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Carbon neutrality

Tencent Towards
 Carbon Neutral 2030

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Tencent’s pledge: to achieve carbon neutrality across our operations and supply chain, and to use green power for 100% of all electricity consumed by 2030.

In early 2021, we unveiled our carbon neutrality plan, in which we formulated emission-reduction targets with decarbonisation pathways based on our emission characteristics and digital advantages. Besides reaching carbon neutral in our own operations, we also aim to use digital technologies to help consumers and industries accelerate their transition to a low-carbon lifestyle and operations.

Carbon neutrality report

Tencent carbon neutrality target & roadmap report

Read about our latest progress in achieving our pledge to become carbon neutral by 2030 in the Tencent carbon neutrality target and roadmap report.

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Embarking on the journey to setting Tencent’s carbon-neutral target and roadmap, representative of National People’s Congress (NPC), and the Chairman of the Board and CEO of Tencent, Pony Ma, submitted a proposal — “Recommendations on Implementing the New Development Philosophy and Promoting the Achievement of Carbon Neutrality for Tech Companies.”

SBTi Validation

We have refined our carbon reduction pathway based on our carbon neutrality commitment and set absolute emissions reduction targets aligned with the Paris Agreement, with targets covering Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, which have been validated by SBTi.

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Carbon neutrality across operations 
and the supply chain

Tencent will prioritize the reduction of emissions and the adoption of renewable energy, which will be supplemented by a minimum use of carbon offsets, to achieve the goal of carbon neutrality.

Energy efficiency

Improve resource efficiency by lowering energy consumption per unit of output throughout our operations.

Renewable energy

Significantly increase the proportion of renewable energy used, especially in electricity consumption; actively participate in green power trading; and explore investments in renewable energy projects.

Carbon offset

Adopt carbon offsets for the remaining segments which cannot be reduced otherwise.

Tencent Dialogue: Technology
 Speeds Up Carbon Reduction

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Watch Tencent Senior Vice President Davis Lin in discussion with Nobel Prize laureate Professor Jean Tirole on how technology can speed up carbon reduction. Professor Jean Tirole is Honorary Chairman of the Foundation JJ Laffont, Toulouse School of Economics.

Helping our community reach “net zero”

In addition to our own carbon neutrality goal, we hope to be a leader in encouraging society to adopt greener and lower-carbon consumption, facilitating a low-carbon transformation across industries, and promoting sustainable economic and social development, which is in line with our strategic goal to promote sustainable innovation for social value.

 

Consumers

Promote low-carbon lifestyles and green consumption habits through the development of sustainability-themed mini programs inside Weixin app and games.

Businesses

Facilitate a low-carbon transformation for the industrial sector by offering technologies to digitalize business operations and manage emissions reduction.

Society

Support the advancement of critical technologies for carbon neutrality by pursuing partnerships in areas including the carbon capture, utilization, and storage value chain.