Huaxin Building Materials Group Co., Ltd. (HX BLDG MAT, 06655) released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, detailing progress on climate, governance, social and innovation targets.
Double-materiality roadmap • Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse-gas emissions fell to 27.10 million tCO₂e, 1.99 million tCO₂e lower than 2024, a 6.8 % reduction. • Direct CO₂ intensity for domestic cement was 589 kg per tonne; for concrete 140 kg per m³. • Alternative fuels covered 19.5 % of kiln energy in China and 14.9 % group-wide; the 2030 target is above 25 %. • Company-wide capital committed to carbon-cutting R&D and process upgrades reached RMB 6.31 billion over 2020-2025, with RMB 10.50 billion budgeted through 2030.
Resource and environment • Comprehensive energy use per tonne of clinker in China was 100.69 kg standard coal. • Water consumption held at 23.25 million t; no sites operate in water-stressed areas. • SO₂ emissions fell to 1,193 t and particulate emissions to 608 t; 20 kiln lines completed SCR retrofits. • Twenty-five plants are now certified National Green Plants and 13 mines designated National Green Mines. • Cement-kiln co-processing handled 26,700 t of sludge and 1.3 million m³ of Three Gorges floating debris.
Governance and risk control • The board (9 directors, 33 % independent, 11 % female) oversees ESG via an ESG Management Committee and working team. • All 42 domestic kiln-line units achieved 100 % compliance in China’s inaugural national carbon-trading year. • Key-control effectiveness reached 89 %; the audit committee now performs former supervisor duties after board-of-supervisors abolition. • “Clean Huaxin” programme covered over 3,500 managers; 3,178 attendances at 752 anti-corruption sessions; no corruption litigation reported.
Innovation and digitalisation • R&D spend totalled RMB 257.40 million (0.70 % of revenue) with 164 invention-patent filings; two national key R&D programmes under execution. • “Full-Process Low-Carbon Intelligent Cement Plant” entered MIIT’s first “Excellent-level Intelligent Plant” list; three subsidiaries secured AAA digital-transformation certification. • Huaxin’s proprietary UHPC and LC3 low-carbon cement advanced to pilot-scale, while self-developed grinding aids entered eight African plants.
People and safety • Year-end headcount rose to 21,889 (77 % male; 32 % female). • 100 % of employees received training; average 29 hours per person. • Work-related fatality count was one; lost-time injury frequency rate fell to 0.05 per million hours. • Employee care outlays topped RMB 5.40 million, with 521 hardship cases assisted.
Supply-chain stewardship • Supplier base expanded to 4,837, with 96 % completing environmental and social impact assessments; 65 underperforming vendors were removed. • “Green procurement” drove the use of 1.33 million t of solid-waste materials via negative-cost sourcing; phosphogypsum substitution stayed above 47 %.
Community and overseas impact • Public-welfare investment reached RMB 113.37 million, spanning rural revitalisation, education, healthcare and disaster relief. • Chilanga (Zambia) won the national Manufacturing 40th Anniversary Merit Award and Large Enterprise Exporter Gold Award; NPC (South Africa) received the “Outstanding Investment Commitment Award”. • Huaxin volunteers logged nearly 2,000 service sessions; corporate CSR programmes benefited more than 31,000 people globally.
The 2025 ESG Report underscores HX BLDG MAT’s integration of low-carbon goals, smart manufacturing and global corporate citizenship as it advances towards its objective of becoming a world-leading multinational building-materials group.
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