Ping An Insurance Stands Alone as Sole Financial Insurer on 2026 Fortune China ESG Impact List

The 2026 Fortune China ESG Impact List has been released, with Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. being the only financial and insurance group from China to be included. The company's "Traffic Light" public welfare project was highlighted as a representative case on the list. The list's compilers noted that in a year marked by geopolitical rifts and rapid AI advancement, robust ESG practices have become a company's "immune system" for withstanding shocks and maintaining resilience.

Companies like Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. have applied AI technology in fields such as healthcare, education, and public safety, demonstrating the technology's human touch in alleviating resource allocation imbalances and aiding vulnerable social groups. Through green technology, human-centric care, and sound governance, they have showcased steady, resilient strength amidst turbulence, providing a replicable model for the broader business world.

Sustainability is a long-term development strategy for Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. and a solid foundation for pursuing long-term value maximization. The company is committed to deeply integrating sustainability into its corporate strategy, building a scientific and professional sustainability management system, and implementing ESG principles through various measures across multiple dimensions by leveraging its core business scenarios and cutting-edge technology.

Adhering to the principle of "Finance for the People," the company innovates products and services to support social development. In its efforts to revitalize rural areas, the "Three Villages Project" had cumulatively invested 571.48 billion yuan in industrial revitalization assistance by 2025. Focusing on traffic risks in county and rural areas in 2025, it innovatively implemented the "Traffic Light" road safety public welfare project. Utilizing historical claims big data, the project identified over 1,700 high-risk road sections across 31 provinces and donated over 10,000 sets of traffic lights, speed bumps, and guardrails, leading to a 60% year-on-year decrease in traffic accidents on some roads. To safeguard people's lives and livelihoods, the company launched a "Global Emergency Rescue Service," upgrading to provide 38 services covering over a hundred types of emergency risks across three major scenarios: at home, outdoors, and abroad, thereby enhancing societal resilience against risks. In supporting the real economy, by the end of 2025, Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. had cumulatively invested over 10.88 trillion yuan and provided 373 trillion yuan in comprehensive insurance coverage for 2.93 million small and micro enterprises.

The company is building a "Scientific Governance" system to create long-term sustainable value for customers, employees, and shareholders. In serving customers, leveraging its leading technological capabilities, it recently launched the financial industry's first AI tool, "Quick Service," which enables tasks to be completed with a single command, significantly improving user experience and service efficiency. In supporting employee growth alongside the company, by the end of 2025, over 109,000 employees had participated in core staff shareholding plans and long-term service plans, with continuous improvements to long-term incentive systems. In creating value for shareholders, the company's dividend payouts have increased for 14 consecutive years, with total annual cash dividends reaching 48.891 billion yuan in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 5.9%, representing 36.4% of the parent company's operating profit.

Practicing the concept of "Green Finance," the company is advancing carbon neutrality in its operations. By the end of 2025, the scale of green investment from insurance funds reached 530.087 billion yuan, the balance of green loans was 266.433 billion yuan, and annual original premium income from green insurance amounted to 76.474 billion yuan. The group's operational carbon emissions decreased by over 16% year-on-year, steadily progressing towards its 2030 operational carbon neutrality goal. Additionally, the company has innovatively launched projects such as ancient tree protection, cumulatively providing insurance coverage for 55,000 century-old trees, using green insurance to support biodiversity conservation.

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. has recently received multiple authoritative ESG awards, reflecting global capital market recognition of its ESG governance and long-term value. The company was honored as "Top 1% of Chinese Companies" in the 2026 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA) and was the only mainland insurance group to be included in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook (China Edition) for the fourth consecutive year. Under MSCI's new ESG rating model for 2026, the company's industry-adjusted score improved to a perfect 10, and its global ranking in "Multi-line Insurance & Brokers" rose to third place.

Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. stated it will continue to deepen its dual-engine strategy of "Integrated Finance + Healthcare and Elderly Care," driven by technology, improve corporate governance and risk management mechanisms, actively practice green and low-carbon concepts, wisely utilize technological power adhering to the "AI in All" principle, and promote the sustainable development of both the enterprise and society, creating long-term, stable value returns for customers, employees, shareholders, and society.