According to the latest Wind ESG ratings, BINHAI INV (02886) has seen its ESG rating upgraded from BBB to A. The company's industry ranking has also advanced significantly, moving from 24th to 13th place. This rating enhancement signifies substantial progress in the company's comprehensive ESG management efforts and represents authoritative recognition from the capital markets regarding its overall sustainability capabilities.
From a governance perspective, the company has established a complete ESG management and control system, with its compliance management, supply chain management, and integrity risk prevention mechanisms operating smoothly. On the environmental front, the firm has set tiered net-zero emission reduction targets. Leveraging its strengths in clean natural gas energy, it continues to advance large-scale carbon reduction initiatives. By deploying photovoltaic power generation and promoting the replacement of vehicles with new energy alternatives, it effectively reduces operational energy consumption.
In the social dimension, the company is fully committed to ensuring the gas supply safety for over 2.4 million customers. It continuously optimizes its safety management systems, refines talent development mechanisms, and actively promotes community safety awareness campaigns and public welfare service projects.
Building on this solid ESG foundation, BINHAI INV recently entered into a series of strategic clean energy cooperation agreements with Sinopec Star New Energy. These agreements cover a five-year green hydrogen supply framework and a three-year clean energy cooperation pact. The parties will engage in multi-faceted collaboration within the green hydrogen industry and simultaneously advance synergistic business areas such as "geothermal + natural gas" multi-energy complementary supply, carbon asset development, and integrated green electricity projects. This will further diversify and enrich the company's clean energy business portfolio.
Moving forward, BINHAI INV will use its A-level ESG rating as a guiding benchmark. It will continue to refine its sustainable operational systems and accelerate the implementation, promotion, and application of green, low-carbon energy projects to strengthen its green business growth drivers. By leveraging its natural gas pipeline network resources and closely following national "dual-carbon" strategic initiatives, the company aims to transition at full speed into a comprehensive energy operator. Through a robust, low-carbon, long-term operational mechanism, it will continue to empower its green development trajectory.