To The Moon

Recently, China Securities Index Co., Ltd. upgraded the Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) rating of Agricultural Bank Of China Limited (ASX: 601288) from "A" to "AAA," with a score ranking second among A-share listed companies and at the forefront of the financial industry, reflecting the recognition of the bank's ESG management and disclosure standards by a domestic authoritative rating agency.

The rating results show that ABC (ASX: 01288) received the highest evaluation in areas such as environmental opportunities, stakeholder engagement, corporate governance, and business ethics.

As a domestic authoritative ESG rating agency, China Securities Index Co., Ltd.'s evaluation results have been widely applied in index compilation, investment research, and product development. The CSI ESG evaluation methodology is grounded in China's national conditions and capital market realities, fully aligned with sustainable disclosure rules, and covers important topics such as innovation-driven development, rural revitalization, and green finance. It fully reflects the policy orientation and practical characteristics of China's sustainable development field, providing a scientific, objective, and fair evaluation benchmark for guiding listed companies to practice sustainable development concepts and serving the national "dual carbon" strategy.

In recent years, Agricultural Bank Of China Limited (ASX: 601288) has actively practiced global development initiatives and sustainable development commitments, identified sustainable risks and opportunities, actively and steadily advanced the "dual carbon" goals, served a wide range of stakeholders, and continuously integrated sustainable development concepts into its operations and management.

First, continuously deepening the sustainable development governance mechanism. The bank has established a vertically integrated sustainable development governance structure, with the board of directors reviewing multiple sustainability proposals including green finance, inclusive finance, consumer rights protection, and environmental and climate-related financial risks. Senior management committees implement management of key sustainability topics, ensuring efficient execution of sustainability decision-making objectives. Under the Board of Directors' Strategy Planning and Sustainability Committee, a Sustainability Working Group has been established to promote practice through disclosure and drive solid implementation of governance-level decisions. In compliance with sustainable disclosure requirements, the bank has disclosed its Sustainability Report for two consecutive years, actively showcasing distinctive sustainability achievements.

Second, actively implementing the national requirements for comprehensive green transformation. The bank has formulated a bank-wide green transformation plan, steadily promoted its own energy conservation and carbon reduction, and set phased transformation targets for both the asset portfolio and its own operations. As of the end of June this year, the green loan balance reached 6.53 trillion yuan, up 10.4%, and the proprietary green bond investment balance stood at 173.1 billion yuan, up 9.7% from the end of the previous year. The bank implements ESG classification management for customers and deepens climate-related risk stress testing and financial impact assessment.

Third, thoroughly practicing the political and people-oriented nature of financial work. The bank's "15th Five-Year Plan" highlights three major positioning: a leading bank serving rural revitalization, a main force bank serving the real economy, and a people's bank serving a better life. As of the end of June, the county-level loan balance reached 11.92 trillion yuan, up 9.0% from the beginning of the year; loans to technology-based enterprises and small and medium-sized technology-based enterprises grew by 24% and 29% respectively; the inclusive loan balance stood at 4.88 trillion yuan, with a net increase of 532.4 billion yuan; and loans to the digital economy industry grew by 16.1%. The bank promoted the "One Thing After Passing" convenience service for individuals and continuously deepened consumer rights protection work. It has continuously improved its "AI+" capability system, integrating AI across the entire operational management chain to effectively support high-quality business development. The bank attaches great importance to all stakeholders, effectively safeguarding the rights and interests of 905 million individual customers and over 14 million corporate customers, accompanying the career growth of 460,000 cadres and employees, providing stable investment returns to over 650,000 shareholders, treating 14,000 suppliers with integrity, and accumulating over 850,000 hours of volunteer activities in the past five years.