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At present, the ESG concept composed of environmental, social and governance has increasingly become a global consensus. On the afternoon of May 13, in the series of activities of "China ESG Release", the "ESG Action Report of Foreign Enterprises in China" launched by the Financial Program Center of China Media Group was officially released, which is the first ESG research report in China released by an authoritative third-party organization focusing on foreign enterprises in China.
CCTV reporter Zhao He: This report is another thematic report released by China's ESG (Corporate Social Responsibility) in 2023. The report focuses on how foreign companies in China can fully embrace the new opportunities of Chinese-style modernization, deeply practice ESG concepts, and inject new momentum into China's sustainable development.
Zhong Hongwu, Professor of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and President of the Responsible Cloud Research Institute: 195 well-known foreign companies were used as a research sample, and after comprehensive data analysis, the Pioneer 20 index companies of foreign companies in China were identified. It is a milestone event for the ESG social responsibility release project of the main station in China.
The report finds that foreign companies in China are exploring the establishment of a top-level ESG structure to lay a solid foundation for sustainable development in China. Actively integrate into the overall situation of China's high-quality economic and social development, fully respond to China's development strategy, take the initiative to assume the social responsibility of multinational enterprises, and actively act in the fields of practicing the "dual carbon" goal, accelerating innovation and R&D, and building a diversified workplace.
Wang Tong, Senior Vice President of Samsung Electronics: In addition to our own environmental protection concept, we pay more attention to the same frequency resonance with the supply chain. We have 3,000 supply chains in China, and working with them will be even more effective.
He Zhenwei, President of China Overseas Development Association: How can foreign companies better participate in the construction of Chinese-style modernization, and the awareness of enhancing ESG as a social responsibility will be further improved.
Foreign companies in China embrace new opportunities for Chinese-style modernization
At the same time as the release of the "ESG Action Report of Foreign Enterprises in China", many foreign companies in China have also responded. How to deeply practice the concept of ESG and deeply integrate into the overall situation of high-quality development of China's economy and society?
Zhang Zhengwei, Special Advisor to the President of the International Sustainability Standards Board and Director of the Beijing Office: In the survival and development of enterprises, the relationship with the environment, society and stakeholders is becoming more and more important. Only by attaching importance to ESG work can enterprises be truly competitive and viable.
Many foreign companies in China have integrated business value with social value, combined ESG value proposition with China's new development concept and high-quality development requirements, and actively carried out localized ESG actions in China.
Zhao Bingdi, President of Panasonic Electric (China) Co., Ltd.: Not only to manage our own products well, but also to have more responsibilities in environmental improvement, social governance, and the entire high-quality development.
In recent years, foreign investment in China has become more and more popular. This event is also part of the "Invest in China" series of theme activities of the main station.
Zhao Qingtao, Vice President, SKF China and Northeast Asia: I believe that with the development of ESG in China, it should be another tool and weapon to open up globalization, so as to further strengthen China's strength as an investment hotspot.
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Editor: Wang Yifan