Yili Wins "best Corporate Sustainability Film" At Odyssey 2023

 

Passion for a Sustainable Future 

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 (Bernama) -- A short film co-produced by Yili Group and The Economist Group in the UK titled "Passion for a Sustainable Future" had won "Best Corporate Sustainability Film" at Odyssey 2023 in Cambridge, an acknowledgment of the Asian dairy giant's commitment to global sustainability.

Now in its third edition, the Odyssey film festival celebrates "Global Sustainability" as its main theme this year, in response to the United Nations’ (UN) 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a statement.

Integrating sustainability into its corporate culture, the company upholds a development philosophy that underscores the importance of green development, win-win cooperation and shared prosperity.

Yili launched China's first net-zero product series, covering milk, yoghurt, organic milk powder and ice cream, pioneering in the country’s food sector as one of the first companies to unveil its carbon reduction goal and commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 across the industry chain.

Adhering to the principles of altruism and creating long-term positive impact, it pools various resources to establish a global health ecosystem and promote shared prosperity, in the process of generating business value and social value.

Yili is China's first enterprise to sign the Business and Biodiversity Pledge of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity, the first to commit to and be approved to join the UN Water Action Agenda, and the sole dairy partner of the COP to be invited to the second session of the COP15.

With its dream of "World Integrally Sharing Health", Yili has also been expanding its environmental, social and governance (ESG) footprint across the continents.

This year, with its outstanding performance in the ESG field, it has achieved an A-level MSCI ESG rating, placing it at the top among A-share-listed dairy companies. Following its "New Vision for Value Creation", Yili is dedicated to uniting all forces to create value and contribute to the UN SDGs in the future.

-- BERNAMA