In the face of global warming, the gap between the rich and the poor, people have begun to take a more long-term view and pay attention to the future destiny from a long-term perspective.
As one of the most important components of modern society.
1. The most important market entity in the market economy, enterprises bear important responsibilities in the fields of sustainable development and social responsibility. Increasingly, both investors and the public expect companies to focus on unlocking long-term value and enabling business success to benefit the sustainable development of society. As an evaluation standard to measure the performance of enterprises in non-financial indicators such as ecological environment, social responsibility, and corporate governance, ESG has attracted much attention in recent years, with the construction of information disclosure standards accelerating, the willingness and maturity of corporate disclosure to continue to increase, the relevant market maintaining a growth trend, and innovative products being launched one after another. Looking back on the past year, we are pleasantly surprised to find that many companies have achieved good results in the construction and innovation and practice of ESG systems, made positive contributions to social development, and led the sustainable development of the industry.
On December 2, at the 2023 T-Edge Global Innovation Conference, Titan** released the 2023 Edge Awards Annual ESG Innovation Enterprise List. The 2023 Edge Awards takes "potential value" as the core, focuses on the world's cutting-edge technology, and is a global innovation award with authority, pioneer and keen excavation.
The 2023 Edge Awards ESG Innovator of the Year award is given to the companies that continue to act in the ESG field in 2023 and make outstanding contributions and positive impacts, constantly innovating the sustainability proposition, and playing a leading role in the industryTunghsu Blue Sky, GE Healthcare, Glodon, GEM, JA Solar, Entropy Technology, Mengniu Dairy, Mindray Medical, Autohome, Tongcheng Travel, Yuexiu Real Estate, Yatsen Group
Tunghsu Blue Sky is a comprehensive service provider of environmental protection and new energy with the dual main businesses of new energy and ecological environmental protection as the core, and is a listed company on the main board of A-share in China. Relying on the characteristic industrial model of "smart energy + environmental protection", the company focuses on the construction of a comprehensive energy supply service system for new energy such as photovoltaic, wind power, and energy storage with efficient management, and has formed a unique competitive advantage by integrating new energy and ecological environmental protection industry chains. As of the end of 2022, the company's total assets were 2457.4 billion, net assets attributable to the parent 1126.4 billion. From 2017 to 2023, it has been on the list of "Global Top 500 New Energy Enterprises" for seven consecutive years.
The Pink Action is a public welfare IP of GE Healthcare focusing on breast cancer prevention and treatment, and it is also the best illustration of the company's ESG philosophy. In 2023, the 18th anniversary of the Pink Campaign, GE Healthcare has delivered a satisfactory answer to its "best gift", and GE Healthcare has artistically expressed the importance of early breast cancer screening through cross-border art, and realized innovative measures to practice ESG. During World Breast Cancer Month from October 12 to 16, GE Healthcare held the "People Who Feel It" Pink Action Art Exhibition in Shanghai. At the same time, the artworks were also "exhibited" at Taikoo Li Qiantan Station in Pudong, raising the public's attention to breast health with the charm of unbounded art.
As a digital construction platform service provider, Glodon combines the corporate mission of "creating a better living and working environment with technology" with the ESG concept, manages carbon emissions and energy consumption throughout the life cycle of buildings through digitalization, and applies them to environmental ecology such as mountains, rivers, forests, fields, lakes and grasses.
GEM's main business is to use waste batteries, electronic waste and other waste resources to recycle high-tech products, the company takes "eliminating pollution and regenerating resources" as its own responsibility, and implements the recycling industry culture of "economy by recycling and realizing the unity of corporate value and social responsibility". In recent years, GEM has further improved its ESG management performance in the manufacturing of new energy materials and urban mining, and has been responsible for stakeholders, society and the environment throughout the entire operation process, and has continuously improved its sustainable development capabilities.
JA Solar is a photovoltaic power generation solution platform company, and its products are used in residential, commercial and ground-mounted photovoltaic power generation systems. In recent years, the company has continued to promote sustainable development and the realization of ESG goals, not only building a green and low-carbon industry chain in its main new energy business. At the level of corporate governance, a three-tier governance structure has been established in a more innovative way, with the board of directors responsible for strategic guidance and oversight reviewEstablish a Sustainability Management Committee at the management level, composed of key executives, to drive ESG-related mattersAt the same time, a carbon management and sustainable development department has been set up at the executive level to promote the company's strategic planning and implementation of climate change and sustainable development.
Entropy Technology is an industry-leading AI energy asset management company, with a core team composed of academicians and consultants of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, internationally renowned artificial intelligence experts, top Internet of Things experts, and former executives of international leading enterprises. The company is committed to the development and application of industrial and energy Internet technologies to promote the realization of the dual carbon goals. Through the effective invocation of AI algorithms and data, it provides high-energy consumption enterprises with value management of the whole life cycle of planning, construction and operation, realizes green and intelligent cost reduction and gain, and actively assumes the role of the first policy and industrial change promoter.
Mengniu is not only a leader in China's dairy industry, but also a pioneer in China's green economy, and has taken multiple measures to implement the ESG concept by building a green industrial chain, "animal husbandry and photovoltaic complementation" for self-consumption, building green factories, and launching low-carbon products, so as to continuously promote the implementation of the green sustainable development strategy. In 2023, Mengniu put forward the "Green Lead" goal, promising to drive 1 million tons of carbon reduction in cooperative farms by 2030, and achieve 100% green recycling for all farms.
Founded in 1991, Mindray Medical is a global provider of innovative medical devices and solutions. With the vision of "becoming the core force to protect human health", the company takes sustainable development as the core of its work, establishes a sustainable development system, strives to create an equal, diverse and inclusive workplace environment, sets carbon emission intensity targets to promote green development, and gives full play to its main business advantages, pays attention to and improves the quality of medical resources for the general public, and protects social well-being, so far nearly 200 cardiac arrest patients in public places have been treated in China, and more than 500,000 first aid training has been covered.
As a leading service platform for automobile consumers in China, Autohome continues to focus on the decarbonization of the automotive sector, and has been continuously improving its environmental, social responsibility and corporate governance in recent years, continuously optimizing the user experience, and taking into account efficiency and environmental protectionAttach importance to public welfare undertakings, practice social responsibility, insist on building a public welfare science brand for teenagers, and continue to pay attention to and protect the safety of childrenAt the same time, Autohome also put forward the vision of "striving to become the engine of the dual-carbon transformation path of the automotive industry" and the climate goal of "achieving carbon neutrality in operations by 2030" to help the green transformation of the automotive industry.
Tongcheng Travel adheres to the path of sustainable development, and has been rated AA in the wine and tourism industry group by MSCI ESG, an international authoritative index company, and has obtained ISO14001 environmental management system certification. In recent years, the company has vigorously promoted the paperless transformation of electronic signing, electronic payment and electronic invoices, and launched the "Tongcheng Thousand Villages Plan" to help rural revitalization from multiple dimensions such as talents, technology, flow and capital. Through the establishment of the "Tongcheng Station Love Hotel Alliance", the hotel is promoted to participate in social welfare services. At present, it has launched the "College Entrance Examination Energy Station" and "Rainstorm Guardian Program", covering a total of 500 hotels in nearly 50 cities across the country.
Yuexiu Real Estate is committed to using digital technology to continuously improve the company's sustainable development governance and ESG information disclosure. By building the "Yuexiu Real Estate ESG Management System", the company uses digital methods to manage ESG-related work to better explore the management logic behind ESG data and help realize the company's ESG data collection, data analysis, data interpretation, and carbon target management. At the same time, the "sustainable development column" of Yuexiu Real Estate's official website has been iteratively upgraded to 3Version 0 provides a more complete management platform and display platform for the sustainable development of Yuexiu Real Estate.
As a leader in China's beauty market, Yatsen E-commerce is committed to becoming an explorer of health and beauty in the new era of science and technology with product power, brand power and operation power as its core competitiveness, and R&D and consumer insight as long-term barriers. Since its establishment, Yatsen E-commerce has continued to fulfill its commitments to consumers, employees and society, integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) concepts into the company's decision-making, and continuously maintaining communication with various stakeholders to promote the company's long-term development in ESG.
Please click on the official website of the 2023 Edge Awards.