Author: Emilie Wu

08 Jan An Analysis of CATL’s New Energy Development Outlook from an ESG POV

Posted at 11:28 by Emilie Wu

Company Introduction Founded in 2011, Contemporary Amperex Technology (CATL) [300750:CH] now is one of the world’s leading companies for manufacturing lithium-ion batteries. The firm mainly focuses on R&D, production, and sales of batteries and energy storage systems for new energy vehicles (NEVs). CATL has major advantages...

28 Dec China’s Home Appliance Industry [PT 2]: Regulation-Driven Green Transformation

Posted at 10:38 by Emilie Wu

Regulators are forming green standards governing home appliances To encourage sustainability within the household appliance industry and reduce carbon emissions, Chinese government agencies and industry associations are ramping up issuing green standards for each segment. The policies are also guiding consumers to make more sustainable purchasing...

23 Dec China’s Home Appliance Industry [PT 1]: Incorrect Disposal of Appliances Poses Environmental Risks

Posted at 13:51 by Emilie Wu

China is entering into a peak period of home appliance disposal Although the COVID-19 outbreak heavily impacted the Chinese home appliance sector, the industry saw a gradual recovery in March. According to People.cn, the Chinese home appliance market recorded retail sales of RMB248.6bn in 2Q20, up...

17 Dec Poverty Alleviation Progress in China

Posted at 11:49 by Emilie Wu

Since major changes in 1978, when China began opening up its markets to the rest of the world, around 750m Chinese people were able to shift above the absolute poverty line, contributing to over 70% of global poverty reduction. To be lifted out of poverty...

09 Dec China Photovoltaic Industry’s Potential Following Carbon Neutrality Target

Posted at 16:04 by Emilie Wu

As of November this year, the stock price of 31 Chinese photovoltaic companies doubled. Photovoltaic solar energy is non-fossil, clean, and renewable, converted from sunlight into electricity based on the photoelectric effect. Leading companies in the industry, including LONGi Green Energy Technology [601012:CH], Shenzhen Inovance...

30 Nov Hong Kong’s ESG Development Implications for Mainland [PT 2]: Recommendations for the China Market

Posted at 14:00 by Emilie Wu

Hong Kong government’s contribution to the building of its ESG ecosystem Compared with developed markets such as Europe, the US, and Japan, Hong Kong started relatively late in the ESG space. For reference, in 2016, Hong Kong only accounted for 0.06% of the world’s ESG assets,...

25 Nov Hong Kong’s ESG Development Implications for Mainland [PT 1]: Current Corporate Disclosure Status

Posted at 11:39 by Emilie Wu

Overview of Hong Kong’s corporate ESG disclosures According to Sohu, citing data from the Chinese independent consultancy SynTao, by the end of September 2019, a total of 1,868 Hong Kong-listed firms published their ESG reports for the prior financial year, accounting for around 80% of all...

18 Nov Green Logistics’ Development, Progress, and Future Trends in China

Posted at 15:49 by Emilie Wu

Green packaging has been a growing focus for green logistics development According to data published by Greenpeace, a global environmental NGO, driven by the booming e-commerce industry, China’s consumption of packaging materials increased from 20,600 tons in 2000 to 9.42m tons in 2018, creating huge amounts...

11 Nov ESG Developments in Chinese Banking Industry

Posted at 10:38 by Emilie Wu

With the deepening of China’s financial reform, ESG has been gaining the attention of Chinese government authorities, and policymakers and they are gradually releasing rules to promote ESG among financial institutions. Mainland ESG Disclosure Rules for Banks The former CBRC in 2007 issued guidance demanding that major...

28 Oct Five Chinese Authorities Issue Guidance to Increase Climate Finance

Posted at 02:56 by Emilie Wu

Five Chinese authorities, including the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, NDRC, PBoC, CBIRC and CSRC, on October 26 jointly issued guidance to boost climate financing activities in the country, as reported by China Securities Journal on the same day. Under the regulatory guidelines, by 2022,...

27 Oct Guangzhou Launches Green Finance Service Platform

Posted at 03:49 by Emilie Wu

The Guangzhou Development District recently launched a green finance service platform, as reported by Eastmoney on October 26. The platform is a comprehensive system consisting of green finance-related policy briefings, as well as disclosure of green projects and enterprise applications. The platform aims to facilitate...

23 Oct China’s ESG Application in Wealth Management Industry

Posted at 09:17 by Emilie Wu

China’s practices on social responsibility investment ESG, which stands for environmental, social, and governance, is a long-term growth investment strategy that focuses on the non-financial performance of a company. The core of ESG-themed investment is to explore a sustainable development path that finds a balance between...