Recently, Guangzhou Lingnan Cable Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Guangzhou Zhiguang Electric Co., Ltd. (Zhiguang Electric), has been officially recognized as a National “Green Factory” in light of its outstanding performance in green manufacturing, energy conservation and carbon reduction, and circular economy practices.

This prestigious recognition is a strong endorsement of the company’s long-term commitment to sustainable development and green production. It also marks Lingnan Cable’s entry into the top tier of China’s green manufacturing enterprises, establishing it as a benchmark for green transformation in the cable industry.

As a traditional manufacturing sector, cable production involves multiple environmental challenges, including resource consumption, energy use, and waste treatment. Lingnan Cable has embedded the concept of green development into full life-cycle management. Beginning with eco-design, the company develops environmentally friendly cable products characterized by low loss, high reliability, and long service life.

During production, it has comprehensively advanced clean energy substitution, optimized processes to reduce energy and material consumption, and invested heavily in intelligent upgrades. By introducing internationally advanced production equipment and testing instruments, and implementing intelligent management systems, the company achieves precise control over energy consumption and material usage, significantly improving resource efficiency. Lingnan Cable’s green transformation is systematic and fully integrated into every aspect of its operations.

Energy Management. The company has scaled up the use of clean energy such as photovoltaic power and implemented comprehensive energy-saving retrofits, continuously reducing the comprehensive energy consumption per unit of product to an industry-leading level.

Resource Circularity. Lingnan Cable has established a well-developed waste recycling system, with a particular focus on recycling and reusing non-ferrous metals such as copper and aluminum, significantly reducing dependence on primary resources.

Cleaner Production. By optimizing manufacturing processes and adopting environmentally friendly raw materials, the company has achieved near-zero pollutant emissions during production. It has also improved its logistics system to enhance transportation efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

Supply Chain Collaboration. The company has built a comprehensive green supply chain management system, encouraging upstream and downstream partners to enhance their environmental performance and generating strong industrial synergies.

The National “Green Factory” evaluation is a key initiative under China’s strategy to achieve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. The assessment strictly follows the latest national standard for the General Principles for Green Factory Evaluation, comprehensively examining enterprises across dimensions such as intensive land use, harmless raw materials, clean production, waste resource utilization, and low-carbon energy use.

Lingnan Cable’s inclusion not only highlights its achievements in environmental compliance, resource efficiency, and eco-design, but also demonstrates its firm commitment to supporting China’s dual-carbon strategy.

Being named a National Green Factory is not an endpoint for Lingnan Cable, but a new starting point toward higher goals. The company will continue to increase investment in green technology research and development, focusing on breakthroughs in low-carbon materials, energy-saving processes, and recycling technologies. It will also explore the establishment of a product carbon footprint management system to provide customers with full life-cycle carbon data support.

Furthermore, Lingnan Cable will deepen the integration of intelligent manufacturing and green manufacturing by leveraging the Industrial Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence to build a smarter, more efficient, and greener production system—supporting industrial upgrading and contributing further to society’s low-carbon transformation.