Lin Yuyao (right), CEO of the "Taiwan Commodity Testing and Verification Center of the Foundation", issued the "Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report" verification certificate to Lin Guanling (left), the director-general of the Xionglin Township Farmers Association.

(Photo by reporter Huang Meizhu)

[Reporter Huang Meizhu/Hsinchu Report] In response to net-zero carbon emissions, the Hsinchu County Xionglin Township Farmers Association was witnessed by County Mayor Yang Wenke and Acting Director of the Standard Inspection Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs Xie Hanzhang today. Lin Yuyao issued the "Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report" verification certificate, affirming that they are the first to complete the carbon emission verification among the 302 farmers' associations across the country, and they have won the "top incense" of carbon reduction in the agricultural industry.

Lin Guanling, director-general of the Xionglin Township Farmers Association, said that from the aforementioned one-year investigation, they found the equipment and links with the most carbon emissions. Starting this year, they will formulate improvement measures to reduce carbon emissions in stages, so as to meet the 2040 agricultural goals set out by the Council of Agriculture. The system is the first to achieve the goal of net zero emissions.

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In addition, they will also hold explanatory courses, and the Xionglin Farmers Association will provide experience and professional talents to guide about 5,600 enterprises, large and small, in the county to do it together, and set up a Taiwan national team for carbon reduction, from inventory to certification. After the completion of the ceremony, everyone will work together to promote carbon reduction.

Xie Hanzhang said that the manufacturing process of every product involves the use of electricity and petrochemical raw materials, etc., so that the product will emit carbon dioxide from "birth" to "grave" (discarded by consumers after use).

He said that at present, there are thousands of enterprises in China up to 80% of which have not done carbon inventory. The significance of the certification of the Xionglin Farmers Association is: to check and verify the carbon emissions of their own operations through scientific methods, and after mastering the basic data , for the future to formulate countermeasures and methods to reduce and reduce in stages. In the future, when it is really impossible to reduce, you can adopt strategies such as: using green electricity or widely planting trees to respond to reduce carbon emissions.

As far as the impact is concerned, in the future, manufacturers that cooperate with and communicate with the Xionglin Farmers Association, including farmers, will be driven to gradually introduce carbon reduction actions. After the specific carbon reduction, the products of the Xionglin Farmers Association can also be clearly marked, and each product How much is the specific carbon emissions.

Lin Guanling said that the results of this set of "Greenhouse Gas Verification" conform to the international standard (ISO 14064-1).

Last year, they calculated the annual carbon emissions of more than 443 metric tons by using the farmers' association's electricity consumption, vehicle fuel consumption, and employees' working hours for a whole year.

After completing the aforementioned inventory and certification, they will use the aforementioned carbon emissions as the target this year to further discuss how to formulate effective carbon reduction strategies, such as updating the old air conditioners with the largest known carbon emissions, so as to complete the Council of Agriculture It is expected that the agricultural system will take the lead in achieving the goal of net zero emissions ahead of all domestic industries in 2040.

Xie Hanzhang (middle), acting director of the Bureau of Standards and Inspection of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, and Fu Qiyu (left), deputy director of the Agriculture Department of the Hsinchu County Government, both affirmed that the team led by Lin Guanling (right), the general secretary of the Xionglin Township Farmers Association, is the top 320 in the country in carbon reduction efforts a peasant association.

(Photo by reporter Huang Meizhu)

Lin Guanling (4th from right), Director-General of the Farmers Association of Xionglin Township, Hsinchu County, was witnessed today by the "Taiwan Commodity Testing and Verification Center" under the witness of County Mayor Yang Wenke (2nd from left) and Acting Director of the Bureau of Standards and Inspection, Ministry of Economic Affairs Xie Hanzhang (3rd from right). CEO Lin Yuyao (3rd from left) issued the "Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report" verification certificate, affirming that they are the first to complete the carbon emission verification among the 302 farmers' associations across the country, and they have won the "top incense" of carbon reduction in the agricultural industry.

(Photo by reporter Huang Meizhu)