In order to summarize and promote the important experience in the field of "Future sustainable investment" in a timely manner, and investigate the best practices in international and domestic investment and related professional fields, AMAC Beijing and Beijing Green Finance and Sustainable Development Institute jointly launched the "Collection of Outstanding Cases of" Future Sustainable Investment "in 2022.

In these excellent cases, we find that ESG investment and sustainable investment have become important factors for investment institutions to consider in the full cycle process of "fundraising, investment, management and withdrawal". At the same time, many investment institutions are actively supporting the investee enterprises to improve their ESG governance and practice level, so as to create a more long-term sustainable business model. Continuous scientific and technological innovation is an important driving force to solve environmental and social problems; Innovation practices cover many fields, such as intelligent building, new energy, hazardous waste treatment, biotechnology, drug research and development, green travel, green consumption and urban renewal, and involve all aspects of social development and residents' lives.

The case published today is: GENKI FOREST.

Yuanqi Forest: Make efforts to implement the overall "zero carbon" strategy

2022 is a key year for the low-carbon transformation of Yuanqi Forest.

On August 9, Yuanqi Forest and Vision Technology Group, a "zero carbon" technology company, reached a strategic cooperation, and will work together to establish an overall "zero carbon" strategy. Through three links and six carbon reduction initiatives in the whole value chain, Yuanqi Forest will help Yuanqi Forest achieve carbon neutrality in its own operations in 2025, low-carbon transformation in the upstream and downstream of the value chain, and create "zero carbon" products to lead green consumption.

At present, the two sides have carried out in-depth cooperation in many areas of carbon neutralization solutions. Based on Envision's intelligent Internet of Things operating system EnOSTM and the Ark carbon management platform, they have achieved the energy efficiency improvement of Yuanqi Forest Factory, renewable energy power generation, green electricity green certificate procurement and carbon offset one-stop carbon neutralization.

On this basis, Yuanqi Forest will build the first 360 ° digital carbon neutralization plant in Dujiangyan, Sichuan this year, and release the first batch of carbon neutralization bubble water.

Adhere to the sustainable "three friendly" strategy

Founded in 2016, Yuanqi Forest now owns bubble water, burning tea, milk tea, fiber tea, alien electrolyte water and other series of products. Its sales network has covered the whole country and has been exported to more than 40 countries and regions, including the United States, Japan and Singapore.

Towards 2030, GENKI FOREST has formulated the "Three friendly" strategy of sustainable development, making continuous efforts in the three areas of environmental friendliness, social friendliness and user friendliness, and promoting comprehensive green, low-carbon and sustainable development in the future.

In terms of "environmental friendliness", GENKI FOREST promotes the innovation of energy saving and carbon reduction technology. Through effective energy saving and carbon reduction, GENKI FOREST strives to improve its low-carbon operation level, reduce environmental pollution and resource consumption in raw material purchase, product packaging, production and other links, and achieve efficient and green development. Through digital enabling channels and brands, and through concept innovation, the whole chain of low-carbon green production can be realized.

In terms of "social friendship", the company officially established the "Public welfare of the company" this year, which is committed to the integration of corporate development and social value, to actively play a role in green and low-carbon, rural revitalization, care for left-behind children, disaster relief and other aspects, to give back to the society, and to actively promote the innovation of carbon neutral mode. As a food and beverage enterprise with Internet gene, GENKI FOREST strives to bring the Internet model into the traditional industry, use data to empower business, promote model innovation, and reduce the carbon emission at the operation end.

In terms of "user friendliness", the company continues to develop and produce healthy products for users, and insists on living for a better life. Together with young users, the company actively advocates the concept of green and low-carbon consumption and guides consumers to innovate their ideas. The main customer group of GENKI FOREST is the young generation Z, who are increasingly becoming the practitioners of green consumption and low-carbon consumption.

Receiving the industry's first carbon neutral certificate

At present, the "zero carbon" factory project of GENKI FOREST has completed 34 energy-saving and consumption reduction projects, such as automatic three-dimensional storage, feeding system, cleaning system and intelligent transformation and upgrading of bottle blowing link. In 2022, electricity bill consumption will be reduced by 25%, water bill consumption by 10% and gas bill consumption by 15% compared with the same period. In the field of clean energy, the installed capacity of photovoltaic projects in the first phase of Anhui Plant, Tianjin Plant and Guangdong Plant is 10,540 kW, with an estimated annual generating capacity of more than 11 million KWH. So far, the accumulated carbon dioxide emission has been reduced by 7,066 tons.

A total of over 400,000 square meters of rooftop distributed photovoltaic power stations, about 46MW, have been built in GENKI FOREST, which is expected to generate 40.74 million KWH of green electricity and reduce about 23,790 tons of CO2 emissions every year after it is fully put into operation. Through the establishment and operation improvement of the solid waste zero landfill system in all plants, the source production of solid waste has been reduced by about 30%. Chuzhou, Tianjin and Zhaoqing all recycle their own processes and green cleaning in their plants and provide them to municipal authorities.

At the same time, GENKI FOREST actively responds to the national Guidance on Promoting the Utilization of Sewage Resources (Development and Reform of Environmental Resources (2021) No. 13), the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and other six departments on the issuance of Industrial Water Efficiency Improvement Action Plan (2022) Joint Section of Ministry of Industry and Information Technology No. 72) and local policies. ,and work with local governments to maximize the use of sewage for industrial recycling, municipal utility and ecological water replenishment.

In terms of exploring "zero-carbon products", based on LCA methodology, GENKI FOREST and Vision Technology Group jointly analyzed the carbon footprint of white peach flavor sparkling water produced by GENKI FOREST Carbon neutral factory in Dujiangyan, Sichuan Province, from raw material acquisition and transportation, production and processing, to distribution and end treatment, and neutralized the water by cancelation of the same amount of emission reduction.

The offset source is Qianbei Forestry Carbon Sink Project, which meets the climate, community and biodiversity (CCB) standards, and finally obtained the "carbon neutral certification (based on PAS2060)" issued by the authoritative certification body BHOhexin, which is also the first carbon neutral certificate issued by BHOhexin in the field of beverage consumer goods. With the gradual implementation of the "zero-carbon" transformation plan, every bottle of fashion drinks produced by the "zero-carbon green code" will have a "zero-carbon green code". Consumers only need to scan the "zero-carbon green code" to see the carbon footprint of the whole life cycle of the drink.

Photo source: Beijing Foundation Association

为及时总结和推广“未来可持续投资”领域的重要经验，调研国际国内投资和相关专业领域的最佳实践，今年，北京基金业协会联合北京绿色金融与可持续发展研究院，发起了“‘未来可持续投资’2022年优秀案例征集”活动。

这些优秀案例中，我们发现，ESG投资、可持续投资已经成为投资机构在“募、投、管、退”全周期过程中的重要考量因素，同时，诸多投资机构也在积极支持被投企业提高ESG的治理和实践水平，以打造更加长期可持续的商业模式；持续的科技创新是解决环境和社会问题的重要驱动力；创新实践包括建筑智能化、新能源、危废处理、生物科技、药品研发、绿色出行、绿色消费、城市更新等诸多领域，涉及到社会发展和居民生活的方方面面。

今天发布的案例是：元气森林。

元气森林：发力整体“零碳”战略

2022年是元气森林低碳转型的关键一年。

8月9日，元气森林与“零碳”技术公司远景科技集团达成战略合作，将携手建立整体“零碳”战略，通过全价值链3大环节6大减碳举措，助力元气森林实现2025年自身运营碳中和、价值链上下游低碳转型、并打造“零碳”产品引领绿色消费。

目前，双方在碳中和解决方案多个领域已展开深入合作，基于远景公司的智能物联操作系统EnOSTM及方舟碳管理平台，实现元气森林工厂能效提升、可再生能源电力发电、绿电绿证采购及碳抵消一站式碳中和。

在此基础上，元气森林今年将在四川都江堰建成首座360°数字化碳中和工厂，并发布首批碳中和气泡水。

坚持可持续“三友好”战略

元气森林成立于2016年，目前旗下拥有气泡水、燃茶、乳茶、纤茶、外星人电解质水等系列产品，销售网络已覆盖全国，并出口至美国、日本、新加坡等40多个国家和地区。

自建立之初，“绿色”“低碳”“可持续”便镌刻在元气森林的企业基因之中。作为面向年轻消费者的年轻饮料企业，元气森林关注绿色发展议题，致力于通过低碳饮品、环保包装、智慧生产来推广绿色生产生活方式，助力健康和环境可持续发展。元气森林坚持创新引领、提高生产效能、积极使用可再生能源，通过真正的业务和理念革新实现全链条低碳绿色生产。

面向2030，元气森林制定了可持续发展“三友好”战略，在环境友好、社会友好、用户友好三大领域持续发力，推动未来全面绿色低碳可持续发展。

在“环境友好”方面，元气森林推进节能减碳技术创新，通过有效节能减碳，努力提升自身低碳运营水平，在原料采购、产品包装、生产等各个环节减少环境污染和资源消耗，实现高效能的绿色发展。还通过数字化赋能渠道和品牌，通过理念革新，实现全链条低碳绿色生产。

在“社会友好”方面，元气森林今年正式成立了“元气森林公益”，致力于将企业发展与社会价值融合共生，在绿色低碳、乡村振兴、关爱留守儿童、赈灾救灾等方面积极担当，回馈社会，同时积极推动碳中和模式创新。作为一家拥有互联网基因的食品饮料企业，元气森林努力将互联网模式带入传统行业，用数据赋能业务，推动模式创新、降低运营端碳排放。

在“用户友好”方面，元气森林持续为用户研发、生产健康好产品，坚持为美好生活而生，和年轻用户一起，积极倡导绿色低碳消费理念，引导消费者理念创新。元气森林的主要客户群体是Z世代年轻人，他们正日趋成为绿色消费、低碳消费的践行者。

获得业界首张碳中和证书

目前，元气森林“零碳”工厂项目已完成自动立体仓、投料系统、清洗系统与吹瓶环节智能化改造升级等34个节能降耗项目；2022年电单耗较同期降低25%，水单耗较同期降低10%，汽单耗较同期降低15%。清洁能源领域，安徽厂一期、天津厂、广东厂一期光伏项目装机容量10540千瓦，预计年均发电量超1100万度，目前已累计减少二氧化碳排放7066吨。

元气森林已建设屋顶分布式光伏电站共计40余万方、约46MW，全面启用后预计每年将产生4074万度绿色电力、减少约23790吨CO2排放。所有工厂通过固废零填埋体系的建立和运行改善，将固废源头产生降低约30%。滁州、天津和肇庆都已实现厂内自身工艺和绿化清洁的循环使用，并供给市政部门使用。

同时，元气森林积极响应国家《关于推进污水资源化利用的指导意见（发改环资〔2021〕13号）》、《工业和信息化部等六部门关于印发工业水效提升行动计划的通知（工信部联节〔2022〕72号）》和各地地方政策，与地方政府一起推进污水在工业循环使用、市政杂用和生态补水等方面的最大化利用。

在探索“零碳产品”方面，元气森林基于LCA方法学，联合远景科技集团对元气森林四川都江堰碳中和工厂生产的白桃味气泡水进行了从原料获取及运输、生产加工、到分销及尾端处理的全生命周期碳足迹分析，并通过注销等量减排量完成中和。

该抵消来源为黔北林业碳汇项目，满足气候、社区和生物多样性（CCB）标准，最终获得权威认证机构中标合信颁发的“碳中和认证（基于PAS2060）”，这也是中标合信在饮料消费品领域颁发的首张碳中和证书。伴随着元气森林“零碳”转型计划的逐步落地，每一瓶元气森林出品的时尚饮品都将拥有“零碳绿码”，消费者只需扫“零碳绿码”，就可以看到自己这瓶饮料全生命周期的碳足迹。