According to incomplete statistics, as of October 21, at least 659 companies have established sustainability/ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) committees over the past three years in the A-share market. From the perspective of financial performance and stock price, most listed companies that set up ESG-related committees have shown better results: nearly 80% of these companies experienced a rise in stock price this year. Among them, Swancor Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. achieved the highest increase, soaring by 1287.04%, followed by Huajian Group and Taotao Vehicle, with increases of 359.39% and 277.62% respectively. Nearly 60% of companies reported increased performance in the first half of 2025. Regarding companies with ESG-related committees that still display poor stock performance, Li Di, a tenured associate professor at Peking University's HSBC Business School and vice president of HSBC Financial Research Institute, analyzed that some companies' ESG practices remain superficial, primarily addressing external pressures and lacking substantial implementation. This formalism hampers ESG's potential to establish risk management and enhance value, making it difficult to create a positive cycle and consequently translate into actual stock price or investment return improvements.
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