regions to improve product quality.
• The Company continued to advance the organic products business with organic product series such as “Satine”, “Changqing”, and “QQ Star”.
• The Company explored new models of channel cooperation by vigorously promoting its business development through e-commerce platforms, maternal-and-infant outlets, and convenience stores.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 1: No Poverty
• Goal 2: Zero Hunger
• Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being

Poverty alleviation initiatives focusing on health, education, industry, and society.

Awards & Recognition

• Top 50 Brands for Chinese Corporate Citizens' Responsibility in 2018
• 2018 China CSR and Welfare Model
• Corporate Citizen Award for Outstanding Welfare Project in China 2018
• Excellent Cases of Enterprise Poverty Alleviation
• The Best Practice of 2018 China Enterprises in Achieving UNSDG

Environmental Metrics

Social Achievements

• Invested RMB40,240,300 in targeted poverty alleviation through health, education, and social involvement.
• Donated milk, milk powder, and other health foods to over 200,000 students in poverty-stricken areas.
• Provided nutrition support to over 41,700 people in impoverished regions.
• Invested RMB3.6 million in screenings and visits for congenital heart disease, benefiting over 90,000 families.
• Donated RMB2.15 million worth of infant formula milk powder and conducted public lectures on feeding guidance in Liangshan Prefecture.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Tight domestic milk supply and upward trend in raw milk purchase price.
• Increased purchase prices of raw and auxiliary materials.
• Impact of Sino-US trade frictions and fluctuations in import and export trade policies and exchange rates.

Mitigation Strategies

• Monitors changes in the market environment to take timely countermeasures.
• Enhances risk prevention and improves the internal control system.
• Committed to endlessly pursuing product quality and continuously improves its global quality management system.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Awards & Recognition

• Top 50 Cases of Targeted Poverty Alleviation by Chinese Enterprises (2018)
• Social Responsibility Award (2019)
• Excellent Enterprise for Poverty Alleviation through Milk (2019)
• 2019 CSR and Welfare Model
• Excellent Cases of Enterprise Poverty Alleviation (2019)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Biodiversity

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced carbon emissions by 6.51 million tons of CO2 equivalent from 2010 to 2020 (equivalent to saving 10.7 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity).
• Protected 5,356.8 mu of wetlands in the Songnen Plain.
• Improved 46,000 mu of degraded grassland in Arukorqin Banner, Inner Mongolia, increasing vegetation coverage from less than 10% in 2008 to over 90% in 2020.
• Reduced procurement costs by 142 million yuan through packaging optimization and reduction projects.

Social Achievements

• Trained 2,216 people in environmentally friendly sustainable corn production techniques.
• Launched a milk carton recycling program, collecting 2,070 cartons for an art installation.
• Supported the “Earth Hour” campaign.
• Donated 4.56 million Kenyan shillings worth of supplies to Nairobi National Park for wildlife protection.

Governance Achievements

• Integrated biodiversity protection into business decisions, including water source protection, animal welfare improvements, and green packaging promotion.
• Established a three-level protection zone for the “Yili Ke Huoquan” Alshan factory's water source.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Degraded grasslands and desertification in Arukorqin Banner due to drought and overgrazing.
• Challenges in sustainable corn production, including solvent-free composite material production, financing difficulties, and land resource scarcity.

Mitigation Strategies

• Implemented a combination of planting and breeding in Arukorqin Banner, planting high-quality alfalfa and oat hay.
• Developed and promoted 15 high-quality silage varieties, increasing silage production by 66,400 tons and generating 24.5323 million yuan in economic benefits.
• Promoted sustainable agriculture practices and provided technical training to farmers.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% of palm oil suppliers were RSPO certified in 2020. 40.19% of suppliers had environmental management system certifications.

Responsible Procurement

• Green procurement and packaging, promoting sustainable practices among suppliers.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Convention on Biological Diversity, UN Convention on Biological Diversity's Business and Biodiversity Pledge, UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, PRC Environmental Protection Law, PRC National Environmental Protection Standard Guidelines for Compilation of Enterprise Environmental Reports (HJ617-2011)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 13 (Climate Action)
• Goal 15 (Life on Land)

Initiatives contribute to climate change mitigation and biodiversity conservation.

Awards & Recognition

• 2020 Alliance Outstanding Contribution Award from the National Animal Health and Food Safety Innovation Alliance
• Gold Key. Respect for Nature Award from the Sustainable Development Economic Journal