According to eu.36kr.com, Chando Group released its “2025 Annual Sustainable Development Report” on May 26, 2025 — marking its 15th consecutive year of ESG reporting. The report discloses a binding carbon reduction target: a 42% absolute reduction in Scope 1 and Scope 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, using 2023 as the base year. For the first time, Chando has expanded its disclosure boundary to include six key categories under Scope 3 emissions, covering raw material procurement, logistics and transportation, packaging, and consumer use — segments historically underreported by Chinese consumer goods firms due to supply-chain digitization gaps and high data-collection costs.
From ESG Reporting to Operational Integration
Unlike early CSR narratives centered on public welfare and environmental gestures, Chando’s 2025 report emphasizes quantifiability and industrialization. It aligns its decarbonization pathway with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) standards — a benchmark adopted by global peers including L’Oréal, Estée Lauder Companies, and Shiseido. Chen Juanling, General Manager of Public Affairs at Chando Group, told 36Kr:
“Although ESG still requires huge investment at this stage and it is difficult to calculate the value of this investment from the perspective of ROI, from a long-term development perspective, the concept of ESG will penetrate into Chando Group’s products and services and ultimately become part of the group’s competitiveness.”
Green Manufacturing Infrastructure
The Chando Future Beauty City, located in Shanghai Oriental Beauty Valley, entered full operation in 2025. Its integrated infrastructure includes distributed photovoltaics, intelligent logistics, digital twin systems, and industrial tourism functions. The site’s 3.1-megawatt rooftop photovoltaic project is projected to generate 3.8 million kWh of electricity annually, with a self-consumption rate exceeding 95%. This aligns with broader industry trends: over the past three years, Chinese beauty enterprises have increasingly prioritized green factory investments to simultaneously meet ESG compliance requirements and improve operational efficiency — particularly given the sector’s heavy reliance on packaging, logistics, and energy-intensive production.
Biodiversity, Raw Materials, and R&D Capability
Chando’s “Planting Grass in the Himalayas” project has restored 6.66 million square meters of land and evolved into the “2025–2030 Himalayas Biodiversity Conservation Project”. In parallel, a Gentiana veitchiorum extract co-developed with Tibet Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University completed national record filing for new cosmetic raw materials in 2025 — becoming the first new cosmetic raw material recorded in Tibet. At its Shanghai Microbiology Laboratory, Chando deploys fifth-generation intelligent biological fermentation technology, enabling self-production of core raw materials like yeasts and lactic acid bacteria. The effective extraction rate of some patented ingredients has increased by 300%, while production energy consumption decreased.
Plastic Reduction and Circular Models
In 2025, Chando launched a plastic-reduction initiative across 90 SKUs, incorporating refill packs, supplementary packs, and one-time molding gradient blow-molding technology. The refill packs for the Small Purple Bottle Essence reduced virgin plastic use by 0.54 tons annually; bag-type supplementary packs cut 14 tons of virgin plastic in total. These models serve dual purposes: lowering environmental impact and improving customer retention and logistics cost efficiency — a strategy mirrored by international brands such as L’Oréal and The Body Shop. Chando’s empty bottle recycling program has attracted more than ten thousand consumers to participate.
Source: eu.36kr.com
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