Dongjiang Environmental’s 2025 ESG Report Highlights Emissions Profile, RMB121.77 Million R&D Spend and Zero Major Compliance Breaches

Bulletin Express
Apr 27

Dongjiang Environmental released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, detailing performance across climate action, resource efficiency, governance and stakeholder engagement for the year ended 31 December 2025. The Board approved the report on 27 April 2026.

Environmental Performance • Greenhouse-gas footprint: Direct (Scope 1) emissions totalled 91,341.53 tCO₂e and indirect (Scope 2) emissions 79,633.50 tCO₂e, bringing combined Scope 1+2 emissions to 170,975.03 tCO₂e, equal to 0.49 tCO₂e per RMB 10,000 of revenue. • Energy use: Purchased electricity reached 135,631.46 MWh (0.39 MWh per RMB 10,000 of revenue). Additional consumption comprised 3.72 million m³ of natural gas, 2.59 million L of diesel, 97,492 L of gasoline and 1,768 t of coal. • Water and waste: Water intake stood at 1.30 million m³ (3.76 m³ per RMB 10,000 of revenue). Hazardous-waste generation was 113,372 t (0.33 t per RMB 10,000 of revenue), while non-hazardous waste totalled 970 t. • Pollution controls: Emissions included 264 t of NOx, 36.70 t of SO₂ and 1,545.71 t of COD, all managed under ISO 14001-certified systems at 23 entities; 26 subsidiaries completed cleaner-production audits.

Operational & R&D Highlights • R&D investment reached RMB 121.77 million, or 3.49 % of main-business revenue. • The workforce included 478 R&D staff (12.28 % of headcount). • The company held 668 authorised patents, including eight granted in 2025 and 13 core technologies filed overseas via the PCT route. • Nine R&D projects were completed, advancing high-value utilisation of copper-bearing and fluorine-containing waste streams, and pilot processes for photovoltaic module recycling. • Dongjiang operated hazardous-waste treatment capacity above 2.80 million tpa and produced over 50,000 t of recycled copper-salt and tin-salt products annually.

Governance & Compliance • The nine-member Board (33 % independent directors; 11 % female) met eight times during the year. • No material environmental or compliance incidents, no concluded corruption cases and no product recalls were recorded. • All 3,893 employees are covered by work-injury insurance; zero work-related fatalities were reported. Lost working days due to injury totalled 638.

Social Contributions • The company invested about RMB 5.00 million in public-welfare and rural-revitalisation projects, procured RMB 6.01 million of agricultural products through consumption-support schemes and logged 519 volunteer hours from 105 employees. • Employee turnover stood at 13.76 %, while 100 % of staff received training, averaging 34.72 hours per employee.

Supply Chain & Customer Relations • The approved supplier base reached 1,283, with four overseas vendors; 33 suppliers were disqualified and four were blacklisted after performance reviews. • Customer satisfaction remained above 95 %, with two complaints resolved during the period.

Strategic Outlook The company reiterated its goal of becoming a “leading resource-recycling enterprise and comprehensive environmental-service provider” under China’s 15th Five-Year Plan, focusing on hazardous-waste recycling, resource & energy recovery and integrated environmental services while embedding ESG principles across operations.

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