Green growth is associated with ecological industrial parks

Green growth is associated with ecological industrial parks

Introducing to reporters about the "green" business model, Mr. Phan Hong Diep - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Shinec Joint Stock Company ( An Phat Industrial Park - Hai Duong) - one of the rapidly developing ecologically oriented industrial parks, affirmed determined: "What we take from the land, we give back to the land. Not only does it inspire investors in industrial parks, we also bring this model to invest in other provinces."

Mr. Phan Hong Diep also said that currently, in the trend of sustainable development, businesses are promoting saving clean water resources, building industrial value chains...

“In all industrial parks (IPs) there is household waste. According to regulations, there must be a unit outside the industrial park to take this household waste for treatment, but we have invested in a self-decomposing machine for organic waste from Japan to process it. We strive to reach zero waste in the Industrial Park by the end of 2024, 100% of waste will be treated" - Mr. Diep said.

According to Mr. Bruno Jaspaert - CEO Deep C (Nam Cau Kien Industrial Park - Hai Phong), the current development principles of this enterprise are all in the direction of ensuring to attract investors who want to invest because of their ability to provide They have access to services related to ESG (environmental, social and governance criteria - PV), to carbon certification, to initiatives so investors can report to management that their investment activities are effective, not only effective in terms of profit but also in implementing social responsibility.

“We have the DEEP C Care project and invite investors to participate. We manage and operate the program to ensure benefits to the community and society. These initiatives all ensure that: We develop an industrial park not because of cheap land rental prices but because we follow the greenest and most sustainable orientation" - Mr. Bruno said.

According to Ms. Vuong Thi Minh Hieu - Deputy Director of the Department of Economic Zones Management (Ministry of Planning and Investment), applying the eco-industrial park model in Vietnam is a solution towards green growth and sustainable development. , with relevant agencies focusing on building policies, regulations, criteria, strengthening planning, management... for eco-industrial parks; promote technology transfer and clean and safe production methods; At the same time, technical support, access to preferential financing for investment and efficient use of resources...

Removing "bottlenecks" to develop ecological industrial parks

Sharing with PV, Mr. Bruno Jaspaert said, the biggest problem is that Vietnam is developing very rapidly but the legal regulations have not kept up with that speed. Therefore, if you want to build a sustainable industrial park, you can still do it but it will take a lot of time and effort.

“I can give an example that it took us three years to get a license to install wind power poles because Vietnam does not have technical standards for installing wind power poles in industrial parks. In Europe, you can see wind power poles installed along highways and in industrial parks. But in Vietnam, it is not easy to do this because the law has not kept up. That is one of the reasons why it is difficult to do, another reason is that this issue is quite new in Vietnam" - Mr. Bruno said.

Also according to Mr. Bruno Jaspaert, although ecological industry is forming and developing strongly in Vietnam, there are still too many new things that cannot be applied overnight.

"At this time I can say there have never been any incentives for eco-industrial parks. I hope the situation will be different in the future" - Mr. Bruno said.