On October 29, the "2021 Tianfu Financial Forum" with the theme of "Green Finance Helps 'Carbon Peaking and Carbon Neutrality'" was held in Chengdu. The forum was jointly guided by the Sichuan Provincial People's Government and Xinhua News Agency, provided academic guidance by the China Finance and Finance Society, and hosted by the Sichuan Provincial Local Financial Supervision and Administration Bureau.
At the meeting, Li Hui, deputy general manager of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, delivered a keynote speech and said that the Shenzhen Stock Exchange has been actively implementing the concept of green sustainable development, giving full play to the function of market hub, promoting the improvement of resource allocation efficiency, and actively providing direct financing support for the development of green industries. Take a series of measures to guide financial markets to serve carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. At present, there are more than 260 listed companies engaged in green industries in Shenzhen, with a cumulative equity financing of nearly 800 billion yuan and a total market value of more than 7 trillion yuan, accounting for 20% of the total market value of listed companies in Shenzhen. It covers new energy materials, new energy vehicles, energy conservation and environmental protection and other industries, including Many Sichuan advantageous enterprises such as Tianqi Lithium Industry and Yahua Group, and the industrial cluster effect is remarkable. In addition, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange has also vigorously promoted the construction of the green exchange bond market, and fully supported and served companies and enterprises in Sichuan to declare and issue green bonds. Up to now, Sichuan Airport Group Co., Ltd., Life Insurance Group Co., Ltd. and other issuers in Sichuan Province have issued 6 green corporate bonds with an amount of 4.6 billion yuan, and the funds raised are mainly used in the fields of green buildings and green infrastructure upgrading. At the same time, the Shenzhen Stock Exchange also encourages listed companies to fulfill their green responsibilities. In 2020, more than 2,200 companies in Shenzhen disclosed the fulfillment of social responsibilities, nearly 800 companies disclosed information on pollution prevention, resource conservation, ecological protection, etc., and more than 450 companies issued social responsibility reports or ESG reports.
Li Hui said that the "14th Five-Year Plan" is a key period and window period to achieve carbon peaking, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange will consciously stand in a new stage of development, incorporate support for green and low-carbon development and sustainable development into the strategic development plan, fully and accurately implement the concept of green and low-carbon, actively serve to support green and low-carbon transformation, give full play to the role of the platform hub, and take financial assistance to carbon peaking, carbon neutrality and green and low-carbon development as the top priority of the work. In terms of specific measures, the first is to build a carbon peak, carbon neutrality full chain service system. The second is to build an ecosystem for the sustainable development of listed companies. The third is to continue to create a market environment and atmosphere for the concept of green finance.
Chengdu Daily Jinguan News Reporter Liu Taishan Editor Tian Li Proofreader Li Min
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