The Chinese company Yingli Green Energy, an important photovoltaic (PV) modules producer, recently announced to have become the first Chinese company and the first PV manufacturer to join the WWF Climate Savers Program.

Climate Savers is a worldwide program aimed at delivering real, measurable and additional reductions in CO2 emissions. Member companies set voluntary targets for the reduction of their own greenhouse gas emissions and work with other companies, suppliers and partners to implement innovative solutions for a clean, low carbon economy.

Launched by WWF in 1999, the Climate Savers program now counts 30 member companies, including Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Nike, Hewlett Packard, Sony, Tetra Pak, and Nokia Siemens Networks.

Yingli Green Energy's major Climate Savers commitments include: the reduction of GHG emissions per MW of PV module production by 13%; the reduction of GHG emissions from purchased goods and services per MW of PV module production by 7%; and reduction of GHG emissions from upstream transportation by 10%. Those reduction targets are expected to be achieved by 2015 and will be calculated against the benchmark levels of 2010.

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