Driven by the belief in “Zence for a regenerative future,” Zence transforms organic waste into valuable resources. As the global bio-based materials industry grows at an average rate of over 15% annually, Zence has established a closed-loop system from “waste → high-value material → natural degradation,” overcoming technological, branding, and carbon barriers.

Zence has already contributed to tangible carbon reductions in retail settings such as the China National Tea Museum, Starbucks, and Heytea by using its materials in store decoration and product packaging—bringing low-carbon living closer to consumers.

01. Zence: Pioneering a circular green economy

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Hong Kong, Zence Object Technology operates across the Greater Bay Area. The company specializes in transforming bio-based waste into sustainable new materials, offering biodegradable environmental solutions.

Zence’s two core products—Zence Tea Panels and Zence Bio-Plastic Pellets—are categorized as bio-based materials. They reduce dependency on fossil resources and lower carbon emissions at the raw material stage, while also offering excellent biocompatibility, degradability, and renewability. These green technologies have been applied in numerous settings, including custom store designs for Starbucks using tea-based eco-panels.

The global market for bio-based and biocomposite materials is in a rapid growth phase. By 2025, the biodegradable materials market is expected to exceed USD 80 billion globally, with China accounting for nearly 40%. Over the next five years, the market is projected to grow at a CAGR of over 35%.

Policy developments such as China’s Three-Year Action Plan on Non-Grain Bio-Based Material Innovation, and European regulations like ESPR, the policy framework on bio-based/biodegradable/compostable plastics, and the PPWR have opened new market opportunities for biodegradable materials like Zence’s tea panels and pellets.

Currently, four of Zence’s products have their carbon data disclosed on the China Light Industry Crafts Carbon Disclosure Platform, offering transparent carbon footprint, certification, and compliance information to consumers.

02. Telling a green story rooted in eastern culture

Zence’s identity is infused with dual elements of Eastern tea culture and low-carbon values. Partnering with Carbon Newture, Zence makes the abstract idea of a “carbon footprint” into something tangible: carbon labels that consumers can scan to view full lifecycle emission data.

These carbon labels are embedded with blockchain traceability, ensuring that once data is uploaded, it cannot be tampered with—enhancing data credibility.

For B2B clients, Zence displays real-time carbon emission data directly on panels or pellets, and provides downloadable carbon footprint certificates. This offers practical solutions to help brands and supply chain leaders meet Scope 3 emission reduction goals, while also engaging end consumers in green practices.

03. The “ZENCE Ecosystem” empowering the industry

Zence has built the ZENCE Ecosystem, an industrial platform that integrates the reuse of agricultural waste, green material transformation, and downstream application. Through its proprietary “Three-in-One Bio-Tech” and high-efficiency biodegradation systems, Zence achieves over 90% decomposition of organic agricultural waste within 24 hours, with the remainder converted into renewable green materials.

With the support of Carbon Newture’s tools—including carbon accounting, dual-carbon disclosure, and carbon labels—each part of the ZENCE Ecosystem becomes visible, traceable, and verifiable. This improves raw material efficiency, enhances product value, and drives green collaboration across the full supply chain—from upstream materials to downstream brands and consumer products.

In the dual context of China’s dual-carbon policies and brand sustainability transitions, the ZENCE Ecosystem is becoming a green bridge connecting nature and commerce.

ZENCE Ecosystem Debut at the 2025 Shanghai Carbon Neutrality Expo

At the recent 2025 Shanghai International Carbon Neutrality Expo, Zence showcased four products in the Circular Economy Zone at Carbon Newture’s booth. The exhibition won high praise from visitors and underscored the effectiveness of the ZENCE Ecosystem in promoting green innovation, as well as the key role of Carbon Newture’s carbon labeling system in enhancing market outreach and supply chain alignment. The collaboration exemplifies their shared vision: “Zence for a regenerative future.”