Shanghai has launched a comprehensive action plan to accelerate the establishment of a product carbon footprint management system and promote green, low-carbon supply chains.

The initiative, in line with the national and local directives for carbon peak and neutrality, aims to enhance management standards for key product carbon footprints and facilitate the city's transition to a greener, more sustainable future.

The plan outlines the construction of the product carbon footprint management system, with a focus on enriching application scenarios and promoting green and low-carbon transformations in supply chain key areas through 20 specific tasks across four major aspects.

I. Establish a high-level product carbon footprint management system

1. Establish a product carbon footprint standard measurement system

(1) Encourage industry associations, enterprises, research institutions, and organizations to pioneer research on product carbon footprint calculation rules and standard development, aiming to establish measurement specifications and technical standards for key industries and products.

(2) Promote the establishment of robust product carbon footprint measurement management systems within enterprises.

2. Establish a comprehensive carbon footprint database management service system

(1) Construct carbon footprint background databases for key industries and products to provide public services for enterprises and service institutions.

(2) Encourage industry associations, enterprises, and research institutions to release carbon footprint databases for specific industries such as steel, petrochemicals, and automobiles.

(3) Promote collaboration between entities in Shanghai and the Yangtze River Delta region, as well as international and domestic carbon footprint databases.

3. Advance the implementation of product carbon labeling and certification system

(1) Organize efforts related to product carbon labeling and certification, accelerating the implementation of product carbon footprint certification and carbon efficiency evaluation pilots in key areas and mature industries within the city.

(2) Encourage enterprises to conduct product carbon labeling certification and promote its use on products, packaging, advertisements, and other scenarios.

(3) Strengthen supervision and management of carbon footprint certification organizations.

4. Accelerate the cultivation of professional service institutions

(1) Encourage the development of businesses related to carbon footprint calculation, evaluation, certification, management, and consulting, while guiding various service institutions to enhance their technical capabilities and service standards.

(2) Support domestic professional service institutions to become internationally recognized third-party organizations and to provide overseas carbon certification services.

5. Promote international and domestic integration and mutual recognition of carbon footprints

(1) Encourage various entities such as industry associations, enterprises, research institutions, and organizations to actively engage in international and domestic carbon footprint methodology research, technical standard formulation, and professional talent cultivation.

(2) Strengthen cooperation with the Yangtze River Delta region, including Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui provinces, and other relevant supply chain-related areas.

II. Enrich application scenarios of product carbon footprints from multiple dimensions

1. Government and State-owned enterprises taking the lead

(1) Increase the procurement of products with lower carbon footprints in accordance with relevant government procurement regulations.

(2) State-owned enterprises are encouraged to take the lead in establishing green and low-carbon procurement management systems.

(3) Promote mutual recognition and interoperability of product carbon footprint management and procurement requirements among the governments of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui.

2. Leverage the leading role of key enterprises in the supply chain

(1) Encourage leading enterprises in sectors such as steel, chemical industry, and fast-moving consumer goods to initiate pilot demonstrations of green and low-carbon supply chain construction, thereby driving upstream and downstream enterprises to strengthen their carbon footprint management.

(2) Strengthen service coordination with key enterprises and increase support in areas such as green electricity and energy certificate procurement, energy conservation, emission reduction, and carbon reduction.

(3) Support key enterprises in forming green, low-carbon supply chain alliance organizations, and enhancing cooperation and mutual recognition of product carbon footprint management systems among enterprises.

3. Strengthen demonstration and leadership in key areas

(1) Encourage various districts and other key areas to pilot the construction of green and low-carbon supply chains.

(2) Support Baoshan district in establishing a core green and low-carbon supply chain functional area with a focus on carbon-neutral industrial parks, and constructing a public service platform for green and low-carbon supply chains.

4. Promote the collaborative development of green and low-carbon supply chains in the Yangtze River Delta region

Leverage the industrial and supply chain coordination mechanisms of the Yangtze River Delta, jointly advancing the standardization of carbon footprint management rules, data sharing, and interoperability of application scenarios, and strengthening cooperation in technological innovation, talent exchange, complementary industrial chain development, green energy development, and coordinated service institution efforts.

5. Mobilize society-wide participation

(1) Gradually promote the application of carbon labeling in consumer goods, guiding businesses such as shopping malls and e-commerce platforms to voluntarily display product carbon labeling.

(2) Encourage consumers to purchase and use products with lower carbon footprints.

III. Comprehensive promotion of green and low-carbon transformation in key segments of the supply chain

1. Improve the level of green and low-carbon manufacturing

(1) Advance the implementation of the "One Percent" energy-saving initiative in key industrial enterprises.

(2) Establish green factories, zero-carbon factories, and green industrial parks.

(3) Promote the transformation of industrial parks into sustainable entities.

2. Promote green and low-carbon transportation methods

(1) Establish a green and low-carbon transportation system.

(2) Promote the electrification, decarbonization, and smartification of vehicles such as cars and ships.

(3) Popularize centralized distribution and collaborative distribution models for intensive logistics delivery.

(4) Accelerate the green transformation of logistics packaging.

3. Enhance the level of resource recycling

(1) Accelerate the establishment of a recycling system covering various types of solid waste in urban areas.

(2) Optimize and improve the household waste recycling system.

(3) Encourage and support the high-end intelligent re-manufacturing of equipment products such as aviation engines, new energy components, ship machinery, and automotive parts.

4. Actively promote the development and utilization of green electricity

(1) Gradually promote the development and construction of local renewable energy projects such as photovoltaic and wind power.

(2) Increase the introduction of non-fossil energy electricity from outside the city, thereby improving the proportion of green electricity market allocation.

5. Strengthen the research and application of green, low-carbon technologies

(1) Advance basic research and frontier technology layout in the field of green and low-carbon and promote the widespread application of advanced and applicable green and low-carbon technologies in various segments of the supply chain.

(2) Host the Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo.

IV. Safeguard measures

1. Strengthen organizational coordination

2. Enhance policy support

3. Bolster capacity building

4. Improve the market mechanisms

5. Reinforce intellectual property rights protection