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Chapter 3 Low-carbon and Economical E-commerce

cycling” for the management of express delivery packaging. At present, many e-com-
merce companies have tried to reduce the carbon emissions in the logistics link through
various means, including the use of new energy vehicles, reducing air transportation,
fully loaded transportation, etc. The report shows that data centers and office activities,
which account for half of the total carbon emissions from e-commerce, also have great
potential for emission reduction, mainly focusing on electricity consumption.
Among them, the data center’s emissions will maintain a fast growth rate. In six
years’ time, the data center’s emissions will increase from 12.14 million tons in 2019
to 34.66 million tons in 2025, an increase of 186%. It is expected that the data center’s
emissions will reach 30% of the annual carbon emissions by 2025, surpassing logistics
activities to become the area with the highest carbon emissions for e-commerce enter-
prises. Therefore, the report believes that the future reduction of data center emissions
will be the main work of e-commerce enterprises to reduce emissions.
It is worth noting that the data center emission reduction will also involve third-par-
ty telecom operators. Apart from the self-built data centers of each e-commerce en-
terprise, there are many leasing businesses of third-party data center manufacturers,
among which the three major operators, namely, China Unicom, China Mobile and Chi-
na Telecom, account for 72% of IDC(Internet Data Center) service providers. There-
fore, the relevant emission reduction actions also need the joint efforts of IDC service
providers.
In the process of writing the report, the carbon footprint also found some data dif-
ficulties. Carbon footprint experts told 21st century business herald that the data of the
e-commerce industry is relatively difficult to obtain. Most e-commerce enterprises have
not accounted for carbon emissions or disclosed carbon information, while only a few
express delivery enterprises have calculated carbon information. “So we split up sev-
eral main modules and try our best to solve the data problem based on the accumulated
experience of historical projects, expert interviews, research, etc.” The expert said. The
report suggests that e-commerce enterprises should strengthen their own calculation
and management of carbon emissions, conduct systematic accounting and disclosure of
relevant data, and provide data support for future emission reduction actions and clarify
the direction of action.
The disclosure of information will also affect consumers’ choices. The carbon foot-
print experts said that if the e-commerce enterprise can disclose more product trace-
ability information, combine logistics information with the actual process, consider dis-
closing the carbon emissions in the logistics process, and even consider carbon labels

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