Beijing Drainage Group is using digital tools to achieve decarbonization targets aligned with the city’s carbon-neutrality goals.
BDG was the first utility in China to commit to ambitious carbon neutrality goals, setting a roadmap to reduce carbon emissions by 20% by 2025, reduce carbon intensity and carbon emissions by 40% by 2035, and achieve total carbon neutrality by 2050.
Energy consumption has already been cut by 15% using digital technology.
The utility is using multiple levers to drive progress. It is building China’s first carbon-neutral standard water reclamation plant. When completed, it will be the world’s largest treatment plant of its type.
BDG’s Wujiacun facility is a benchmark for low-carbon treatment plants.
“Sustainability goes hand in hand with digital transformation. We shaped our digital plan to advance our net-zero goals while supporting our capital city’s carbon neutrality target of achieving peak carbon emissions by 2030,” — Yongtao Ge, director of operations at Beijing Drainage Group
BDG has anchored its net-zero targets in the organization’s strategic goals and regional decarbonization agenda. This holistic approach empowers teams by demonstrating how individual targets support broader outcomes.
-
20% carbon reduction by 2025 -
40% carbon intensity and carbon emissions reduction by 2035 -
Total carbon neutrality by 2050 -
China’s first carbon-neutral standard water reclamation plant
