339Recently, Carbonstop won the bid for the "2023 China Unicom Research Institute 5G Equipment Carbon Footprint Evaluation System Platform" development project, and has now gathered all three major operators: China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom. With its professional carbon management capabilities, Carbonstop helps the telecommunications industry build a carbon reduction methodology framework, quantify the contribution of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector to social low-carbon transformation, and promote the construction of user-end carbon benefits platforms. These efforts ensure that digital technologies play a pivotal role in leading and supporting the green and low-carbon development of the economy and society, achieving the dual carbon goals.
The 14th Five-Year Plan outlines the goal of building a modern infrastructure system that is intelligent and green. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has successively issued policies such as the Three-Year Action Plan for the Development of New Data Centers (2021-2023), the 14th Five-Year Plan for Industrial Green Development, and the National Catalogue of Energy-Saving Technologies and Products for Telecommunications (2021) to promote the empowerment of carbon reduction and carbon neutrality through digital technology. China Mobile, China Telecom, and China Unicom, as the three major domestic operators, have different focuses in their operations but face the same challenge: how to achieve digital transformation and green development. According to the data published in their corporate social responsibility reports, indirect emissions from purchased electricity account for more than 97% of the total emissions of the three major telecommunications operators, while direct carbon emissions account for about 1%-1.5%. In recent years, the total carbon emissions of these companies have shown a continuous growth trend.
As a leading carbon management consulting service provider in China, Carbonstop has tailored carbon reduction action plans for each of the three operators based on their respective development characteristics. These plans help them reduce carbon emissions during business operations while ensuring the integration of business growth and energy conservation, ultimately achieving the goal of carbon neutrality.
With the support of Carbonstop's leading industry standards and comprehensive carbon emission factor database, the China Unicom 5G Product Carbon Footprint Software Project uses carbon footprint software to better manage and monitor product carbon emissions, enabling effective measures to reduce environmental impact. This demonstrates China Unicom's active contribution to the sustainable development of the 5G industry;
China Telecom, supported by Carbonstop's rich experience in carbon accounts, quantifies the carbon reduction achieved by employees and users through low-carbon behaviors such as green travel, paperless office work, turning off monitors, and vegetarian diets. It establishes a closed-loop function for rewarding and exchanging carbon reduction points to guide employees and users towards a low-carbon lifestyle;
Through Carbonstop's professional carbon accounting services, China Mobile has mapped out all business segments where it provides communication services to assist in social carbon reduction, forming a panoramic view. This quantifies the carbon reduction effectiveness of China Mobile's core business, demonstrating the company's determination and proactive actions to support social low-carbon development.
From China Mobile to China Telecom and then to China Unicom, from carbon accounting and employee carbon accounts to carbon footprint software, Carbonstop continues to deepen its carbon management services. Not only does it provide carbon management solutions for the three major operators, helping them better understand their carbon emission situations and providing data support for sustainable development, but it also offers references and examples for more telecommunications operators. In the future, Carbonstop will continue to deepen and expand its business, contributing to the empowerment of carbon reduction and carbon neutrality through digital technology in China's telecommunications industry and promoting sustainable development.
