Xiaomi has set itself a decidedly ambitious goal to combat climate change: reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 98% by 2040. This will mostly concern smartphones, IoT products, Lifestyle and internet services. Plan Zero carbon philosophy particularly focus on research and development, logistics And sustainable management of e-waste. New technologies and operational efficiency will therefore be the basis of this strategy with which the company will seek to improve the performance and accessibility of its products and services while simultaneously reducing their ecological footprint.
ACTIONS FOR THE FUTURE
- The first step in anticipation of the 2050 objectives was defined in 2021: reduction of campus per capita emissions by 4.5% by 2026 compared to 2020 levels. Xiaomi reveals that on December 31 last year the goal had already been largely achieved thanks to a 21.12% reduction in emissions .
- reduction of emissions in scope 1 (direct greenhouse gas emissions) and 2 (indirect greenhouse gas emissions):
- by 2030: -70% compared to 2021
- by 2040: -98% compared to 2021
- usage of low carbon technologies green energy purchase contracts and renewable energy production in logo
- involvement of the whole production chain
WHAT HAS BEEN DONE
Last year the company has invested more than half of R&D expenditure in clean technologiesamong which:
- reduction of energy consumption of smartphones by 30% compared to the previous generation. This has been made possible by the use of 5G energy-saving technologies such as self-adaptive broadband and energy optimisation.
- -70% in display power consumption with the Dark Mode
- 57 million kWh of energy consumption and 24,852 tons of CO2eq less with the proprietary system of fast charging
- use reduction packaging of paper of 0.3m2 (average value), -80 grams of plastic per product
- Xiaomi wants to recycle 38,000 tons of e-waste and use 5,000 tons of recycled material in its products.
- program expansion Trade-in to other recyclable products
- promoting the development of acircular economy through refurbished products. 2022: 94,000 smartphones, 5,600 electric scooters, 6,200 smart TVs
- duration of materials: use of durable materials such as ceramic, silicone synthetic leather
