Experience over the past decade has shown that green supply chain development helps strengthen corporate environmental management through market mechanisms, promote efficient resource use, and reduce pollution and product carbon footprints. It enhances corporate resilience while contributing positively to ecological protection and climate action. However, intensifying geopolitical competition, increasing fragmentation of the global governance system, and frequent trade frictions—including tendencies toward decoupling and supply chain disruption—have made global supply chain stability harder to maintain, inevitably affecting the advancement of green supply chain initiatives. Against this complex backdrop, IPE upgraded CITI Criteria and conducted a quantitative evaluation of 800 companies across 23 industries. IPE aims to identify the new challenges and issues companies are facing, as well as to discover and promote best practices. The evaluation seeks to build common understanding among stakeholders, create an enabling environment for both Chinese and international companies to green their supply chains.

Experience over the past decade has shown that green supply chain development helps strengthen corporate environmental management through market mechanisms, promote efficient resource use, and reduce pollution and product carbon footprints. It enhances corporate resilience while contributing positively to ecological protection and climate action. However, intensifying geopolitical competition, increasing fragmentation of the global governance system, and frequent trade frictions—including tendencies toward decoupling and supply chain disruption—have made global supply chain stability harder to maintain, inevitably affecting the advancement of green supply chain initiatives. Against this complex backdrop, IPE upgraded CITI Criteria and conducted a quantitative evaluation of 800 companies across 23 industries. IPE aims to identify the new challenges and issues companies are facing, as well as to discover and promote best practices. The evaluation seeks to build common understanding among stakeholders, create an enabling environment for both Chinese and international companies to green their supply chains.

At the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, we have witnessed tangible progress from the joint efforts of the international community. The rapid growth of global emissions has been curbed to some extent, and the likelihood of catastrophic warming scenarios has been reduced. Nevertheless, the global climate situation remains severe, with extreme weather events occurring with increasing frequency. At this critical moment of heightened uncertainty in global climate governance, we believe that the decarbonization of global industrial and supply chains is more important than ever. In 2025, the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) once again conducted a quantitative evaluation of the climate actions of 800 Chinese and international companies across 23 industries. The evaluation covered five key dimensions—governance mechanisms, measurement and disclosure, carbon target setting, performance towards targets, and emission reduction actions—with the goal of identifying and promoting best practices to encourage global supply chains to accelerate their low-carbon transformation.

At the 10th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, we have witnessed tangible progress from the joint efforts of the international community. The rapid growth of global emissions has been curbed to some extent, and the likelihood of catastrophic warming scenarios has been reduced. Nevertheless, the global climate situation remains severe, with extreme weather events occurring with increasing frequency. At this critical moment of heightened uncertainty in global climate governance, we believe that the decarbonization of global industrial and supply chains is more important than ever. In 2025, the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) once again conducted a quantitative evaluation of the climate actions of 800 Chinese and international companies across 23 industries. The evaluation covered five key dimensions—governance mechanisms, measurement and disclosure, carbon target setting, performance towards targets, and emission reduction actions—with the goal of identifying and promoting best practices to encourage global supply chains to accelerate their low-carbon transformation.

Transportation industry accounts for 16% of global greenhouse gas emissions, with the processing and manufacturing of raw materials as emission hotspots. At the same time, the steel and aluminum smelting industries are major contributors to China's industrial carbon emissions. The automotive industry urgently needs to innovate and explore pathways for collaborative carbon reduction with suppliers, to incentivize and accelerate the innovation and application of low-carbon green technologies, and to drive the low-carbon transition of steel and aluminum enterprises. With the support of the Energy Foundation, IPE conducted research on the 'Collaborative Decarbonization of Automotive, Steel, and Aluminum Green Supply Chains'. The research focuses on engaging the automotive industry to set and disclose supply chain carbon reduction targets, implement low-carbon procurement requirements, and incentivize hard-to-abate industries such as steel and aluminum smelting to accelerate the production and supply of low-carbon products, thereby assisting the automotive industry's decarbonization process, supporting China's 'dual carbon' goals, and contributing to global climate change governance.

In October 2025, through its engagement in environmental and climate action, IPE witnessed 72 enterprises disclosing a total of 76 carbon emission data sheets, and 81 enterprises disclosing a total of 84 PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) data sheets. In addition, 95 enterprises passed the GCA audit, verifying the effectiveness of their corrective actions, which led to the removal of 273 supervision records from the Blue Map website.

In September 2025, through its engagement in environmental and climate action, IPE witnessed 218 enterprises disclosing a total of 225 carbon emission data sheets, and 232 enterprises disclosing a total of 251 PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Register) data sheets. In addition, 158 enterprises passed the GCA audit, verifying the effectiveness of their corrective actions, which led to the removal of 363 supervision records from the Blue Map website.