Accelerating Value Chain Decarbonization for Corporate Growth Perspectives from Asia 2025

The blueprint: seizing the value chain opportunities Action level 1: Start from withinAction level 2: Empower your supply chainAction level 4: Drive the cultural shift towards a sustainable society 11 CalculationAbatement Engage in sustainable business model innovation Drive a green product design revolutionBridge knowledge and technical expertise gapsAutomate environmental data reporting 2 Shift mindsets to unlock business value beyond costs103 Company level 2 Build product carbon footprint data exchange capability1 1 35 5 Foster a partnership mindset to incentivize suppliers4Engage in Scope 3 standards harmonization7 8Be a role model in supply-chain transparency 6 Craft an exciting path to value-chain decarbonization1212Support sustainable innovation and infrastructure 9Rethink consumption and make green choices easier for consumers11 8 7 9 10 4 6Industrial systems Value chain SocietyAction level 3: Leverage industrial ecosystems3 By transforming value chains from carbon liabilities into innovation ecosystems, businesses can unlock resilience, market access and growth. Based on the “no excuse” opportunities to drive Scope 3 decarbonization (Figure 7) developed by the World Economic Forum’s Industry Net Zero Accelerator initiative, this white paper further analyses this tailored blueprint that addresses Asia’s unique industrial dynamics, emphasizing collaborative models, technological leap-frogging and financial innovation through four levels.14Low-carbon value chains should be forged across four strategic dimensions. Four dimensions of 12 “no-excuse” opportunities to drive scope 3 decarbonization FIGURE 7 Source: World Economic Forum. (2023). The “No-Excuse” Opportunities to Tackle Scope 3 Emissions in Manufacturing and Value Chains. https://www.weforum.org/publications/the-no-excuse-opportunities-to-tackle-scope-3-emissions-in-manufacturing-and-value-chains/. Accelerating Value Chain Decarbonization for Corporate Growth: Perspectives from Asia 17