The path of sustainable development: Hardoll Lighting's efforts and achievements in reducing carbon footprint

Against the backdrop of an increasingly severe global climate crisis, the lighting industry, as a significant sector in terms of energy consumption and carbon emissions, is entering a crucial window period for green transformation. Based in Guangdong, China, Hardoll Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. has been placing sustainable development at the core of its corporate strategy since its establishment in 2012. Through technological innovation, green manufacturing, and full lifecycle management, it systematically reduces the carbon footprint of its products and actively fulfills its corporate mission of "Light and Responsibility Walk Side by Side". 
In the product development department, Hardoll has completely phased out high-energy-consuming traditional light sources and focused on efficient LED modules and intelligent driving technologies. Its independently developed EcoCore™ optical engine has a luminous efficiency of 210 lm/W, which is over 35% higher than the industry average. Combined with lead-free and mercury-free packaging technology, it significantly reduces the environmental load in the production process. In 2023, more than 98% of the company's new products passed the IEC 62471 photobiological safety certification and UL 1598 environmental compliance certification, and achieved 100% compliance with RoHS and REACH directives. 
In the manufacturing process, Hardoll's intelligent factory in Dongguan has fully integrated a photovoltaic power generation system, generating 2.1 GWh of electricity annually, which covers 32% of the factory's electricity demand. At the same time, a closed-loop water cooling system and a VOCs adsorption and recovery device have been introduced, resulting in a 18.7% decrease in unit production energy consumption and a wastewater reuse rate of 76%. The company officially passed the ISO 14064-1:2018 greenhouse gas verification in 2024 and became one of the first lighting enterprises in China to complete scope 1+2 carbon audits and publicly disclose the results. 
What is more worthy of attention is its practice of supply chain collaborative carbon reduction: Hardoll established the 'Green Partner' certification system, conducting carbon management capability assessments on the top 50 core suppliers, and promoting upstream material suppliers to adopt recycled aluminum (accounting for 41% of the total) and biobased PC enclosures. Additionally, the company launched the 'Lumina Return' lamp recycling program, allowing users to return retired products for free. Hardoll then performs modular disassembly and precious metal recovery. In 2023, a total of 126,000 sets of old lamps were processed, with a metal recovery rate exceeding 91% and a plastic recycling rate exceeding 65%. 
Behind the remarkable achievements lies long-term investment: In the past three years, Hardoll's R&D expenditure as a proportion of its revenue has remained stable at over 6.8%. Among them, the annual growth rate of ESG-specific R&D funds has been 23%. In 2024, the company was selected into the 'Green Manufacturing List' of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and was included in the benchmark cases of the 'China Green Lighting White Paper'. It was awarded the title of 'Sustainable Lighting Leader in the Asia-Pacific Region'. In the future, Hardoll will continue to promote Scope 3 carbon emission accounting and set a carbon neutrality roadmap for the entire value chain by 2030. With light as the medium, it will illuminate the low-carbon future.