Dahua Technology, a world-leading video-centric AIoT solution and service provider, recently participated in a sustainable business roundtable hosted by the United Nations Global Compact China Office. The event brought together representatives from UN agencies, industry experts, and business leaders to exchange views on sustainable business practices and opportunities for collaboration. Winters Li, Director of Compliance Management at Dahua Technology, was invited to speak at the event, sharing the company's practices in green and low-carbon operations, the application of AIoT technologies to advance industrial sustainability, and product quality and cybersecurity management.
Integrating Sustainability into Business Operations
"Enabling a Smarter Society and Better Living" is Dahua's mission and an important guiding principle for its sustainability efforts. Speaking at the roundtable, Winters noted that since joining the UN Global Compact in 2023, Dahua has consistently integrated sustainability principles into its business operations, driving the green transition through technological innovation and fulfilling its corporate responsibilities through concrete actions.
Across the entire product lifecycle, Dahua has developed an in-house green product management platform to promote low-power product design, solar-powered solutions, and the use of recyclable materials. The platform enables comprehensive accounting and traceability of product carbon footprints. Through mechanisms to control hazardous substances at the source, Dahua also encourages closer environmental collaboration across its supply chain, fostering a greener value chain.
In its production and daily operations, Dahua leverages an intelligent energy management platform for more refined energy consumption monitoring and management. This is complemented by initiatives such as environmentally friendly, reduced-material packaging, automated warehousing, and electrified logistics and transportation, all aimed at improving resource and energy efficiency. By the end of 2025, the company had completed more than 40 product carbon footprint reports and obtained over 150 green product certifications.
Winters Li, Director of Compliance Management at Dahua Technology
Technology for a Sustainable Future
Alongside its efforts to make its own operations more sustainable, Dahua continues to apply video sensing and AIoT technologies in areas such as ecological conservation and urban infrastructure. Through these applications, the company seeks to address practical needs across a range of use cases and support sustainable development.
In ecological conservation, Dahua is exploring the potential of AIoT technologies to support biodiversity protection and has engaged in the Earth Hour event organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). During a visit to the Mai Po Nature Reserve in Hong Kong, the Dahua team gained a better understanding of the practical needs of wetland conservation and wildlife monitoring, while exploring the potential applications of intelligent sensing and AI-based recognition technologies in ecological monitoring.
In transportation infrastructure, Dahua has deployed the Smart AI Traffic Management Systems on the Second Penang Bridge in Malaysia. Leveraging AI-powered automatic incident detection, real-time traffic monitoring, and coordinated emergency response capabilities, the system helps improve traffic efficiency and safety on the bridge, supporting more resilient and sustainable infrastructure operations.
Responsible Innovation: Quality, Security and Privacy
Technological innovation must deliver practical value while being underpinned by reliable product quality, cybersecurity, and privacy protection. Dahua integrates quality management and security requirements throughout product R&D, manufacturing, and service delivery. The company also incorporates cybersecurity and privacy protection into its management practices, embedding security and responsibility in product design and technological innovation. Through reliable and responsible products and services, Dahua aims to build lasting trust with customers and partners.
Sustainable development is a shared responsibility for businesses worldwide and an opportunity to create long-term value. Looking ahead, Dahua will continue to advance green operations and technological innovation, deepen cooperation with global partners, and broaden the application of AIoT technologies across a wider range of areas that support sustainable development. Through these efforts, the company aims to contribute its technological expertise to the implementation of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
