Green electricity procurement and EV fleet transition The Group purchased 48,000 kWh of green electricity in 2023 for its own and leased office premises, obtaining green electricity certificates. It has also installed EV charging piles at its Xi'an industrial park and Nanjing Jiangning sites to facilitate employee use of new energy vehicles. The Group plans to gradually replace 80% of its fuel vehicles with new energy vehicles over the next 10 years, while continuing to increase the proportion of renewable electricity usage to reduce carbon emissions.
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Primary: Business travel reduction through online collaboration The Group fully implements the online work mode concept and actively uses the WELINK digital platform for office collaboration to reduce indirect greenhouse gas emissions from employee travel. Online meetings, phone calls and emails are promoted as alternatives to physical travel. In procurement, 20 out of 25 tenders in 2023 were conducted via WeLink online tendering, reducing business travel for procurement processes.
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Disposal of part of intelligent park business In December 2023, the Group disposed part of its intelligent park business at a consideration of RMB70,000,000 to Shenzhen Spacei Cloud Technology Co. Ltd. The Group simultaneously purchased 18.37% shares with preferential rights in Spacei Cloud for RMB90,000,000.
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Expanded travel emissions accounting to include taxis, trains and accommodation Greenhouse gas emissions from employee travel in 2023 increased significantly to 11,799 tCO2e from 1,654 tCO2e in 2022. Increase partly due to post-COVID recovery in business travel and in addition to aircraft emissions, carbon dioxide from taxis, trains, accommodation and other travel methods were also included in the accounting.
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Primary: Green office and energy efficiency in operations The Group implements a range of green office initiatives including LED lighting in all office areas, a 'five turn-offs' policy for electrical equipment after working hours (achieving nearly 100% compliance), turning off building landscape lighting to save approximately 20,000 kWh, reducing heating area by 6,015 square meters in unused spaces, and keeping air-conditioning in energy-saving mode. These efforts have contributed to a reduction in total electricity consumption from 3,861 million kWh in 2022 to 3,341 million kWh in 2023.
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Scope 3 travel emissions scope expanded to include taxi, train and accommodation Since 2023, the scope of Scope 3 travel statistics was extended to include carbon dioxide emissions from travelling by taxi, train and accommodation, in addition to aircraft emissions. This caused the business travel figure to jump from 1,654 tCO2e in 2022 to 11,799 tCO2e in 2023.
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Dependent: Smart energy digital solutions enabling customer decarbonisation Chinasoft launched a 'Smart Zero Carbon One-Stop Solution' using a carbon accounting engine as the digital base, covering smart city, smart energy, smart industrial parks, education, transportation and construction scenarios. The Group also entered a strategic partnership with SPIC (world's largest new energy operator) to build a safe, efficient, clean and low-carbon distributed energy digitalization platform covering 'energy management, carbon energy, energy efficiency and energy empowerment' applications, targeting China's carbon peak and carbon neutrality goals.
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Disposal of 100% interest in Chinasoft Interfusion Inc. (US subsidiary) In June 2023, the Group disposed of its 100% equity interest in Chinasoft Interfusion Inc. (CSIUS) to release resources for expansion of other businesses. Gain on disposal of RMB1,044,000 recognised.
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Disposal of part of intelligent park business to Spacei Cloud Technology In December 2023, the Group disposed part of its intelligent park business at a consideration of RMB70,000,000 and simultaneously purchased 18.37% preferential shares in the acquiree Spacei Cloud. Gain on disposal of business of RMB70,000,000 recognised.
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Strategic workforce reduction - headcount down 14.8% to 69,976 Group proactively released low-margin and low-value personnel as part of strategic transformation. Total headcount fell from 82,140 to 69,976, a decline of 14.8%. Average employees fell 12.7% to 76,058.
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