The Zhitong Finance App learned that on March 8, the Modern Animal Husbandry (01117) Sustainable Development Strategy Conference was held in Beijing to officially promote the “FRESH” strategy created by all efforts to the public eye. This is the first sustainable development strategy released by China's animal husbandry industry. It is the fruit of the modern animal husbandry industry's tireless pursuit of building ecological civilization for more than ten years. It is also a beautiful vision for a greener, smarter, and healthier industry. Ministry of Ecology and Environment Publicity and Education Center, Ministry of Ecology and Environment Environmental Development Center Environmental Management and Data Application Research Center, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs National Animal Husbandry Center, China Dairy Industry Association, Beijing Low-Carbon Agriculture Association, China Agricultural University, Beijing Jingwa Agricultural Science and Technology Innovation Center, PricewaterhouseCoopers, S&P Global, Climate Bond Initiatives, World Economic Forum, and leaders from Mengniu Group and Modern Animal Husbandry Group attended the conference and discussed in depth topics related to sustainable development and discussed the ecological win-win plan for the industrial chain.
Jointly build a community of life on Earth
The pulse of nature coexists with human life. The sky is blue, the mountains are green, and the water is clear. The beautiful ecological environment is ideal for human life. As the upstream cornerstone of the “Dairy Industry National Team” Mengniu Group, Hyundai Animal Husbandry researches and formulates a “FRESH” strategy based on Mengniu's vision of “protecting the common health of humans and the planet” against the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and based on its own sustainable development history of more than ten years. At the conference, Hyundai Animal Husbandry CEO Sun Yugang explained the strategy in detail and stated that in the future, while developing with its own high quality, Hyundai Animal Husbandry will also pass on the concepts and methods of corporate ESG governance, corporate social and environmental responsibility to upstream and downstream partners to continuously lead the sustainable development of the industry with a more resilient industrial chain and breakthroughs in innovative models.
Co-create a new model of industrial ecology
At a time when the global green and low-carbon transformation is accelerating, the sustainable development of animal husbandry has gradually become the focus of the industry's attention. Experts and scholars from government associations, research institutes, and international organizations presented their insights and suggestions for the industry during the round-table forum session on “Discussing the Future of Sustainable Dairy Industry”. Ms. Li Jialei, a global ESG business development expert at S&P, said that the “forage cultivation - dairy farming - cow dung treatment - biogas power generation - return of biogas manure” green cycle model pioneered by modern animal husbandry is an innovation combining great ecological benefits and economic benefits, laying a solid theoretical and practical foundation for the sustainable development of China's animal husbandry industry. At the conference, Hyundai Animal Husbandry and Professor Li Shengli's team of China Agricultural University also released the first “China Dairy Industry Low-Carbon White Paper”, which systematically summarizes and sorts out the current status and development goals of the dairy industry, and explains the dairy industry's emission reduction measures and cutting-edge research from an existing technical level; the aim is to provide references for relevant industry authorities and industry practitioners, showing the dairy industry's attitude and determination to implement low-carbon sustainable development.
A new mission to share social values
In recent years, the huge ecological and economic benefits behind the ecological circular economy model of the modern animal husbandry industry have activated the “new engine” of industrial clusters and circular agriculture. Modern animal husbandry closely follows the agricultural partnership mechanism, continuously broadens farmers' employment opportunities and income growth channels, and implements the “enterprise+base+farmer” forage industry business model. The planting area is one million mu, covering more than 200,000 households on the periphery of the ranch. In the past three years, more than 10 million tons of silage have been purchased, bringing more than 20 billion dollars in planting revenue to partners in the industrial chain, covering nearly 300,000 people in the talent chain, and greatly promoting rural revitalization and common prosperity.
At the conference, the Beijing Low Carbon Agriculture Association honored Hyundai Animal Husbandry Group with the honor of being the first “Low Carbon Pasture Innovation Demonstration Base” in the country, demonstrating its role model for the industry in methane emission reduction, synergy and high-quality development. Modern animal husbandry uses new energy technologies such as photovoltaics and biogas power generation to build “complementary farming and light” pastures and “integrated farming” green recycling ranches. By promoting the efficient use of clean energy, it has achieved a win-win situation between cost reduction and self-use of green electricity, and has explored a “carbon neutrality” path of green circular development for the industry.
Start with green, enjoy a win-win situation, and finally be beautiful. Modern animal husbandry continues to implement the “Green Leadership 2030” corporate strategy, is committed to the collaborative development of ecology and industry, protects health with quality, and creates the future with responsibility. In the future, we will carry out practical actions around the five pillars of “future, responsibility, environment, society, and health” in the “FRESH” strategy, keep integrity as the foundation, strive to lay a solid foundation for the goal of “carbon peak by 2030, carbon neutrality by 2050”, and lead the global animal husbandry industry towards a more sustainable tomorrow!