Beijing (ots/PRNewswire) – Presentation of the award-winning HONOR Talents contributions in the renowned Palace Museum
Global technology brand HONOR today successfully hosted the second HONOR ESG Sustainable Development Forum at the Jianfu Palace Garden of the Palace Museum. Supported by prestigious organizations such as the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Investment and Technology Promotion Offices (ITPO), Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA), and China Association of Circular Economy (CACE), the forum brought together diplomats, international organizations, industry associations, universities, and companies for insightful discussions on sustainability.
During the event, HONOR officially launched its 2023 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, highlighting its progress in youth empowerment, Tech for Good and green transformation. Meanwhile, the HONOR Talents Global Design Awards exhibition has made its way to the Palace Museum, showcasing HONOR’s unwavering commitment to youth empowerment and cultural heritage preservation.
Promoting sustainable development with technological innovations
As a leading global technology brand, HONOR sets ESG as a long-term strategic focus that covers seven key areas: environmental protection, tech for good, data privacy, youth empowerment, supplier CSR, employee development and responsible corporate governance.
“HONOR is committed to people-centered sustainable development and strives to foster an innovative, open and inclusive responsible business. We want to go further and create a new intelligent world for all,” said George Zhao, General Manager of HONOR Device Co. Ltd.
Empowering young talents to develop their potential
The HONOR Talents Global Design Awards have become a platform for young talents around the world to showcase their full potential. Over the past four years, 25,000 entries have been submitted from over 40 markets and 240 universities. In 2023, Yuan Shi’s interactive art installation “What’s Going on in the Stone” was awarded first place by CAFA. The installation invites viewers to engage in cross-generational interactions with figures from the Han Dynasty, vividly depicting the fascinating collision of technology and culture.
Meanwhile, the HONOR Talents Global Design Awards exhibition was held at the Yanchun Pavilion in the Jianfu Palace Garden. Following previous exhibitions at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, Paseo de la Reforma in Mexico and the Speicherstadt World Heritage Site in Humburg, HONOR has once again set a global cultural milestone with its youth empowerment project.
HONOR’s commitment to Tech for Good
As part of its “Tech for Good” strategy, HONOR remains committed to developing people-centered technologies and products. To meet the digital needs of the elderly, visually impaired, and hearing impaired, HONOR provides on-device AI solutions such as screen reading and AI subtitles, and bridges the digital divide with offline and personalized accessibility features. By the end of 2023, HONOR has developed and implemented 26 senior-friendly projects, benefiting over 4.66 million users of vision-assisted features and over 940,000 users of hearing-assisted features.
During the event, HONOR demonstrated its proprietary real-time AI subtitling feature that makes audio visible to people with disabilities. “HONOR maintains an open and collaborative approach in our upcoming Tech for Good initiatives. Through open collaborations, we fully unlock the potential of AI in ESG and other areas by leveraging the synergy between device- and cloud-based AI,” said George Zhao, General Manager of HONOR Device Co. Ltd.
The use of clean energy reached 8% in the first year
HONOR actively incorporates climate change into its corporate management. With the goal of achieving carbon-neutral operations by 2045, HONOR has made significant efforts to reduce its carbon emissions across all areas of products, manufacturing and operations, demonstrating its strong commitment to environmental sustainability. Since 2023, HONOR has been committed to the use of clean energy, which accounted for 8% of energy consumption in the first year.
HONOR has achieved remarkable milestones in its commitment to eco-friendly products and manufacturing. Due to advances in research and design, material selection, durability and efficiency, 128 HONOR smartphones and tablets have received the CQC environmental certification, resulting in a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of approximately 876 tons. Meanwhile, packaging innovations that will be introduced in 2023 have resulted in a carbon reduction of over 650 tons.
The HONOR Intelligent Manufacturing Industrial Park has been recognized as a national-level green factory and features a self-built photovoltaic power station designed to generate 700,000 kWh of clean electricity annually.
HONOR has implemented paperless operations in its internal offices and offline stores, reducing printed paper consumption to the point where 108 Masson pines will no longer need to be felled by 2023.
In 2023, HONOR’s ESG projects received recognition from several authoritative industry institutions, including Fortune China Best Designs and Bloomberg Green ESG 50.
Please click here to read the full HONOR ESG Report 2023.
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