Deep Dive

25 Nov Hong Kong’s Green Finance Development [PT 1]: Regulatory Efforts and Recent Progress

Posted at 17:51 by Una Qu

Hong Kong is taking multiple measures to build a green finance ecosystem The Hong Kong SAR government started exploring green finance in 2016, after PBoC and other six departments jointly released Guiding Opinions on Building a Green Finance System. Three Major Organizations Supporting Green Finance in Hong...

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...

19 Nov Food Delivery Industry in China [Part 2]: From Algorithms to Sustainability

Posted at 11:08 by Haiyan Luo

Two months ago, a controversial report in Renwu magazine reported systemic exploitation of food delivery workers, also known as couriers, or riders. This occurred through built-in algorithms that companies such as Meituan [3690:HK] and Ele.me use, triggering widespread online outrage. To learn more about the mixed...

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...

18 Nov Overview of Ant Forest Initiative’s Environmental and Social Performance

Posted at 09:21 by Lexy Li

Ant Group started Ant Forest initiative within its mobile payment platform, Alipay, in August 2016. The in-app program records Alipay users’ carbon emission reduction through living a greener lifestyle such as walking instead of driving, and making online payments and settlements instead of printing extra...

12 Nov Food Delivery Industry in China [Part 1]: Outrage at the System

Posted at 16:56 by Haiyan Luo

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...

05 Nov Mining Sector: the Growing Focus on ESG

Posted at 15:06 by Haiyan Luo

COVID-19 has given many investors a chance to step back and evaluate the longevity of companies in the face of sudden critical incidents. It has defined the need for ESG more so than any other event in history, especially for the mining sector. At its...

29 Oct China’s Pledge for Carbon Neutrality [Part 2]: Effects on Investors

Posted at 07:03 by Eileen Li

ESG has increasingly been on many investor’s radars, with more funds and index providers offering ESG options in their array of services. Blackrock took an assertive position earlier this year, alerting financial institutions around the globe of the standard it was planning to use, and...

28 Oct ESG Performance Analysis of China’s Real Estate Industry

Posted at 09:46 by Haiyan Luo

“The change wrought by the COVID-19 crisis and its aftermath will teach us about priorities, resilience, and demand in ways that we did not dare test before,” said Michel Couillard, the Counselors of Real Estate (CRE). The CRE, an international advisory firm focusing on the...

28 Oct Tech Firms’ ESG Engagement in China’s COVID-19 Prevention

Posted at 08:32 by Lexy Li

The COVID-19 pandemic is pushing China, as with countries around the world, towards a higher level of digitalization, transforming sectors like traditional retail, tourism, education, and other industries that mainly rely on offline operations. Boosted digitalization demand after the outbreak and people’s increasing dependence on...

23 Oct SZSE to Assess Companies’ Social Responsibility Reporting

Posted at 09:22 by Lexy Li

On September 4, Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) revised measures for reviewing information disclosure of companies listed on the bourse, in an attempt to further boost company quality. Under the new measures, Shenzhen authorities for the first time added environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance disclosure...