Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Food Security
• Agricultural Modernization
• Food Safety
• Green Practices
• Industry Development
• Employee Development
• Community Service

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced comprehensive energy consumption by 296256 tons of standard coal; SO2 emissions decreased by 2714 tons; ammonia nitrogen emissions decreased by 71 tons; COD emissions decreased by 1424 tons.
• COFCO Plaza project achieved LEED Gold pre-certification after upgrades.
• Improved waste recycling and reuse across various business units.
• WOMAI.COM recycled 1,444,367 cartons and 51,798 other consumables; used electric forklifts for zero emissions.

Social Achievements

• Launched various employee training programs, including leadership training and benchmark management, training over 3300 employees directly and over 10,000 indirectly.
• Improved compensation system to motivate staff growth.
• Implemented various employee welfare programs, including supplementary medical insurance, personal accident insurance, and family property insurance.
• Organized various cultural activities to improve corporate cohesion.
• Implemented precision poverty alleviation programs in 9 counties, investing over 4.3 million yuan and creating over 1.3 million yuan in sales from supported projects.
• Donated 3 million yuan to poor families in Tibetan areas and nearly 9 tons of clothing to impoverished communities.
• Organized the first “Joy City Run” event, with over 91,993 online participants and a 1 million yuan donation to UNICEF.

Governance Achievements

• Revised the Party Group Working Rules, Board of Directors Working Rules, and President’s Office Working Rules to optimize decision-making mechanisms and corporate governance structure.
• Established a comprehensive supervisory system with four supervision lines: discipline inspection, straight pipeline audit, financial clarity, and full-time equity director.
• Improved legal compliance system to reduce legal risks.
• Strengthened food quality and safety system, streamlining quality and safety regulations to 86 items.
• Improved traceability system for products, achieving bottle-level traceability for Great Wall wines and online traceability for Mengniu imported liquid milk.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Oversupply in the corn industry, increasing market and customer risks.
• Difficulties in managing odor issues in woven bags used for sugar products.

Mitigation Strategies

• Implemented a clear acquisition strategy and explored new cooperation models with large customers to address corn oversupply.
• Improved woven bag formula to eliminate odor issues, ensuring product quality.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Strategic supplier management; collaboration with suppliers to improve product quality and safety; implementation of technical agreements with suppliers including food safety clauses.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI G4, CASS-CSR3.0, Guidance on Fulfillment of Corporate Social Responsibility of Central Enterprises issued by the SASAC of the State Council

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Low-trans fatty acid oils
• Phytosterol-enriched corn oil
• Nutrition balanced Rice Mate
• Whole wheat flour

Awards & Recognition

• Most Influential Enterprise in China (2015)
• Golden Tripod Award (2015)
• Most Socially Responsible Employer (2016)
• Fortune Global 500 (23 consecutive years)
• Excellent energy-saving emission reduction enterprise (2016)