OREANDA-NEWS. On September 18, President Cai Xiyou of Sinochem Group attended China International Petrochemical Conference 2015, at whose plenary session he delivered a speech entitled "Build  an Evergreen Business through Green Development." In that speech, President Cai introduced Sinochem Group's approach to green development and its best practices to the executives of both foreign and domestic businesses and industry experts and scholars who attended the conference, and expressed Sinochem's willingness to join forces with all industry players to promote innovation in products and technology and therefore further the green development cause.

President Cai pointed out that not only is green development one of the major issues that require everyone's attention in our time, but it represents an inevitable trend as well as one of the basic requirements to meet as we try to bring ecological civilization to all our activities. Green development demands an approach to economic growth and social development that views efficiency, harmony, and sustainability as its ultimate goals, and tries to break the restraints  imposed by resources and the environment, make sure that economic growth is in perfect harmony with the consumption of resources and the conservation of the environment, and achieve the goal of promoting development without causing damage to the environment, explained President Cai.

President Cai then stressed the social and economic importance of promoting green development, which he said is a compelling obligation to any business. A business needs to create not only economic value but also social and environmental value. Sinochem Group dedicates itself to scientific, harmonious, and green development by vigorously implementing green development strategies, practicing clean production, and developing recycling  economy; Sinochem Group continues to create value for all parties concerned in particular and for the public in general, and will build itself into a lasting company through green development, said President Cai. 

In his speech President Cai focused on the operations run by and the best practices adopted at Sinochem Group's business divisions and explained its approach to green development as follows:

- Giving full play to the service capability of the group's energy, agriculture, chemicals, and other divisions across their respective industry chains, developing environmentally-friendly, energy-conserving technology, processes, and equipment, and trying to make the group's business operations fit in with its effort to protect the environment and conserve energy.