Xin Lang Cai Jing·2025-06-17 05:14Core Viewpoint - The four major urban gas companies in China have released their 2024 ESG reports, highlighting their greenhouse gas emissions and sustainability efforts, with a notable decrease in emissions across the board [1][3]. Emission Data Summary - Kunlun Energy has the highest total greenhouse gas emissions at 1.594 million tons of CO2 equivalent, a year-on-year decrease of 1.5%, with scope 1 emissions at 490,000 tons and scope 2 emissions at 1.104 million tons [3]. - New Hope Energy reported total emissions of 205,000 tons of CO2 equivalent, down 12.4% year-on-year, with scope 1 at 101,000 tons and scope 2 at 104,000 tons [3]. - China Resources Gas emitted 129,000 tons of CO2 equivalent, a decrease of 10.8% year-on-year, with scope 1 at 39,000 tons and scope 2 at 90,000 tons [3]. - Honghua Smart Energy had the lowest emissions at 77,000 tons of CO2 equivalent, with the largest reduction of 26% year-on-year, scope 1 at 48,000 tons and scope 2 at 29,000 tons [3]. Scope 3 Emissions - Kunlun Energy's scope 3 emissions exceeded 100 million tons, reaching 142 million tons of CO2 equivalent, with the highest contributions from "use of sold products" and "purchased goods and services" [7]. - New Hope Energy's scope 3 emissions were 60.2 million tons, primarily from the "use of sold products" category [8]. - Honghua Smart Energy reported scope 3 emissions of 11.7 million tons, with the majority from "use of sold products" [8]. Hazardous Waste and Environmental Investment - Honghua Smart Energy reported the highest hazardous waste at 25 tons, followed by New Hope Energy at 22.68 tons and China Resources Gas at 9.24 tons [11]. - Kunlun Energy disclosed hazardous solid waste of 756 tons and methane emissions of 6,863 tons, down 4% year-on-year [13]. Sustainability Initiatives - Urban gas companies are actively pursuing new growth avenues to align with carbon neutrality goals, focusing on "urban gas + new energy" strategies [14]. - Honghua Smart Energy has implemented 128 zero-carbon smart parks and has a total installed photovoltaic capacity of 2.3 GW [14]. - China Resources Gas is focusing on distributed photovoltaic energy, with a total signed installed capacity of 4 GW and operational capacity of 3.1 GW [14]. - Kunlun Energy is expanding its renewable energy projects, including distributed photovoltaic and wind energy [14][15]. - New Hope Energy aims to increase the share of renewable energy to 36% by 2030, with a current share of 23.5% [15][16].