Guangzhou holds the first carbon neutrality exhibition in the domestic pet industry
From September 20 to 22, under the joint guidance of the Guangzhou City Bureau of Commerce and the Guangzhou City Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the first carbon neutrality exhibition in the domestic pet industry-the 2024 Hongwei World Pet Expo (hereinafter referred to as the "World Pet Fair") was held at the Poly World Trade Expo in Guangzhou.
"We are very excited to become the first exhibition for the domestic pet industry to drink carbon neutrality." The person in charge of Guangdong Hongwei International Convention and Exhibition Group, the organizer of the World Pet Fair, told reporters that the World Pet Fair itself attaches great importance to green environmental protection. After understanding the significance of carbon neutrality in the exhibition, it immediately consulted relevant departments and connected with relevant industry experts and institutions., and finally reached a cooperation with the Guangzhou Carbon Emissions Trading Center to become the first exhibition in the pet industry to implement carbon neutrality. It hopes to build it into a national pet industry green demonstration exhibition in the future.
Carbon neutrality of the exhibition is to estimate the carbon emissions during the pet exhibition after implementing emission reduction measures in the early stage, and purchase "voluntary emission reductions" to achieve "break even" of carbon dioxide emissions and ultimately achieve "Carbon neutrality".
This exhibition actively carries out various carbon reduction work, such as more than 90% of tickets and manuals being paperless, 95% of exhibitions using recyclable materials and formulating green exhibition guidelines. At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions generated by net purchase of electricity, transportation and catering of participants during the entire cycle of the exhibition are accounted for. Finally, the carbon emissions generated by this exhibition were offset by purchasing voluntary emission reductions such as Guangzhou Carbon Inclusive, achieving the exhibition's goal of carbon neutrality.
It is planned to introduce the first carbon neutrality incentive policy for China's exhibition
The Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to gather together to build a beautiful China and accelerate the comprehensive green transformation of economic and social development. Staff from the Guangzhou City Bureau of Commerce told reporters that Guangzhou is currently comprehensively accelerating the promotion of high-quality development of the exhibition industry. One of the important measures is to promote the green transformation of the exhibition industry.
To this end, the Commerce Bureau has joined forces with relevant departments such as ecological environment, industry associations, and exhibition companies to guide exhibition companies to strengthen their awareness of green development and actively explore green development paths through various measures such as policy support, publicity and promotion, and industry exchanges. In the "Several Measures of Guangzhou City on Promoting the High-Quality Development of the Exhibition Industry" revised this year, policy support content for zero-carbon exhibitions has been added to support exhibition companies to carry out carbon accounting, carbon credit procurement and cancellation, and carbon neutrality certification to achieve carbon neutrality of exhibition projects.
In order to widely launch and advocate a new trend of green and low-carbon society, the Guangzhou City Bureau of Commerce and the Ecological Environment Bureau launched a series of publicity activities on the theme of "Exhibition Carbon Neutralization". They went to exhibition companies, industry associations many times to publicize the concept of carbon neutrality on site, and discussed and exchanged typical cases of carbon neutrality in the exhibition. Experience and implementation methods have quickly consolidated the consensus on the concept of green and low-carbon exhibitions.
Low-carbon empowerment promotes Guangzhou's green exhibitions to a higher level
Staff from the Guangzhou City Ecological Environment Bureau told reporters that the exhibition industry has a large number of exhibitors and a wide social impact. It is a preferred scenario to advocate the implementation of the low-carbon concept for all people, which is conducive to spreading green and low-carbon concepts and culture, and promoting green economic and social transformation. The carbon neutrality action initiated by the World Pet Association itself has the special meaning of respecting nature, complying with nature, and protecting nature.
In 2023, the "Implementation Measures for Guangzhou City Carbon Inclusive Voluntary Emission Reduction" will be issued, and the voluntary emission reduction trading registration platform will be launched to improve Guangzhou's policy system for verifying voluntary emission reductions, and help Guangzhou Ai 'an build a zero-carbon factory; On May 2024, on the National Low Carbon Day, the construction of a zero-carbon park will be launched jointly with the Forestry and Landscape Department, and the head of the Convention and Exhibition Industry Association will read out the industry carbon neutrality initiative; On National Ecology Day in August, the Guangzhou Forestry Carbon Inclusive Methodology was released, filling the gap in Guangzhou City's forestry carbon sink policy and creating a Guangzhou model of the "two mountains" transformation path. In recent years, the Guangzhou City Ecological Environment Bureau has actively promoted low-carbon inclusive benefits, low-carbon trading, and low-carbon pilots, using "carbon" to improve quality, empowering many fields and scenarios, and helping to develop new quality productivity by creating a low-carbon industrial chain and value chain.
"Carbon neutrality at this exhibition is just the beginning." Staff from the Guangzhou City Ecological Environment Bureau told reporters that the ecological environment department will cooperate with the commercial department to create a series of carbon neutrality exhibitions, and promote the pace of green construction, green exhibitions, and waste-free exhibitions, and ultimately achieve comprehensive carbon neutrality of exhibition organizers and exhibitors, green and low-carbon certification of participating products, guide the green and low-carbon exhibition industry, further promote the green and low-carbon exhibition industry to a higher level, and polish the golden signboard of Guangzhou's exhibition industry brighter. The Guangzhou City Ecological Environment Bureau will also explore and issue the "Implementation Guidelines for Carbon Neutralization of Large-scale Activities in Guangzhou City" to achieve more convenient and faster implementation of carbon neutrality, promote the creation of more zero-carbon scenarios, and help build a beautiful Guangzhou.
Industry self-discipline helps low-carbon exhibitions
It is reported that Guangzhou Convention and Exhibition has been at the forefront of the country in exploring and promoting low-carbon and environmental protection at the exhibition. As early as 2014, Guangzhou was the first in the country and held the first "Green Canton Fair", which promoted the formulation of the industry's first green specially decorated booth standards-"Canton Fair Green Specially decorated Booth Standards" and "Green Booth Evaluation Guide""The Green Exhibition Operation Guide has accumulated valuable experience for the country to explore and establish a green exhibition indicator system and standardized and refined management, and established an industry sample for green innovation and development. After the 130th session, the Canton Fair has basically reached 100% of the specially decorated booths that meet the green specially decorated requirements.
In addition, various large professional exhibition halls and conference centers in Guangzhou also actively practice the concept of sustainable development. The Canton Fair Exhibition Hall has been continuously improving in terms of energy conservation, water conservation, material conservation and improvement of indoor environmental quality for a long time. Area ABC has met global efficient green exhibition hall standards, and Area D is under application. As the first large-scale public building in Guangzhou, Baiyun International Convention Center has been put into operation. The photovoltaic project that has adopted advanced technologies such as solar photovoltaic power generation systems and ground source heat pump systems has achieved zero carbon emissions in the conference center, providing a strong guarantee for the implementation of green exhibitions.
Super-large exhibitions such as the Guangzhou Construction Expo have also followed suit with green exhibition plans that meet their own needs. For example, the 65th Guangzhou Art Expo launched the third phase of the "Green Double Carbon Plan" to introduce green enterprises to reduce costs and increase efficiency for enterprises, and commend exhibitors that support low-carbon.
Staff from the Guangdong Province Pet Industry Association said that the pet industry also attaches great importance to low-carbon and environmentally friendly behaviors. More and more pet brands and companies are choosing low-carbon exhibition methods, such as using recyclable or environmentally friendly materials to build booths, reducing carbon emissions during transportation, and optimizing energy use; Support green travel and encourage exhibitors and visitors to use low-carbon travel methods such as public transportation, cycling or walking to the exhibition site; Promote green consumption concepts during the exhibition, such as selling environmentally friendly pet products and promoting sustainable pet maintenance methods.
Staff of the Guangzhou International Convention and Exhibition Industry Association said that it is imperative to achieve the "double carbon" goal, and Guangzhou City's advance layout of carbon neutrality of the exhibition is a big policy dividend for the industry and has a strong leading role.
