CICC published its 2025 Sustainability Report detailing significant advances in compliant governance, green development, responsible finance and human-capital initiatives.
CICC’s board strengthened a three-tier ESG governance framework, embedding double-materiality assessments and integrating ESG across risk management. During the year the firm held 33 anti-corruption sessions (23,886 attendances) and 52 anti-money-laundering trainings (10,640 attendances).
On climate action, CICC committed to operational carbon-neutrality by 2050 and cut combined Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 5,053 tCO₂e versus 2019. Total 2025 emissions stood at 30,062.76 tCO₂e, of which Scope 1 represented 61.87 tCO₂e and Scope 2 represented 20,548.53 tCO₂e; Scope 3 accounted for 9,452.36 tCO₂e. Energy-efficiency upgrades and LED retrofits reduced electricity use, while water-saving and waste-sorting lowered resource intensity.
Green finance volumes expanded: investment-banking transactions linked to green projects exceeded RMB 1.50 trillion, and ten private-equity funds focused on green sectors raised more than RMB 10.00 billion. Asset-management subsidiaries distributed 740 green-themed products, managing RMB 27.60 billion.
CICC embedded ESG risk tools across investment banking, FICC and asset-management platforms, completed quarterly climate-stress tests using NGFS and IPCC scenarios, and published an ESG Risk Management Statement. A proprietary ESG rating system now covers over 8,000 issuers.
Employee initiatives featured 7,980 training sessions (1.55 million participations) and average annual training of 101.88 hours per employee. Workforce totalled 14,218 (45 % female) with 78 % aged 30–50. Comprehensive benefits, supplementary medical insurance and enterprise annuities cover 100 % of staff. No work-related fatalities occurred in 2025.
Public-interest spending reached RMB 46.79 million, supporting rural revitalisation projects that benefited about 250,000 people. The Beijing CICC Charity Foundation organised 58 volunteer activities (2,184 participants) and logged 7,118 volunteer hours. Ecological initiatives planted 450,000 trees across four “carbon-neutral forests,” while biodiversity projects in Yunnan and Xizang advanced community conservation.
CICC’s ESG performance earned more than 30 awards, including Forbes “China’s Best ESG Practice Employer 2025” and Bloomberg Green’s “Most DEI Friendly Workplace 2025.”
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