BSI China director: SZ sets a global example in green standards

At the opening ceremony of the 2025 Shenzhen Low-Carbon Forum, Tatiana Schmollack-Tarasova, managing director of British Standards Institution (BSI) China, praised Shenzhen’s pioneering role in advancing green innovation and standardization, calling the city “one of the world’s living laboratories for modern technology in achieving carbon neutrality.”

Tatiana Schmollack-Tarasova gives a speech at the opening ceremony of the 2025 Shenzhen Low-Carbon Forum. Liu Xudong

Shenzhen is at the forefront of experimenting with AI-driven low-carbon applications, a field that will define the next generation of green standards. “What we see in Shenzhen are best practices in motion,” she said. “It’s a showcase of how technology can help achieve carbon peak and net zero.”

However, she noted that the biggest challenge lies in the lack of global consensus. “The next step,” she explained, “will be to bring these local best practices up to the international level, so that we can compare methods scientifically and build trust through unified standards. That’s exactly what standards are for — creating consensus and scaling what works.”

As Shenzhen continues to push the boundaries of low-carbon innovation, Schmollack-Tarasova sees the city as an ideal testing ground for global green standards.
"I’m hopeful that Shenzhen’s example will later be scaled up to the national level, and through collaboration on standardization, eventually to the international level," she said.