Carbon Footprint Reduction and Energy Efficiency for SMEs in China

Sustainability is a growing concern for governments, corporations, and civil society. China and the European Union have announced ambitious carbon neutrality targets and action plans to tackle climate change and reduce carbon footprint. At the corporate level, a growing number of enterprises have strengthened their corporate social responsibility guidelines by setting up clear improvement goals towards sustainability. With the necessity to execute corporate guidelines at the China level and the directives of the Chinese Government in the context of the 14th Five-Year Plan, companies are starting to implement sustainability strategies.

In this webinar organised by the EU SME Centre and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China, experts from TERAO Asia provide practical steps towards carbon footprint reduction achievements in China. They share their insights on how companies can make their facilities more sustainable and reduce their environmental footprint. They explain how to minimise carbon emissions in buildings with the real cases they implemented for EU SMEs in China.

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Speakers

Nathalie Ieong

Terao Asia Operations Manager

Nathalie has more than 10 years of energy field experience. She specialises in sustainability and energy project coordination. She is currently managing the operations of Terao in Asia. She manages Carbon footprint assessment projects for the operations of European companies in China as well as Building Sustainability projects involving Green Building Certification, Energy Efficiency & Low Carbon topics.

She holds a Master’s degree in International Energy Management from Tsinghua University, China & Mines ParisTech, France.

Gaspard Lemoine-Scelles

TERAO Asia Business Development Director

Gaspard, a French engineer in China for almost 10 years, has always be triggered by environment issues and was looking for technical solutions to create a more sustainable society. As Director of Business Development, he is committed to lead TERAO’s mission, which is helping mitigate climate change through its expertise in the building sector. The focus is on carbon emissions calculation and reduction, energy efficiency, renewable energy, bioclimatic design, building health and comfort enhancement, and related certification services.

Gaspard holds a Double Master’s Degree of Science at Arts et Metiers Paristech in France and Shanghai Jiaotong University. He has been involved in environment-related activities and is in charge of developing TERAO’s building sustainability services activity dedicated to the industrial sector in China.

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