86The 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting, which lasted for five days, concluded on April 29. With the growing global awareness of environmental protection, green and low-carbon practices have become the main theme of the times. In terms of carbon neutrality practices, the 2024 Zhongguancun Forum Annual Meeting continued to uphold the concept of green event organization, actively exploring green methods of hosting events. As a partner in green event organization, Carbonstop provided comprehensive green support to the forum, jointly promoting the popularization and development of low-carbon concepts.
This year, under the theme of "Innovation: Building a Better World," the forum further upgraded its "green" elements, innovating comprehensively in aspects such as green materials, green experiences, and green services, offering participants a unique green tech experience.
The current forum expanded its application scope and actively advocated for green recycling. With the support of Carbonstop, all guest drinking water bottles at the venue were meticulously printed with prominent carbon labels, intuitively displaying the carbon footprint of recycling a discarded plastic water bottle, guiding participants to choose a lower-carbon lifestyle.
The calculation of the carbon footprint for recycling a plastic water bottle not only focuses on the carbon emissions generated during the disposal phase of the plastic bottle but also takes into account the handling methods and proportions of plastic waste. After a plastic bottle is discarded, it can be handled in various ways, including landfilling, incineration, and recycling. Each method generates different levels of carbon emissions. To accurately calculate the carbon footprint of recycling a plastic water bottle, Carbonstop uses factors from the Carbonstop China Carbon Emission Factor Database (CCDB), precisely calculating that recycling a plastic water bottle can reduce carbon emissions by 55.37g CO2e.
Besides, the forum also advocates the recycling of conference publications and participant credentials, ensuring that scientific and professional carbon reduction labels are omnipresent.
"Making every product have a carbon footprint" is a concept that Carbonstop has long advocated. As an important supporting force for this green event, Carbonstop provided professional carbon reduction assessment and labeling services for the forum, further strengthening the forum's environmental characteristics. Not only did it showcase its professional capabilities in carbon reduction, but it also set an example for more enterprises and institutions in organizing green events.
The Zhongguancun Forum is a national platform for China's global science and technology innovation exchange and cooperation, playing a positive role in promoting the development of green technology. In the future, Carbonstop will continue to work hand in hand with the Zhongguancun Forum and more partners, looking forward to more green tech events together, contributing more wisdom and strength to the beautiful future of our planet.
