Government and Enterprises Jointly Map Out a Low-Carbon Blueprint for the "15th Five-Year Plan": Guangzhou Ecological Environment Bureau Helps ZEISS Build a Carbon-Neutral Factory

Recently, Carl Zeiss Vision (China) Co., Ltd. officially received the ISO 14068-1 Carbon Neutrality Verification Statement issued by the international certification body SGS. The ZEISS Huangpu Knowledge City manufacturing base has thus become the first ZEISS Vision factory in China to achieve this "carbon-neutral" certification.
As a core requirement of the ISO 14068-1 standard, enterprises must establish a systematic carbon neutrality management plan adhering to the principle of "reduction first, removal second, and offsetting last." This emphasizes achieving carbon neutrality through substantial emission reductions in their own operations. Following this internationally recognized pathway, Carl Zeiss Vision (China) Co., Ltd. effectively reduced its operational carbon emission intensity by implementing a series of energy efficiency improvement projects—such as optimizing the building's chiller system, upgrading cooling towers, and applying molecular pump and automatic lens-flipping technologies. This was coupled with the large-scale deployment of photovoltaic power generation and the prudent procurement of green certificates. Combined with its profound expertise in digital and intelligent manufacturing—having previously been selected as a global "Lighthouse Factory"—the base has successfully achieved a synergistic upgrade of green and intelligent operations. It now stands as a benchmark case of regional high-end manufacturing relying on new quality productive forces to achieve a green transition.
Moving forward, under the guidance of the Guangzhou Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau, the Huangpu Branch will continue to deepen government-enterprise collaboration. Guided by the "15th Five-Year Plan," it will summarize and promote the advanced experiences of benchmark enterprises like ZEISS in carbon accounting, energy conservation, and emission reduction. The bureau aims to encourage more enterprises to undertake green and low-carbon practices, build a modern industrial system characterized by green, low-carbon, and circular development, and help Guangzhou take the lead in its high-quality development journey under the national "Dual Carbon" goals.