Guotai Haitong Securities released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance Report, detailing a year of accelerated growth and deepened sustainability integration following the September 2024 merger of Guotai Junan and Haitong Securities.
Revenue and Profitability The Group’s gross revenue reached RMB 63.11 billion, up 87.4 percent year-on-year, while net profit rose to RMB 29.17 billion. Total assets expanded to RMB 2.11 trillion, and cash dividends climbed to RMB 9.97 billion, reflecting a dividend payout ratio of 35.84 percent.
Economic Contributions • Technology finance: Supported 36 tech innovators to raise nearly RMB 44.00 billion in equity and underwrote 434 tech bonds worth RMB 144.80 billion, ranking top three industry-wide. • Green finance: Arranged 168 green bonds totaling RMB 67.68 billion and channelled more than RMB 400.00 billion to low-carbon sectors. • Pension finance: Individual pension accounts reached 89,800 with assets of RMB 40.49 million, while HFT Investment Management’s pension AUM exceeded RMB 270.00 billion. • Shanghai focus: Raised over RMB 810.00 billion for 130 local firms, leading the market in both equity and bond underwriting volumes.
Environmental Progress The firm pledged operational carbon neutrality (Scope 1+2) by 2030 and full value-chain neutrality before 2060. In 2025: • Scope 1+2 emissions fell 12.55 percent from 2023 to 81,149 tCO₂e; emissions intensity dropped to 88.50 kgCO₂e/m². • Rooftop photovoltaics generated 262,400 kWh; 20.00 million kWh of green power was purchased. • Energy consumption per RMB 10,000 revenue declined 5.54 percent to 6.65 kg of standard coal.
Social Initiatives Public-welfare spending reached RMB 68.80 million, including RMB 30.61 million for rural revitalization, benefiting 134,300 recipients. Employee development remained a priority: headcount rose to 26,228, with 45.51 percent holding master’s or doctoral degrees; average training hours hit 175.16 per employee. The company recorded zero workplace fatalities and maintained 100 percent social insurance coverage.
Governance and Compliance The Board-level Strategy & ESG Committee oversees sustainability. Guotai Haitong preserved its Class A, Category AA regulatory rating for the 18th consecutive year and upheld BBB+ (S&P) and Baa1 (Moody’s) credit ratings—the highest among domestic peers. No material compliance, anti-bribery, anti-corruption or anti-money-laundering penalties were recorded in 2025.
ESG Ratings and Recognition MSCI reaffirmed the firm’s top-tier AAA ESG rating, while the Wind ESG rating remained at AA. The company featured in China Media Group’s “ESG Pioneer 100” lists and secured multiple industry awards for green finance, sustainable development, and fintech innovation.
Outlook Guotai Haitong plans to further embed ESG principles across operations, targeting full green-power use by 2030, expanding sustainable finance, and deepening digital transformation to support its goal of becoming a first-class investment bank with international competitiveness and market leadership.
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