Gree: Dong Mingzhu Receives "Cool Leaders" Award For Sustainable Cooling
KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 22 (Bernama) -- Gree Electric Appliances Chairperson Dong Mingzhu has received the inaugural "Cool Leaders" individual award at the Global Cooling Pledge Assembly in Singapore.
Gree in a statement said the event was hosted by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Cool Coalition, with the award presented by UNEP Director of the Climate Change Division, Martin Krause.
The inaugural "Cool Leaders" awards were granted to two countries and one individual. The country awards went to Singapore and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while Dong was the sole individual recipient, making her the first entrepreneur and the only Chinese representative to earn this distinction.
The award is a global recognition initiative to honour outstanding leaders who have driven the advancement of sustainable cooling and extreme heat resilience across areas such as policymaking, financial support, innovative practices, and project implementation.
According to GREE, Dong’s recognition highlights the company’s capabilities and position in the cooling and sustainable development sectors under her leadership, while reflecting recognition of China’s innovations in cooling technology and green practices.
Addressing global environmental challenges in her speech, Dong noted that while proactive energy conservation can reduce energy consumption, it does not fundamentally resolve broader environmental issues.
GREE has long been committed to technological breakthroughs, beginning research in 2012 on how to address temperature control challenges without consuming conventional energy.
At the assembly, GREE officially joined the "Manufacturing Platform", convened by the Cool Coalition and operated by UNEP. As a manufacturer representative, the company pledged to accelerate the transition to inverter air conditioners and continuously improve product energy efficiency.
It will also expedite the phase-out of refrigerants with high global warming potential (GWP) and promote the application of ultra-low GWP technologies, as well as research, develop and promote energy-saving and carbon-reducing technologies.
GREE remains committed to the green transition in manufacturing and has continuously advanced energy conservation and carbon reduction innovations across its entire value chain, building an ecosystem encompassing green equipment, smart energy and low-carbon smart manufacturing.
-- BERNAMA