ByteDance trails Tencent and Alibaba on climate goals and renewable energy use, Greenpeace says


ByteDance is seventh in Greenpeace East Asia’s latest climate ranking of China’s nine cloud providers. While Chinese technology companies are making rapid progress towards cutting carbon emissions, there is room for further improvement, non-profit says. — SCMP

ByteDance, which owns short video app TikTok and recently forayed into cloud services, is one of the lowest ranked cloud providers in China, according to Greenpeace East Asia’s latest climate ranking of the country’s technology sector.

The company ranked seventh among nine cloud providers, as it is yet to announce carbon neutrality goals or disclose its energy usage data.

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