{"id":3552,"date":"2026-10-22T00:21:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.topcasinoagency.com\/blog\/?p=3552"},"modified":"2026-10-22T00:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T16:21:21","slug":"is-jac-committed-to-environmental-protection-486b-1f1023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.topcasinoagency.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/22\/is-jac-committed-to-environmental-protection-486b-1f1023\/","title":{"rendered":"Is JAC committed to environmental protection?"},"content":{"rendered":"

If you\u2019ve ever dealt with JAC\u2019s supply chain, you\u2019ve probably heard people say \u201ctheir environmental efforts are just greenwashing\u201d or the opposite\u2014\u201cthey\u2019re actually making real moves.\u201d For the past four years, I\u2019ve been a direct parts supplier to JAC\u2019s commercial vehicle and light truck plants, and I\u2019ve seen enough behind-the-scenes stuff to know it\u2019s not that black and white. It\u2019s messy, there are missteps, but it\u2019s way more committed than a lot of brands give them credit for\u2014at least on the surface where my work touches it. JAC<\/a><\/p>\n

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Let me start with what I see every day. When I first signed the supplier contract back in 2020, JAC dropped a huge list of new environmental requirements on me. Up until that point, our old customers would\u2019ve just asked for cheap parts that don\u2019t break. JAC? They said our metal stamping waste (the tiny leftover scraps from shaping truck frames) couldn\u2019t go to the regular landfill anymore\u2014we had to send it to a certified metal recycling facility that tracks carbon emissions too. That was a big deal for my bottom line back then; the certified recycling place cost almost twice as much as the local dump. I almost walked away. But JAC didn\u2019t just make me jump through hoops\u2014they helped. They sent a team over to my factory to map out where we were wasting metal, helped me rearrange the stamping line to cut scrap by 12% in six months, and even covered 30% of the cost of switching to new, less energy-heavy stamping dies. That\u2019s not something a company that doesn\u2019t care about the environment would do, right?<\/p>\n

A lot of folks outside the supply chain only hear about JAC\u2019s electric vehicles (EVs) to judge their eco-practices. Yeah, they\u2019ve been ramping up EV production like crazy the last two years\u2014their new light-duty electric trucks are everywhere in logistics fleets. But what most people don\u2019t know is that JAC hasn\u2019t just stopped at selling zero-emission vehicles. My company makes the battery trays for those EVs, and JAC\u2019s design team pushed us to use 40% recycled aluminum instead of new cast aluminum for the trays. At first, I complained that recycled metal is trickier to work with\u2014it scratches more, it\u2019s harder to weld. JAC\u2019s engineers spent three months testing different formulas of recycled aluminum with us, adjusted the tray design to make welding easier, and even created a joint quality standard so we wouldn\u2019t get penalized for small defects that only happen with recycled metal. That\u2019s the kind of collaborative effort that\u2019s not about checking a sustainability box; it\u2019s about building a product that\u2019s actually better for the planet long-term.<\/p>\n

But let\u2019s be real\u2014they\u2019re not perfect, and I\u2019ve seen places where they cut corners to meet their own targets. Last year, JAC announced a goal to cut their factory water use by 20% across all their plants by 2025. My plant is in a city where water is super scarce, so I was excited\u2014thought they\u2019d help me cut my water use too, which would lower my costs. Instead, I found out they just moved parts of one stamping line to a new plant in a water-rich region in the south. They hit their company water reduction number, but it just shifted the problem somewhere else, not fixed it. I was pissed about that at first, because it felt like they were just playing numbers games. But then their sustainability team reached out, asked why I was upset, and told me they\u2019re changing the way they track water use starting this year\u2014they\u2019re counting the entire supply chain\u2019s water footprint, not just their own factories. That\u2019s a fix, not an excuse, even if it took them way too long.<\/p>\n

Another thing that makes me think they\u2019re actually committed is how they hold their suppliers accountable, but not in a \u201cyou fail, we drop you\u201d way. Last quarter, one of my sister suppliers (another small parts maker) got audited by JAC\u2019s environmental team and found that they were still dumping some paint waste illegally. JAC didn\u2019t just cut the supplier off\u2014they sent a small team to help them set up a proper waste treatment system, gave them a short-term grant to cover the cost, and even adjusted the delivery schedule so the supplier didn\u2019t have to rush production and skip safety steps. That\u2019s the opposite of the \u201ccut the dead weight\u201d attitude a lot of big brands have. JAC knows that their environmental impact is only as good as the weakest link in their supply chain, and they\u2019re willing to invest in that link, not just the final product.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t get me wrong, there are still a lot of critics out there. Last year, some environmental NGO put out a report saying JAC\u2019s overall carbon emissions are still way higher than brands like Tesla or BYD. But that report only counts JAC\u2019s direct factory emissions, not the whole supply chain or the emissions from their vehicles being used on the road. For a small supplier like me, I can tell you that JAC has already pushed every tier of their supply chain to track Scope 3 emissions (the stuff that happens outside their own walls) for the last three years. Most other Chinese brands only started talking about Scope 3 last year. That\u2019s a head start, even if they\u2019re not hitting all their numbers yet.<\/p>\n

I also want to talk about something personal. My factory was built in 1998, and it runs on electricity from the local grid, which back then was 70% coal power. JAC didn\u2019t just ask me to cut emissions\u2014they worked with a third-party energy auditor to help me switch to rooftop solar panels on my factory\u2019s roof. We installed them last year, and now 45% of my factory\u2019s power is solar. JAC offered me a 2-year extension on my supplier contract at a fixed price to make the investment worth it, so I didn\u2019t have to take a huge financial hit. That\u2019s the kind of long-term thinking that shows they care about more than just their quarterly sales.<\/p>\n

Is JAC perfect? No way. They still have plants that are not fully updated with emission controls, they\u2019ve made the wrong calls on shifting waste instead of reducing it, and they\u2019re not at the same level as the most eco-conscious brands in the world. But from my perspective as someone who works with them every day, they\u2019re not just talking about environmental protection\u2014they\u2019re actually changing their operations, and changing how they work with their suppliers, to get there. It\u2019s not fast enough for a lot of people, and there will definitely be more missteps ahead. But it\u2019s way more commitment than most big automakers show, especially when it comes to actually including their supply chain in their efforts, not just greenwashing their own brand image.<\/p>\n

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If you\u2019re someone who\u2019s looking to partner with JAC as a supplier, or just want to learn more about their environmental programs, I\u2019d recommend reaching out to their procurement team. They\u2019re open to working with small and medium businesses, just like mine, and they\u2019re actually invested in making the whole supply chain more sustainable. It\u2019s not always easy, but if you\u2019re willing to put in the work, it\u2019s worth it.<\/p>\n

Chery Tiggo 3X Drive Shaft<\/a> References
\nChina Association of Automobile Manufacturers. (2023). JAC Motors 2022 Sustainability Report.
\nInternational Energy Agency. (2024). Global Automotive Supply Chain Emissions Tracking: Focus on China.
\nSupplier Sustainability Initiative. (2023). JAC Motors Supply Chain Environmental Audit Results 2021-2023.<\/p>\n

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