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Recently, under the guidance of the Comprehensive Law Enforcement Bureau of Hebei Xiong'an New Area, the annual meeting of the certification, accreditation, inspection and testing industry jointly sponsored by the Quality and Certification Magazine and China Xiongan Group Urban Development Investment Co., Ltd. was held in Xiong'an New Area, Hebei, with a total of nearly 300 representatives from the government, scientific research institutions, inspection and testing certification institutions, certified enterprises and social organizations.
At the annual meeting, a total of six lists of the annual list of certification, accreditation, inspection and testing industry were released. Li Lei, Deputy Director of Sustainable Development and Supply Chain Solutions at SGS, was invited to attend the award ceremony, and ESG Certification Services, a voluntary certification program independently developed by SGS, an internationally recognized testing, inspection and certification organization, was selected as the Institutional Highlight of the Annual Certification and Accreditation Inspection and Testing Industry List.
It aims to promote the development of the inspection, testing and certification industry, set up industry benchmarks, and advocate innovation. The event is sponsored by the "Quality and Certification" magazine, since 2009 has been successfully held 16 sessions, through the selection, every year can emerge a number of industry figures, to discover some innovative business results, the selection has become an important window to show the results of the inspection, testing and certification industry, to show the inspection and testing certification industry style of the colorful stage, become the status quo of the dialysis industry, discuss the development of the industry of the annual event, by the relevant departments, industry experts, institutions, enterprises, social organizations and other highly recognized.
ESG information disclosure has become a global trend, and more and more investors and stakeholders have begun to pay attention to the environmental, social and governance performance of enterprises. With the advancement of China's "dual carbon" goals, ESG has also received unprecedented attention in China. In 2023, the mainland issued the Notice on Forwarding<央企控股上市公司ESG专项报告编制研究>, which standardizes and recommends ESG information disclosure standards, data quality, and third-party evaluation at the national level. In addition to policy requirements, the investment field is also paying more and more attention to corporate ESG risks, and more and more enterprises and organizations are actively practicing ESG in their respective fields.
Based on the current market situation, the requirements of multiple stakeholders, based on the insight into ESG and the audit data accumulated over the past 30 years, SGS has formulated ESG certification standards and certification systems based on modern organizational governance theories, the basic logic of ESG governance, the global ESG risk status and internationally recognized authoritative ESG standards.
SGS's independently developed ESG certification services focus on green and sustainable development, which is in line with the current development trend of the service industry. Its advantage lies in the fact that the ESG certification service standard adopts many international common standards, such as ISO 14064 organization or project level greenhouse gas quantification and verification related to climate change, ISO 14067 product carbon footprint quantification and verification, ISO 37301 compliance management system, ISO 37001 anti-bribery management system, ISO 27001 information security management system and ISO 27701 privacy information management system standards related to information security and privacy security. It enables enterprises to meet the requirements of multiple international standards while adopting ESG certification services, helping enterprises win more opportunities and sustainable development advantages around the world.
In this year's selection activity, SGS was awarded the annual list of certification and accreditation inspection and testing industry, which also fully demonstrated the strong support and affirmation of SGS from magazines, expert groups and the public.
As an internationally recognized third-party testing, inspection and certification organization, SGS Management & Assurance has been providing sustainability and ESG services for more than 30 years, providing comprehensive ESG services based on the different needs of enterprises, including ESG status diagnosis, ESG strategic planning, ESG performance improvement and certification, ESG report verification, sustainable procurement and sustainable supply chain construction, etc., to help them gain the trust of stakeholders, and also help enterprises identify business improvement opportunities and enhance internal management capabilities.