Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications

Environmental Protection
There were frequent environmental crises in 2020: 
bushfires in Australia, thawing permafrost in Siberia, 
and rising temperatures at the North and South Poles. 
These problems are ringing alarm bells and forcing us 
to reassess our relationship with the environment.
Restoring Networks During a Major Flood in Gansu, China
In mid-August 2020, Longnan, in China’s 
Gansu Province, was hit by a major flood 
and mudslides. Power was knocked out, and 
optical cables snapped. Communications were 
interrupted in many counties; Wen County was 
hit the hardest.
The Huawei Gansu Rep Office immediately 
initiated its level-1 emergency response plan and 
set up an emergency team to provide support 
around the clock. On August 17, Huawei and our 
customers agreed on the emergency network 
recovery plan, and dispatched more than 20 
engineers to Longnan to repair the networks. 
The roads to Wen County were blocked by 
mudslides, meaning our engineers had to 
carry the optical cables 70 kilometers to the 
affected sites and ensure that communication 
services were restored in time. By August 20, the 
backbone network was back up and running.
After one month of hard work, all communication 
services in affected areas were restored. The 
Longnan government thanked the Huawei team 
for fulfilling the company’s responsibilities to the 
community.
Business Continuity
In today’s highly globalized and highly specialized 
world, Huawei relies on many third parties to help us 
in procurement, manufacturing, logistics, and global 
technical services. This makes business continuity 
management critical. Through years of sustained 
investment, Huawei has established a business 
Huawei’s network troubleshooting team
continuity management system that covers our 
processes end-to-end, from suppliers to Huawei and 
on to our customers, to ensure that the risks within 
our everyday business activities are managed properly.
(More on business continuity on pages 59 to 60)
Huawei believes that technology plays a critical role in 
addressing environmental challenges. We have spent 
decades working to protect the planet with innovative 
technology and to contribute to a sustainable world. 
Specifically, we focus on three areas:

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Huawei’s Optical Network Solution at Dubai Creek Harbour
Reducing Carbon Emissions
Huawei provides a wide range of products, from 
smart devices to wireless access, fixed access, data 
communications, optical transmission, and intelligent 
computing. We assess the carbon footprints of 
our own equipment using the lifecycle assessment 
Promoting Renewable Energy
To combat climate change, more countries, regions, 
and organizations are now interested in acquiring 
and using renewable energy. Huawei wants to play 
an active role in the transition to renewable energy. 
We use renewable energy in our operations wherever 
possible and are building more PV plants across our 
campuses. These plants generated 12.6 million kWh 
of electricity in 2020. We also integrate ICT into 
Huawei’s green optical network helps Dubai Creek 
Harbour perfectly coexist with its natural environment
(LCA) methodology. We pay attention to the carbon 
emissions at each stage of the lifecycle of our 
products to minimize energy consumption. And our 
ICT technologies, delivered with our partners, help 
customers in many different industries cut their energy 
consumption and emissions.
Dubai Creek Harbour, a 60,000-square-kilometer 
mega-development by Emaar Properties, deployed 
Huawei’s optical campus solution to help create a 
green and sustainable residential and commercial 
community. Unlike conventional aggregation 
networks, Huawei’s passive optical network (PON) 
technology is not limited by the 100-meter rule 
for copper cabling, so it does not require multiple 
weak-current equipment rooms. This means 80% 
savings in equipment room floor space. In addition, 
the simplified network architecture has helped cut 
Emaar Properties’ power consumption by 30% 
– about 130,000 kWh every year. That reduces 
carbon emissions by about 62 tons, equivalent to 
planting more than 2,700 trees.
photovoltaic technologies so that the solar systems can 
generate more electricity. We are working to extract 
more electricity out of every joule of sunlight, bringing 
green power to many more households. In addition, 
our smart PV plants for agriculture and fisheries are 
perfect examples of mixed land use, opening up new 
possibilities for integrating energy systems into local 
environments, industries, and economies.
Smart PV Plant for Agriculture in Ningxia, China
The Binhe New District on the eastern banks of 
the Yellow River in Ningxia used to be a harsh 
desert environment.
In 2014, Baofeng Group began managing this 
desertified patch of 107 square kilometers by 
planting alfalfa and goji to improve the soil.
Since 2016, Huawei and Baofeng Group have 
jointly built PV power plants with a total capacity 
of 640 MW over the goji plantations. The solar 
panels have cut evaporation from the soil by 
30–40% and increased vegetation coverage by 
86% in just a few years, which has significantly 
improved the local environment. The desert 
has turned into an oasis, creating a rich field 
of ruby-red berries topped by an azure sea 
of solar cells. As of the end of 2020, these PV 
power plants had generated 4.31 billion kWh of 
electricity, displacing 2.047 million tons of carbon 
dioxide emissions, which is equivalent to planting 
89.01 million trees.
A farmer picking goji berries at the Baofeng Group PV plant 
in Ningxia

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