Sep 21, 2020|
JD Launches Free Storage for Alzheimer’s Patients and Family Members
by Yuchuan Wang
Today, the 27th World Alzheimer’s Day, JD’s Mini Storage warehouse service launched a special charity project for people who suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. Through the initiative, Alzheimer’s patients and their relatives who sign up from September 21st to November 25th can keep their belongings in JD’s warehouses one year for free.
There are over 50 million people in the world living with dementia (Alzheimer’s is the most common cause of dementia), of which 10 million reside in China.
Xiao Hang, a Beijing resident, is the grandson of an Alzheimer’s patient. He recently stored his miniature car models and furniture in JD’s warehouse as he is currently renovating his home.
Xiao Hang said he became fascinated in miniature car models over 20 years ago when a Japanese cartoon called Bakusou Kyoudai Let’s & Go (The Racing Brothers Let’s & Go)came to China. His grandmother, who developed Alzheimer’s last year and lost both many of her memories and her language capability as a result, bought him his very first car model that he could join in and play with the other kids.
“Every time I went back home, [my grandmother] would stare at me for a long time. Even when she finally recognized me, she cannot speak, but cried instead. These car models represent an emotional attachment between me and her.” said Xiao Hang.
“As long as you have items that you can’t bear to part with, you can store them in our Mini Storage [facility],” said Liangliang Liu, head of JD Mini Storage. “We hope to provide a reassuring place for all people in need, such as families who are relocating, students, small apartment dwellers, travelers, and more.”
Launched in 2019, JD Mini Storage enables individuals and small enterprises to store their goods in JD’s warehouses securely and cost-effectively. The service has now been expanded to over 10 cities including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Alzheimer’s patients and their relatives can indicate as such on the order form and then customer service will contact them to arrange free pickup.
Aug 16, 2022|
For Each Trade-In Order of Electronic Products, JD Matches 1 Yuan to Tree Planting
by Vivian Yang
JD.com and China Green Foundation jointly announced a charitable project on August 11th, through which the e-commerce company will contribute RMB 1 yuan to the Foundation’s tree-planting plan every time an electronics product is ordered via JD’s trade-in service, starting from the 15th this month.
Cell phones, digital, home appliances and other electronic products are all included in this campaign. Consumers can recycle used devices for new electronics at favorable prices through JD’s trade-in program, and the aggregate orders will become the sum amount of donation from JD.com, funding the next spring’s planting of wolfberry saplings in Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Chinese wolfberries are a specialty in Ningxia in north-central China and can grow in local deserts to shield sands and tame desertification.
Recycling e-waste has become an imminent task in China. An alarming estimation by the National Development and Reform Committee said that the amount of electronic waste in this country averages 100-120 million items a year and it will reach a peak of 137 million in 2022. This “1 Yuan Green Initiative” is concrete action from JD.com, as China’s leading retailer of electronic products, to combat the challenge.
Statistics also show that the power use of household appliances account for 11.3 percent of the national electricity consumption, and about 30 percent of residents’ carbon emissions come from household appliances.
Trading in a refrigerator can cut carbon emissions by 30 kilograms, according to the Beijing Green Exchange. Meanwhile, a tree can absorb an average of about 10 kilograms of CO2 per year, meaning one such trade-in order can save the work of three trees for a whole year.
To encourage carbon reduction from the consumer end, JD.com also introduced the “Green Impact Initiative” this May in which one million different kinds of products on JD.com now have been screened for environmentally-friendly standards and green-labeled, making it easier for the platform of over 580 million consumers to reach greener products.
Aug 1, 2022|
JD Logistics Announces Supply Chain Decarbonization Initiative
by Doris Liu
JD.com’s logistics arm JD Logistics (JDL) and the Green Supply Chain Professional Committee of the All-China Environment Federation jointly released action guidelines on July 27 for achieving a more sustainable and low-carbon supply chain.
The Supply Chain Decarbonization Initiative, proposed at the second Sustainable Consumption Forum, which is part of the CICPE (China International Consumption Products Expo) held in Haikou, capital of Hainan province, is based on the belief that setting up a unified standard for calculating carbon emissions is the foundation of decarbonization to ensure accurate, fair and comparable results among companies. By focusing on technology and application, companies can achieve life-cycle carbon reduction goals through designing more sustainable products and services. Also, the initiative encourages the companies involved in the industry chain to share a common goal during collaboration to slow and eventually stop global warming. Previously, JDT has already committed to reducing carbon emissions by 50 percent by 2030 (starting from 2019).
“The ‘Supply Chain Decarbonization Initiative’ not only enables companies with relatively small carbon footprints to have the same significant impact globally, but also eases the cost investment for companies and provides a way for consumers to reduce carbon emissions by dispersing the decarbonization cost along the value chain,” said Wenming Zhe, head of the smart logistics park innovation department at JD Logistics.
In addition, JDL also announced that it will officially join the Global Sustainable Consumption Initiative with the commitment of always fulfilling “responsible supply chain” and promoting end-to-end green and integrated supply chain together with upstream and downstream partners as well as consumers.
As a leading supply chain solution and logistics service provider in China, JDL helps its partners cope with external uncertainties and promote high-quality development based on an agile, stable and sustainable supply chain, noted Yanping Su, Deputy General Manager of JD Logistics’ Southern China Branch, during the forum held on the sideline of the second China International Consumer Products Expo (CICPE).
The Global Sustainable Consumption Initiative was proposed a year ago at the first CICPE by China Sustainability Tribune together with companies that actively push forward green consumption. It advocates companies to provide sustainable products and services, conveying the concept of sustainability to customers and foster a sustainable consumption culture, etc. As of now, 12 renowned domestic and overseas companies and brands have taken part in the proposal.
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