Yuexiu Property released its Sustainability Report 2025, detailing progress on climate strategy, green financing and community initiatives for the year ended 31 December 2025.
Yuexiu Property advanced from a four-star to the highest five-star rating in the 2025 Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB), leading all mainland China real-estate peers assessed. The company also remained a constituent of the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index and received an “A+” rating from Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency.
Green financing accelerated: sustainable instruments accounted for 35.0 % of the group’s total bond and loan portfolio, up 3.2 percentage points year on year. During the period Yuexiu Property:
• Placed RMB 2.85 billion in green dim-sum bonds, certified by HKQAA.
• Signed its inaugural HK$ 1.56 billion sustainability-linked loan with pricing tied to ESG targets.
• Reported that green loans outstanding totalled RMB 30.75 billion, representing 49.1 % of total borrowings.
Environmentally, the developer cut carbon-emission intensity of public projects by 33.7 % and residential projects by 9.4 % versus the 2019 baseline. All new projects met China’s one-star green-building standard or above, while 90.3 % of operating commercial floor area is now covered by green-building certification. Energy-management systems cover 79 % of owned commercial space.
Scope 3 greenhouse-gas accounting commenced, with 1.04 million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent recorded across six categories. The group targets peak Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 and value-chain carbon neutrality by 2060.
Social initiatives included education support, elderly-care services and volunteer programmes. Employee health-check coverage reached 100 %, and no work-related fatalities were recorded in 2025.
Yuexiu Property affirmed that sustainable finance will exceed 50 % of total bond and loan funding by 2030 and reach 100 % by 2060, under the updated Sustainable Finance Framework aligned with international standards such as ICMA and LMA principles.