Xie, Allan An, Deloitte China Climate & Sustainability leading partner, was invited to attend Alibaba Cloud “FY22 Dual Carbon Business Partner Conference”

On March 17th, 2022, the “FY22 Dual Carbon Business Partner Conference”, organized by Alibaba Cloud Computing Co., Ltd, was successfully concluded with academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, national experts and leaders and 40+ enterprises. Mr. Xie Allan An, leading partner of Deloitte China for climate and sustainability, was invited as a specialist in the field of “dual carbon”, and deeply talked about the digital path of “dual carbon” strategy, the opportunities and challenges of industrial digitalization with other experts, scholars and industrial giants.

At the beginning, Mr. Guo Jijun, Vice President of Alibaba Group, Mr. Gao Fu, Vice President of China National Trade Promotion Association and Director of Investment and Trade Promotion Bureau, and Academician Du Xiangwan, Honorary Director of National Committee of Climate Change Experts gave opening speeches. The goal of carbon neutrality and carbon peak is a historic strategic plan of China. They said that the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to green and low-carbon development, and they will actively respond to the call from their respective fields to jointly create a bright future of low-carbon, green and sustainability, and make positive contributions to the sustainability.

In the sharing session, Mr. Xie Allan An, gave a wonderful speech on the theme of "the Trends of Global Response to Climate Change". Based on the common goal of carbon neutrality and carbon peak for all countries in the world, he analysed the international and domestic trends from six aspects: "accelerating low-carbon emission reduction, energy transformation, market mechanism, financial mechanism, technological empowerment and information disclosure". Mr. Xie pointed out that to achieve the “dual carbon” goal globally, it could be challenging and there is a long way to go. China should give full play to its advantages in key technologies and promote the large-scale application of these technologies around the world, so as to lead the global transformation and achieve economic growth in a low-emission environment.

Picture Source: Alibaba Cloud Computing Co., Ltd

In the subsequent round table and award ceremony sessions, a lot of good insights from different industries and clients about the solutions and successful cases of decarbonisation had been shared.

Deloitte China will continue to provide five main integrated offerings such as climate and decarbonisation, sustainable finance, ESG reporting, sustainable supply chain and circular economy, work together with Alibaba Cloud to share leading sustainability insights, provide marketing offerings and assets to help companies achieve the low-carbon transformation and create sustainable future.