Each year, we produce350,000,000 tons ofplastic on this planet. 

Plastic: how muchis too much? A closer look at the scale ofplastification of our world today

How much space does 350 milliontons of plastic take up?

Picture the Great Pyramid of Giza -times 50

Each minute, 

1 millionbottled drinks in plastic are sold.

Every year, we dispose of

5,000 trillionplastic bags.

of waste onbeaches is plastic.73%

It takes more than 450 yearsfor most plastic to decompose.

In the mean time, they end upat every link of our ecosystems.

Found inside a 90-day-old baby bird -         

276 plasticfragments ~15%= of its body

weight

To human scale, it is equivalent to having 

                      of plastic in your stomach 

or

                            made of plastic 

6-8 kg

12 pizzas

The amount of waste we create isastronomical. 

There arecurrently

1.8trillion

pieces of garbage caughtin the Great Pacific trash

vortextor                 

the numberof stars inthe Galaxy  

10x

The reach ofplastic knows

no bounds.

The Mariana Trench is the deepesttrench in the world at 10,994 metersbelow sea level - or the reverse ofMount Everest, plus another 6.4 EiffelTowers reaching the bottom of thePacific Ocean.

There, remnants of plastic bags and"candy wrappers" were allegedlyfound in 2019.

The man-made wastewe tossed into the sea

finds their way backinto our plates

The aftermath of human activities is real, andwe don't need to dive to the bottom of theocean to taste it.

By 2050, 10 billion people may besharing this planet.

The amount of plastic we producemay have doubled, and plastic

waste may have outnumbered thefish in the ocean.

In the not-so-distant future:can we afford to waste it away?

WorldPopulation

Plastic Fish Marin Debris

Let's find out - starting now.

In 2020, Ping An has announced new policiesto reduce use of plastic on its premises. 

The new policies first came into effect at theGroup's Headquarters in Ping An FinanceCenter in Shenzhen, China - the world's 4thtallest building.

Is a plastic-free future possible?

Got a meeting? BYOBNo more bottled water for all internal meetings- effective immediately in Ping An FinanceCenter.

During a transition period of two weeks,biodegradable paper cups are provided*, afterwhich attendees will be asked to bring theirown bottles.

Any exceptions will be by way of e-application in an internal mobile app and byprior booking only.

*The grace period was set in view of the CONVID-19 outbreak for public health reasons

Carbon IntensityBased on 2018 level: to decreaseby 5% in 2020 and -10% by 2025,with a view to achieve a 20%reduction by 2030

Paper UseBased on 2016 level: 50% lesspaper in 3 years, 60% cut in 5years and down by 80% in thenext 10 years

As a corporate citizen, we pledgeto decrease our - 

OPERATION GREEN

Carbon Emission IntensityBased on 2018 level: by 5% in2020, 10% in 2025 with a view toachieving a 20% reduction by2030

Green BuildingsAll new buildings of Ping An Group willbe meet requirements of China's GreenBuilding Label (2-star) or itsequivalent, LEED certified.

Green transformation and certificationof Ping An's headquarters will becompleted in 2020.

Carbon Emission Reduction PotentialTaking 2016 as the base year, Ping Anwill increase carbon reduction potentialby 60% and 80% over the next 3 and 5years respectively by way ofdigitization

Meanwhile, we have set ourtargets on - 

Find out about where we are in ESG: bit.ly/PA-ESGDownload a copy of our 2019 ESG Report: bit.ly/PAESG19