BEIJING, March 1,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 26, the Sixth Session of the United
Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6) kicked off at Nairobi, the Capital of Kenya. Environment ministers and heads of
relevant authorities from more than 180 countries worldwide
attended the conference. As the only Chinese enterprise invited and
presented at the UN Science-Policy-Business Forum (UNSPBF), NaaS
Technology (NASDAQ: NAAS) shared its green promises and digitalized
practices on the scene, providing new proposal in China on global transport energy
transformation and environmental governance.
The United Nations Environment Assembly is the world's
highest-level decision-making body for matters related to the
environment. Regarded as a sort of "world parliament on the
environment", it's held every two years. UNSPBF is one of the major
sessions of the UNEA, engaging delegates of government, academia,
business, and non-government organizations from all over the world
in discussing issues of global environmental governance. As an
international new energy asset operator and the only Chinese
enterprise invited on the occasion, NaaS captured the attention of
delegates of a host of countries by elaborating on its experience
of energy transformation in transport sector and
sustainability.
Zhai Yubo, General Manager of
NaaS Carbon Neutrality Business, expressed that transport is a main
sector in carbon emissions, accounting for roughly 1/5 of the
world's total carbon emissions. In the era of carbon neutrality,
local authorities attach greater importance to the development of
new energy infrastructure such as "integrated PV-storage-charging"
facility when laying down city blueprint. Take China for example. By 2035, China will have more EVs than ICE vehicles,
which is indicative of a demand for 40-50 million chargers. And in
consequence, EV charging service, EPC service and O&M service
market segments will expand. By 2030, China's charging pile market alone will draw
investment approximating RMB 3
trillion.
Amid the trend, NaaS persists in advancing transport energy
towards electrified and green development, and providing one-stop
industry chain service package from charging station siting
consultation, EPC, operation and maintenance, energy storage, PV,
to autonomous charging robot inclusive. Meanwhile, Leveraging big
data, AI and other technologies and algorithms, NaaS is setting in
place an online/offline hybrid EV charging and service network. As
of September 30, 2023, NaaS connected
over 767,000 chargers covering 73,000 charging stations. In the
third quarter of 2023, NaaS' charging volume leaped 66% year over
year to 1.383 billion kWh, representing 21.8% of the public
charging volume in China.
Built on such resources and technical strengths, NaaS, with
"value of open platforms", delves into new energy investment and
consumption with unremitting effort. On one hand, NaaS, based on
its self-developed NEF (NAAS Energy Fintech) system, builds a
prediction and decision making model with insight into the industry
to help local authorities and charging station investors arrange
charging infrastructure with appropriateness and monitor
post-investment assets in real time. On the other hand, NaaS teams
up with its strategic partner Kuaidian to motivate users to engage
in carbon emission reduction by awarding carbon credits. By the end
of 2023, the service has garnered 594,000 users.
"Over the past year, we, on a sound local footing, set a
paradigm of 'integrated PV-storage-charging-battery swapping' heavy
truck stations in Anji, Zhejiang,
in response to actual local demand for battery swapping in heavy
trucks. Besides, NaaS also devotes itself to exporting local
experience worldwide. During COP28,
NaaS and CANGO jointly put forward 'Initiative on Sustainability of
Enterprise-Community Integration in the Middle East' to realize the goal of achieving
carbon neutrality in the Middle
East and the entire world." Zhai added, the practice of
sustainable development applied both at home and abroad by NaaS has
been acknowledged in the international community.
In February 2024, NaaS was scored
60 in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment,
outperforming over 98% of peer companies in the world. Later in the
month, it was rated "Class B" by Carbon Disclosure Project for
endeavor in climate change, above the world average of "Class C".
Additionally, NaaS joined "Science Based Targets initiative" (SBTi)
and United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) in succession, giving its
pledge to contribute to achieving global carbon neutrality.
This year's UNSPBF has showcased the efforts of the United
Nations and countries worldwide in realizing goals of environmental
fairness and justice, promoting sustainability and spurring actions
of improving urban environment. By sharing experience at the forum,
NaaS expects to explore more energy solutions and
co-create a zero-carbon future through open cooperation.
For media enquiries, please contact: Sabrina Wang, Email:
wangxuedong@newlink.com.
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