ESG, Wuhu Shipyard always on the way

2024年，ESG（环境、社会、治理）迎来了发展的二十周年，在这二十年里，ESG已经成为了衡量企业可持续发展水平的一个重要标志。在中国“双碳”目标之下，ESG理念也迅速地从讨论开始迈向行动，芜湖船厂也顺势而为，在承担社会责任、践行环境保护，正向企业治理上有了自己的独特思路。

In 2024, ESG, also known as environment, society, and governance, celebrated its 20th anniversary of development. During these two decades, ESG has become an important indicator for measuring the level of sustainable development of enterprises. Under China's "dual carbon" goals, the ESG concept has quickly moved from discussion to action, and Wuhu Shipyard has also taken advantage of the situation, having its own unique ideas in assuming social responsibility, practicing environmental protection, and positive corporate governance.

过去我们在做：

In the past, we have been doing:

贯彻落实ESG实施方针

Implementing the ESG policy

2023年十月，公司EHS部门在董事长及经营层的决策下，率先发起ESG项目建议书，组织会议探讨芜船关于整合自然环境，社会资源和企业治理的合规方案，会上评估了公司各生产、经营模块与安全生产管理有关的具体情况。会议决定芜船将在以下几个方面执行中长期ESG发展战略：首先锚定公司ESG发展方向、实施过程中根据生产及经营成果及时规范、修正、更新ESG合规体系、最后为将理念与实际具体结合，将工作落到实处，制定ESG绩效追踪，确保围绕ESG，全公司上下同心，各个模块共同参与到造船的生产实践中去，力求在ESG执行方面，作行业内的领头羊和标杆。

In October 2023, the EHS department of the company, under the decision of the chairman and management, took the lead in launching an ESG project proposal, organizing a meeting to discuss the compliance plan of company on integrating natural environment, social resources, and corporate governance. At the meeting, the real and specific situation of the whole company's production and operation branches involved with safety production management was evaluated. The meeting decided that the whole company will implement a medium - and long-term ESG development strategy in the following areas: first, we will anchor the company's ESG development direction, secondly, timely regulate, revise, and update the ESG compliance system based on production and business results during the implementation process is needed, finally, combine the concept with practical work, develop ESG performance tracking, and ensure that the whole company is united around ESG, and all divisions participate in the production practice of shipbuilding together, strive to be the industry leader and benchmark in ESG execution.

经营订单转战双燃料船舶方向

New orders shift towards dual fuel vessels

过去几年，公司先后研发生产建造出22000吨混合动力化学品船、21500吨沥青/成品油船、3900吨纯天然气自卸散货船、7000吨双燃料滚吊船、5800吨级双燃料多用途船、14600吨甲醇预留重吊船、7000车双燃料汽车滚装船、全电内河集装箱船等。先后组织成立了新能源船舶研发组、大师工作室、博士后工作站，构建基于用户为中心的全新新能源商业生态，打造安徽省“蓝色”发展增长极。

In the past few years, the company has successively developed and produced 22000DWT dual fuel chemical tankers, 21500DWT Bitumen/Product oil tankers, 3900DWT pure LNG powered self unloading bulk carriers, 7000DWT DF roll on/roll off ships, 5800DWT DF Multi-purpose ships, 14600DWT DF methanol reserved heavy lift vessels, 7000CEU DF PCTC, and pure electric powered inland river container ships. We have organized the establishment of a new energy ship research and development team, “master” studios, and postdoctoral workstations to build a new user and shipowners centered new energy business ecosystem and create a "blue" development growth pole in Anhui Province.

2024年1月8日，国家工业和信息化部公布2023年绿色制造名单，芜湖造船厂荣登“绿色工厂”榜单！这是芜船继2022年获得国家级知识产权示范企业称号之后，再次获得国家级荣誉称号，成为安徽省首家船舶生产“绿色工厂”。其中2023年交付的21500吨沥青/成品油船绿色原料使用率达94%，获得了新加坡绿色倡议大奖。

On January 8, 2024, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China announced the list of green manufacturing for 2023, and Wuhu Shipyard was listed as a "green factory"! This is the second time that yard has been awarded a national level honorary title after winning the title of National Intellectual Property Demonstration Enterprise in 2022, becoming the first "green factory" in Anhui Province for ship production.With green raw material utilization rate reached 94%,21500DWT Bitumen/Product oil tankers delivered in 2023 winning the Singapore Green Initiative Award.

未来我们将做：

In the future, we will continuously do：

在节能减碳具体行动中克服成本难题，持续向新能源船舶产业发力

Overcoming cost difficulties in specific actions for energy conservation and carbon reduction, and continuing to make efforts towards the new energy shipbuilding industry

2024年春节前夕，芜湖造船厂董事长张钊先生走进上海东方卫视第一财经演播室，围绕双碳目标下，可持续发展水平衡量指标ESG（环境、社会、治理），畅谈芜船今后应对绿色可持续发展的策略。

Before Spring Festival in 2024, Mr. Zhang Zhao, Chairman of Wuhu Shipyard, walked into YICAI Studio of Shanghai Dragon Television to discuss the strategies of Wuhu Shipyard to address green and sustainable development in the future, focusing on the ESG (Environment, Society, Governance) indicators for measuring sustainable development under the dual carbon goals.

2023年上半年,芜湖造船厂决定布局内河新能源船舶产业，张董在接受采访时表示，航运企业作为全球经济运行物流链的重要载体之一，在发展过程中始终面临诸多机遇和挑战。ESG的加持可以倒逼芜船选用更多的船舶新技术，将船舶性能发挥到极致，从而提高货物配载效率。但如何将新技术推行中涉及到的额外成本消化、转移，是未来持续面临的一项挑战。在使用绿色技术和绿色能源的同时，如何提高价格竞争力方面，张董表示：芜湖造船厂在新能源船舶的生产中合理布局厂区，提升土地配置和利用效率。在运营上，始终恪守着清洁生产、绿色造船的环保理念。在商业模式上也进行大胆探索，推行“绿色船舶租赁”计划，以租赁方式让船东使用新能源船舶，降低了他们的初始投资压力，与金融机构合作，推出绿色船舶融资方案，助其解决资金问题。

In the first half of 2023, Wuhu Shipyard decided to layout the inland new energy shipbuilding industry.Chairman Zhang stated in the interview that shipping enterprises, as one of the important carriers of the global economic operation logistics chain, have always faced many opportunities and challenges in the development process. Driven by the ESG,shipbuilding will be forced to choose more advanced ship technologies, maximize ship performance, and improve cargo loading efficiency. But how to deal with the extra costs involved in the implementation of new technologies is a challenge that will continue to be faced in the future. In terms of how to improve price competitiveness while using green technology and energy, Mr Zhang stated that Wuhu Shipyard had reasonably laid out its factory area in the production of new energy ships, improving land allocation and utilization efficiency. In terms of operation, we have always adhered to the environmental protection concept of clean production and green shipbuilding. We have also boldly explored business models by implementing the "Green Ship Leasing" program, which allows shipowners to use new energy vessels through leasing, reducing their initial investment pressure. We have collaborated with financial institutions to launch green ship financing solutions to help them solve their funding problems.

绿色减排与生产制造协同发展

Collaborative Development of Green Emission Reduction and Production and Manufacturing

2023年，芜船手持订单突破300亿元大关，实现了产值和利润的双倍增。这是芜船始终坚持生产制造智能化，将智能制造落到实处的结果。芜船近年来持续引进先进的智能制造技术，提升自动化和智能化生产水平。新建成的激光智能下料中心二期，引入了造船一体化系统，使整个生产效率显著提升，基本实现了生产的洁净化。张董还说道：在绿色转型的过程中，芜船不仅自身要转型，还要跟供应链和合作伙伴共同创新绿色产品，投入更多的资源去研发甲醇、绿氢、绿氨等新的、先进专业类的技术，并使这些技术尽可能地产业化，以期在这场脱碳竞赛当中脱颖而出，抢占先机。

In 2023, The company exceeded the 30 billion yuan mark with orderbooks, achieving a double increase in output value and profits. This is the result of yard's persistent commitment to intelligent production and manufacturing, and its implementation of intelligent manufacturing. In recent years,we have continuously introduced advanced intelligent manufacturing technology to improve the level of automation and intelligent production. The newly built second phase of the laser intelligent cutting center has introduced an integrated shipbuilding system, which significantly improves the overall production efficiency and basically achieves clean production. Mr Zhang also said that in the process of green transformation, Wuhu shipyard not only needs to transform itself, but also needs to innovate green products with the supply chain and partners, invest more resources in the research and development of new and advanced professional technologies such as methanol, green hydrogen, and green ammonia, and make these technologies as commercialized as possible, in order to stand out and seize the opportunity in this decarbonization competition.

百年芜船，风雨124载。在未来，芜湖造船厂将顺势而为，围绕ESG战略目标与上下游企业、科研机构、金融机构、政府部门等携手合作，在双碳减排过程中以身作则，与优秀的生态共赢、共发展。继续发挥安徽省造船龙头的环保引领作用，参与业内法规起草，同时主动承接国家内河新能源船舶战略，开发建造新能源与清洁能源为动力绿色船舶，为海洋装备应用“零碳”目标增添新动能，确保ESG战略目标与绿色船舶生产制造理念融汇贯通，将目标最终落到实处。

As a shipyard with one hundred and twenty four years history,the company has gone through ups and downs. In the future,we will seize the opportunity and cooperate with upstream and downstream enterprises,scientific research institutions, financial institutions, government departments, focus on ESG strategic goals, giving a lead in the process of dual carbon reduction, and achieving win-win and development with excellent ecology.We will also continue to play the leading role in environmental protection in shipbuilding in Anhui Province, participate in the drafting of industry regulations, and actively undertake the national strategy for new energy ships on inland waterways. Develop and build green ships powered by new and clean energy, add new momentum to the "zero carbon" goal of marine equipment application, ensure the perfect integration of ESG strategic goals and ship production with green manufacturing concepts, and ultimately achieve the goal.

（文/Writer: 刘雨彤/Liu Yutong）