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J&T Express grows logistics parks, EV fleet in 2025

Hong Kong-listed logistics firm J&T Express has released its 2025 ESG report.

The company said that by the end of 2025 it had built 14 logistics parks and expanded its autonomous vehicle fleet to more than 1,000.

It also said it had deployed more than 150,000 motorized rollers and over 400 energy-saving conveyor belts.

J&T said it had put 38.27 million reusable transit bags into use and that they had been used more than 3.33 billion times.

In Southeast Asia, the company said electric trucks made up 6% of its Singapore fleet and its Philippine operations had fully adopted B5 biodiesel for transport vehicles.

🔗 Source: J&T Express

🧠 Food for thought

Implications, context, and why it matters.

J&T pairs sustainability claims with higher emissions and a broad labor deal

  • J&T’s 2025 ESG report lists green projects, yet the company had already disclosed a sharp rise in its 2024 carbon footprint as the business grew 1.
  • In 2024, total greenhouse gas emissions across Scope 1, 2 and 3 climbed about 63% from a year earlier. The jump came from a 121.61% surge in Scope 3 value-chain emissions, which cover indirect output from suppliers, transport, plus upstream or downstream activity 1.
  • Scope 2 emissions from purchased electricity and other bought energy fell 11.38% on a location-based basis. That marks progress in energy-related emissions even as the total rose 1.
  • The report also includes the 2025 J&T Express Co., Ltd. (Entire Network) Platform Algorithm and Labor Rules Agreement in China. J&T calls it the first network-wide algorithm negotiation agreement in China’s express delivery industry. It covers more than 290,000 workers and addresses pay protection, career growth, and algorithm transparency 2.

J&T uses ESG reporting to shape its global expansion story

  • As a Hong Kong-listed company with stock code 01519, J&T uses detailed ESG disclosures to build trust with international investors and other stakeholders as it expands worldwide 2.
  • Its addition to the MSCI China Index in February 2025 offers one sign that non-financial disclosures matter more in investor positioning. The index, run by MSCI, tracks large and mid-sized Chinese companies 3.
  • J&T combines global oversight with local programs, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) tractors in China, support for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Indonesia, and help for farmers in Vietnam 2, 4.
  • Those public commitments on cleaner technology and labor standards may lift expectations for other logistics companies in Southeast Asia’s ecommerce delivery market to provide similar proof of progress beyond price or speed 2.

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