In 1991, world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall started Roots & Shoots, a program designed to educate youths about environmental issues and humanitarian values with a special focus on group interaction. Roots & Shoots unites those who hold certain values in common: love for animals, care for the community, and devotion to protecting the environment. Shanghai Roots & Shoots was founded as a volunteer organization in November 1999. Five years later, in November 2004, Shanghai Roots & Shoots was granted a Non-Profit Organization status by the Shanghai Municipality Government.
The sustainable programs and ESG services run by Shanghai Roots & Shoots includes:
Million Tree Project - fighting against desertification.
Eco Office Program - cultivating company Green Ambassadors.
YES Program - lecturing green classes in school.
Organic Garden Program - farming organically on campus.
KidStrong Project - building a brighter future for migrant children.
And Dragon Recycling Project - recycling all that can be recycled.
1KG BOX focuses on innovative design of rural education. We have designed a series of diversified teaching toolkits for children and teachers in rural and underdeveloped areas of China, through instructional design and teacher support, so that high-quality education content and experiences can be delivered to the children in need at the lowest cost, so that more children can benefit from it. We have joined forces to gradually and deeply promote the reform of rural education through strategies such as teaching toolkit support, teacher growth empowerment and regional promotion.
As of 2021, it has affected more than 720,000 students, more than 8,200 schools, and more than 457,700 hours of various themed box lessons, covering almost all provinces in the country.
We believe that a good education should be life-oriented, connect with children's real lives, and prepare them for the future. As a series of multi-purpose teaching kits designed for children and teachers in rural China, each box of 1KG BOX responds to real problems or challenges that children face as they grow up. Through the use of inquiry-based instructional design methods, games, situational experiences and other forms allow children to learn about themselves, master life skills, and interact with the community. The box is low-cost, easy to operate, reproducible, and the tool-based design makes educational innovation easier. At present, our box is mainly used for the classrooms of grades 1-6 in rural primary schools, including four theme series of "reading, aesthetic education, life and society".
Founded in May 2008, China Doll Rare Disease Care Center has long been committed to providing medical, life, education and employment support for patients with osteogenesis imperfectia and other rare bone diseases, advocating public attention and support for rare bone disease groups, and promoting the continuous improvement of protection policies. Since its establishment, the center has provided medical rehabilitation assistance for more than 2,000 people, and various services have covered more than 4,000 families with rare bone diseases. Brand public welfare projects include "Iron Man Program", "Pocket Money Program", "Independent Living Program" and so on.
China Zigen Rural Education and Development Association is a non-profit organization dedicating to promote an equitable, people-centered society that upholds sustainable development. It supports people living in poverty in rural China to improve their unmet basic needs in the areas of basic education, primary health care, environmentally appropriate technologies and preservation of local culture.
To promote the idea of Education for Sustainable Development, China Zigen has been supporting more than 70 pilot rural Green Eco Schools and 20 Green Eco Villages throughout 11 provinces in China, including Guizhou, Yunnan, Sichuan, Shanxi, Gansu, Inner Mongaolia, Hebei, Henan, Hebei, Anhui, etc.
Through Green Eco Schools, we work with partner rural schools to fulfill students and teachers’ basic needs, providing environmentally friendly facilities, engaging students in gender education, environmental education, local culture preservation, providing teachers Education for Sustainable Development training. Through Green Eco Village program, we promote forestation and sustainable agriculture, supporting women’s group and elderly association in rural China, to empower the residents and engage students, teachers, and the community to build a sustainable village together.
Shenzhen Spring Environmental Protection Volunteers Association was founded in 2011, committed to coastal natural ecological resources conservation, water environment protection. Through the establishment of the volunteer empowerment Action network, we will promote the joint efforts of all sectors of society to promote environmentally sustainable development by means of environmental survey and conservation actions, volunteer training, environmental education, technical programs and professional consultation.
TERAO is a European Building Sustainability Engineering Consulting company involved for 30 years in energy efficiency, carbon emission and green building engineering as one of the pioneers of energy-saving and sustainable buildings and active in China for 15 years. Terao operates on the whole building life cycle, from design (green building specifications, carbon emissions calculation and reduction, energy efficiency design and calculation, etc.) to operation and maintenance (energy/carbon audits, comfort improvement, certifications in operation, …). Terao also provides corporate-level carbon footprint calculation (Scope 1, 2, 3) for mid-sized enterprises and carbon footprint reduction roadmap.
Found in 2019, EBP China is committed to leveraging our interdisciplinary expertise and providing integrated solutions in combination of successful Swiss experience and Chinese local needs to multinational companies, governments and international organizations. ESG services we offer includes: ESG Disclosure and Reporting, ESG Rating Improvement, Circular Economy, Sustainability Assessment of Products, Green Supply Chain Management, SBTi, SBTN, CSRD comply, biodiversity conservation and action plan, carbon accounting and carbon neutral solution.
Shanghai ForNGO Legal Research and Service Center for Social Organizations is a 4A social organization, referred to as "Forngo". Forngo is the first social think-tank on non-profit organization law in China, and a supportive platform for social organizations to build their professional legal capacity. The purpose of Forngo is to promote the operation of social organizations complying with the law, and to promote the development of public welfare and non-profit organizations in China.
There are main two programs about ESG.
The first program, In 2023, we've conducted a program called Youth Legal Camp (Nature and Us), which based on the ESG concepts and the environment issues. Our project aims to select a group of outstanding junior lawyers, law school students, and NGO representatives interested in environmental law from China to participate in a year-long empowerment project, where they will take part in lectures delivered by scholars and practitioners working in different ways to resolve environmental issues, observe and experience fieldwork by paying on-site visits to local NGOs that work to end environmental crises and build a network with others who share the same interest and passion.
The second, we published ESG-related knowledge packages on the Professional Public Welfare Encyclopedia Knowledge Platform Yilight, including, World Environment Day, Earth Hour, Sustainable Cities, etc., to help more people to understand the environment, esg and other aspects of knowledge.
The FUGUAN Law Firm (“FUGUAN”) is the certified “B Corp” law firm in China. FUGUAN focuses on legal services in the fields of not-for-profit law, charity law and social impact investment in China and for the clients of domestic NGOs (including foundations, private non-enterprise entities and social groups), international NGOs, philanthropists, Data security, impact investments and corporate social responsibility department of companies.
Founded in 2004, CSCI Pengyuan Green Finance (Shenzhen) Technology Co., Ltd. is a well-known consulting company in ESG (Environmental, Social and Governance) and sustainable development, green bond certification, and carbon consulting. We use our unique industry experience and professional skills, as well as the strong shareholder background of China Securities Credit Investment Co Ltd (CSCI) and CSI Pengyuan, we adhere to the corporate mission of "focusing on green finance and supporting the dual carbon goals" to lead industry innovation. Our business covers the world and currently has offices in Beijing, Shenzhen, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Xi'an, Chengdu, Chongqing, Changsha and Hong Kong.
Drees & Sommer is an international Project Management, Consulting and Engineering service company with roots in Germany. We now have more than 5,100 employees worldwide and are known for our high-quality services for real estate and construction projects. Since the 1990s, Drees & Sommer has already started its focus on green building consultancy. We are a founding member of DGNB, the German green building certification alliance, established in 2007. Over the years, Drees & Sommer continued to develop key added value services for sustainability and leading innovations with
digitalization. The founder of Cradle to Cradle, EPEA, is part of our group.
Sustainabo is a boutique consulting and solution provider in the field of sustainability, committed to using artificial intelligence, big-data models and infrastructure technologies to empower enterprises, governments and organizations to jointly address sustainable challenges such as ESG, carbon neutrality and climate change. We provide in-depth consulting of information disclosure, regulatory compliance, management improvement and financial innovation in ESG and carbon neutral, and develop end-to-end digital software and solutions to ensure compliance, optimization and in-depth application of sustainability for enterprises, governments and various organizations.
Bravowhale Technology was founded in Sept.2014 as a global leader in ESG compliance services. The company empowers enterprises to meet ESG standards through digital technology, providing transparent and traceable data that elevates the quality of ESG reporting to meet rigorous international criteria and continually improve corporate ESG scores. Recognized as an innovative tech company, Bravowhale Technology is designated by the state as a high-tech enterprise with a focus on specialization, finesse, peculiarity, and innovation, holding 12 national invention patents and 72 software copyrights. Headquartered in Shanghai, China, the company has established branches in cities including Beijing, Shenzhen, and Qingdao, and operates an R&D center in Shanghai.
Bravowhale Technology possesses a globally leading system for real-time carbon asset monitoring and automated verification. Utilizing big data, smart IoT, and blockchain technology, it effectively addresses the issues of traceability, authenticity, accuracy, and uniqueness in the carbon asset market, transitioning carbon assets from non-standard to standard. The company has provided technical verification services for thousands of renewable energy projects, cultivating the most stable, largest, and most compliant traceable green carbon asset resource pool on the market. Bravowhale Technology currently serves nearly a hundred Fortune 500 companies and several listed companies, offering a range of intelligent, profssional, and standardized one-stop ESG Compliance Solution through a digital innovation model. Services include but are not limited to RECs/Green Energy Trading and Traceability, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) reporting, ESG Rating Enhancement, RECs/Carbon Asset Development & Verification.
DI-Asia Base has for 20 years supported European businesses enter the China market with recruiting, hosting and company administration. More than 130 companies have benefited from this offering, including a number of well-known brands. In 2023 ESG was added to the services: Online and offline ESG training of staff and suppliers, as well as ESG implementation partner advisory.
- Online courses specially developed for All Staff purposes of European companies in China: Introduction to ESG and Sustainability, and Introduction to Carbon Emissions Reduction (available in English and Chinese)
- Online course about CSRD
- Generic offline introduction courses
- Tailor made offline courses for staff in China
- Celemi Sustainability Workshop courses - a fun and interactive way to learn about sustainability
A spin-off of Siveco China's R&D center in Shanghai, Bluebee Technologies designs innovative yet practical Digital Twin for O&M solutions known as bluebee®. bluebee® supports Industrial Risk Management, Asset Management and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) by enabling industrial decisions based on true data from mobile workers, connected objects and external systems.
bluebee® goes further than just monitoring energy consumption and providing beautiful KPIs. Analyze incidents, define improvement plans, track their implementation, manage audits, capture data from the multiple source: systems, sensors and… people. bluebee® enables ESG by making use of its in-depth Asset Management and Risk Management functionalities.
Siveco China (founded 2004) and Bluebee Technologies (founded 2013) are headquartered in Hong Kong. The R&D center, the Bluebee Lab, as well as the largest office are located in Shanghai. The company has offices in Singapore, Bangkok and is expanding its partner ecosystem in Asia and the Middle East.
You can download our "ESG for O&M" white paper here: https://forms.office.com/r/xSe0KEmRMy
DQS Group Holdings Limited (DQS) is a world-leading management system certification group, founded in 1985 in Frankurt by Deutsches Institut für Normung (DIN) and Deutsche Gesellschaft für Qualität (DGQ), both pioneers and leaders in European standardization and quality control. It was later joined by top four German industry associations in architecture, optics, machinery and electronics and UL Management Systems Solutions in the U.S., which further enriched and boosted DQS's products and overall capacity.
With an average annual turnover of about 120 million euros, the DQS Group is among the top 10 global certification service providers for management systems. It has more than 90 branches in over 60 countries, a worldwide service network and a team of seasoned experts, serving nearly 70,000 customers in 130 countries with convenient and full-range professional services in standardization, certification, evaluation, training and management development, including well-known companies such as Volkswagen, GM, Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Philips, Siemens, Bayer, HENKEL, DB, etc. Sectors served by DQS range from agriculture, food, medical, chemical, metal, electronics, automotive, transportation, architecture, to aviation and communications.
In 2003, DQS registered in Shanghai DQS Certification (Shanghai) Co., known as DQS Asia Pacific, referred as DQS AP. As a wholly owned subsidiary, DQS AP adheres to DQS Group's unified strategy providing customers with value-added standardization, certification, accreditation, training and management development and other integrated services. It has established 11 branches in China.
