News / China's transport giants languish among the lowest-ranked for sustainability

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Chinese shipping, air cargo and land transport giants, including China State Railway Group, Cosco and China Post, rank poorly in a new ’sustainability benchmark’ report.

Some 90 companies are ranked in the World Benchmarking Alliance’s Transport Benchmark report, according to assessing low-carbon transition methodology (ACT).

This evaluates companies not necessarily according to actual emissions, but rather their initiative in addressing decarbonisation. The methodology was co-developed with CDP, a non-profit organisation which operates a platform for environmental disclosure.

Chinese companies are understood to be ...