ShanghaiJune 11, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On June 10, 2026, at the Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Technology, Products and Achievements Expo, SGS, an internationally recognized testing, inspection, and certification organization, officially signed a low-carbon strategic cooperation agreement with Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huayou Cobalt, stock code: 603799). Sun Lihui, Vice President of Huayou Cobalt, Gu Xiaoyu, Vice President of SGS China, and Zhang Qiumei, General Manager of SGS Management and Assurance Business South China, jointly attended the signing ceremony, marking a shift in their collaboration toward systematic low-carbon co-building across the full value chain and entire lifecycle, jointly writing a new chapter in carbon reduction for the new energy materials industry.
SGS Appears at Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo and Signs Low-Carbon Strategic Cooperation Agreement with Huayou Cobalt
Gu Xiaoyu, Vice President of SGS China, stated: Huayou Cobalt is a benchmark enterprise in the global new energy lithium battery materials industry, deeply committed to resource recycling and clean production. This signing marks a new phase in our cooperation, jointly injecting strong momentum into the sustainable development of the global new energy industry. Greenhouse gas verification, carbon footprint management, and supply chain decarbonization have become key indicators for measuring a company’s core competitiveness. The green transformation of enterprises is not only a necessary response to climate risks but also a strategic choice to seize future market opportunities. Only by integrating low-carbon concepts into strategic DNA and embedding green genes into operational fabric can companies navigate the transformation wave steadily and take the initiative under increasingly stringent international rules and capital market scrutiny.
Sun Lihui, Vice President of Huayou Cobalt, stated: During this Shanghai Carbon Neutrality Expo, the strategic cooperation agreement we signed with SGS marks that Huayou’s carbon neutrality actions will move toward a systematic, deep-seated transformation covering strategy, governance, operations, and supply chains, exploring a replicable carbon reduction path for the new energy materials industry. The strong alliance with SGS will inject professional technical support into Huayou’s green transformation, turning the zero-carbon vision into a clear action roadmap and solid competitiveness. We look forward to Huayou not only delivering environmentally friendly products to the industry chain but also exploring a “green answer” for the industry to learn from, uniting the consensus and efforts of upstream and downstream partners and global employees, leading a new high-quality development landscape in the “15th Five-Year Plan” period.
This strategic upgrade is built on years of solid cooperation between the two parties. Since 2022, SGS and Huayou Cobalt have maintained close collaboration in multiple dimensions, including carbon data verification, energy-saving diagnostics, and supplier carbon reduction empowerment. SGS has provided strong professional support for Huayou Cobalt in building a scientific and transparent carbon management framework, leveraging its global perspective and cross-industry experience.
At the start of the “15th Five-Year Plan,” Huayou Cobalt established five major strategies: “Technology Huayou, Green Huayou, Open Huayou, Responsible Huayou, and Striving Huayou,” with “Green Huayou” clearly positioned as the foundation of its corporate development. To transition from “China Huayou” to “World Huayou,” green and low-carbon must become a core competitiveness, requiring a comprehensive upgrade of carbon reduction targets and pathways, supported by stricter standards and more solid actions to underpin strategic implementation. Against this backdrop, the deepened cooperation between SGS and Huayou Cobalt holds profound significance. The strategic cooperation agreement signed this time covers four core areas: Huayou Cobalt Group’s carbon neutrality strategic planning, energy efficiency benchmarking diagnostics, ISO 14090 climate adaptation evaluation, and internal carbon pricing mechanisms.
The path to carbon neutrality is a journey of multi-party collaboration and shared success. This signing between Huayou Cobalt and SGS is not only a cooperation between an enterprise and a third-party organization but also a vivid practice of China’s new energy materials industry proactively aligning with international best practices and driving green transformation across the full value chain. By scientifically planning a carbon reduction roadmap and breaking down ambitious goals into executable and quantifiable actions, both parties are jointly contributing solid strength to the global carbon neutrality target and jointly opening a new chapter in the high-quality development of the new energy industry.
SGS has launched the “IMPACT NOW Sustainable Development, Act Now“ solution, focusing on four core areas: climate change, circular utilization, nature conservation, and ESG assurance. SGS Management and Assurance Business offers professional and efficient low-carbon integrated solutions, such as EATNS carbon management system assessment, greenhouse gas management system services, ISO 14068 verification services, SBT science-based target setting, ISO 14064 organizational or project-level greenhouse gas quantification and verification, ISO 14067 product carbon footprint quantification and verification, zero-carbon factory evaluation services, zero-carbon park evaluation services, ISO 14083 transport chain greenhouse gas emission quantification and reporting, IEC 62430 eco-design certification, ISO 14090 verification services, ISO 14040/ISO 14044 LCA lifecycle assessment, ISO 50001 energy management system certification, energy audits, energy efficiency benchmarking, energy-saving diagnostics, energy efficiency testing, CDP disclosure project consulting, ESG report preparation and verification, CBI climate bond verification, and green finance.