The Blue Defenders is a joint initiative of the SEE Foundation, the Alibaba Foundation, RBF and the Energy Foundation with the purpose to promote information disclosure from enterprises and governments, public supervision of pollution sources, emission and pollution reduction by enterprises, and sustainable development. It also aims to facilitate problem-solving in air, water and soil pollution.
By the end of 2024, the project had directly supported 63 frontline environmental NGOs nationwide to become the Blue Defenders partners, covering 21 provinces. It provided a cumulative funding of over 83 million yuan to these partners and facilitated the improvement of 9,275 enterprises and pollution sources. The project's supported environmental database covered over 12.75 million enterprises nationwide, with a total of more than 6.05 billion data entries. In 2024, Blue Defenders tracked the pollution reduction and carbon reduction efforts of over 70 companies, covering four key industries: steel, electricity, ports, and transportation. The organization focused on the rural energy transition, initiating low-carbon village construction, with research covering four rural energy revolution pilot counties. It built a total of six water resource protection projects, safeguarding over 400,000 tons of water annually. Additionally, it conducted chemical substance safety testing on six types of consumer goods, focusing on two categories of harmful chemicals.
