Environmental protection
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Lvxiniu Recycling completes USD20 million angel round financing
This round of financing was led by Zhongyu Green Fund and Dade Capital (Rongzi360.cn).
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Guangdong to ban non-degradable plastic tableware by end of 2020
Recently, the official website of the Guangdong Provincial Development and Reform Commission issued the Implementation Opinions on Further Strengthening the Control of Plastic Pollution.
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Yueng closes Series A round of financing
Yueng, a provider of IoT solutions for garbage collection, recently raised nearly 50 million yuan in its Series A financing round.
This round was jointly invested by Shenzhen Capital Group, China Merchants Capital, VenturesLab and Tongfang Huifang, a sub-fund of Tsinghua Tongfang, and other institutions. -
Huawei releases sustainability report in 2019, with 22% efficiency boost for main products
Recently, Huawei released its Sustainability Report in 2019, which expounded the company’s sustainable development achievements in the past year.
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NDRC clarifies investment scope for special green development of Yangtze River Economic Zone
The National Development and Reform Commission issued a notice on the revision of the “Interim Measures for Investment Management in the Special Central Budget for Green Development of the Yangtze River Economic Zone”, which specifies the scope of support and subsidy standards for investment in the special central budget.
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China’s plastic packaging industry import and export in 2020
According to China Packaging Federation (CPF) data, the total import and export volume of China’s plastic packaging industry in 2019 was 35.134 billion US dollars, a year-on-year increase of 4.55%.
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NetEase releases its first ESG report
On June 30, NetEase released its first environmental, social, and governance (ESG) report to convey its latest achievements on the practice of social responsibility in recent years.
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McDonald China to gradually drop plastic straws by 2020
Today, McDonald China announced that the company will further reduce plastics use on food packaging and phase out plastic straws.
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Shanxi’s steel industry to achieve ultra-low emissions in 2020
A document requesting in-depth advancement of industrial restructuring to achieve ultra-low emissions in the steel industry in 2020 for Shanxi has been issued by Shanxi Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology and the Shanxi Provincial Department of Ecology and Environment recently.
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World-leading H-class gas turbine generator put into production for first time in China
On June 14th, Huadian Fuxin Energy Unit 1, China’s first H-class heavy-duty gas turbine generator with the world’s leading level and the largest single-unit CCHP (Combined Cooling, Heating and Power) power supply project, was successfully put into operation.