ESG Report 2020

In 2020, the Central Government actively responded to the initiatives of the international community, and has set clear goals of striving to peak its carbon dioxide emission by 2030, and achieving carbon neutrality by 2060, so as to foster green transition and enhance the quality of the ecological environment. In coordination with the Country's reduction targets, the local government of Inner Mongolia continues to implement the Overall Work Plan of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region for Energy Conservation and Emissions Reduction, strictly controls energy consumption and carbon emission, and encourages the green transition and upgrade of traditional industries. In addition, the local government of Inner Mongolia actively launches projects for climate adaption by means of strengthening the work of forecast and warning of severe air pollution, joint prevention and control, and the management of disaster risks, so as to enhance decision-making service and response towards climate change. As the production base with the largest scale and the greatest production of the Group, the operation and development of Inner Mongolia Company is closely related to the above policies. Therefore, the Group always sees environmental protection as the top priority, and continues to implement the corporate environmental policy of “ Law-abiding Integrity, Preventive Control, Environmental Protection, Continuous Improvement, and Harmonious Development ” . Inner Mongolia Company actively responds to the national environmental protection policies, and strengthens environmental protection in its operation and production process during the Year to save energy and reduce carbon emissions, fully cooperating with the Country to respond to the challenges brought about by climate change. Inner Mongolia Company is a modern comprehensive pharmaceutical factory integrating pharmaceutical intermediates and bulk medicines into one. Since the establishment of the plant, environmental protection has been the first priority. It has continuously introduced new environmental protection technologies and new equipment to treat wastewater and exhaust gas generated during the production process, and implemented a number of key environmental protection projects during the Year to fully support the construction of ecological civilisation. Inner Mongolia Company has passed the ISO14001: 2015 “ Environmental management system - Requirements with guidance for use ” certification. All construction projects have obtained environmental assessment approval and passed the environmental protection completion acceptance. Over the past decade, the cumulative investment in environmental protection has reached nearly RMB2.1 billion. Environmental protection has always been regarded as the lifeline of enterprises, and environmental protection investment has been continuously increased to improve the ecological environment. 57 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2020 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited