Qingdao Port (06198 • QINGDAO PORT) released its 2025 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, detailing solid financial results alongside material progress in green transformation, digitalisation and corporate governance.

• Steady Earnings on Record Throughput – Cargo throughput rose 4.1 % to 722 million t, while container volume climbed 6.3 % to 34.20 million TEUs. – Net profit attributable to shareholders edged up 0.7 % to RMB 5.27 billion, driven by simultaneous gains in operational efficiency and cost control. – Operating revenue reached RMB 18.81 billion.

• Intensified Climate Action – Total greenhouse-gas emissions stood at 690,461 tCO₂e; emission intensity fell to 9.56 tCO₂e per 10,000 t of throughput. – Direct emission cuts totalled 72,900 tCO₂e (+7.5 % y/y), supported by a 64 % clean-energy share and expanded onsite solar and wind capacity. – 2026 targets include limiting carbon intensity to ≤9.5 tCO₂e per 10,000 t of throughput and lifting clean-energy share above 65 %.

• Flagship Green-Port Milestones – South Bank of Qianwan Container Area named among China’s inaugural “Five-Star Green Port Areas”; QQCT and QQCTU both earned “Five-Star Green Port” status. – The world’s first hydrogen-electric tugboat began service, projected to cut 1,500 t of CO₂ annually. – Environmental-protection spending reached RMB 277.30 million; no environmental penalties were recorded.

• Digital & Innovation Highlights – Approved as China’s first port-sector National AI Application Pilot Base; unveiled “Ark TaaS” large language model and port-wide intelligent dispatch agent. – R&D outlays increased 22 % to RMB 245 million, yielding 221 new patents and copyrights; three projects achieved “international leading” ratings. – The fully automated terminal set a 13th world record with 62.62 moves per crane-hour.

• Strengthened Governance & Stakeholder Engagement – Board re-election completed, with female directors now at 33 % and three new independent directors appointed. – Shanghai Stock Exchange information-disclosure rating maintained at “A” for the fifth consecutive year. – Cash-dividend policy reiterated: payout no less than 40 % of distributable profit from 2025–2027; 2025 proposal of RMB 0.3454 per share (~RMB 2.24 billion, 45 % payout) awaits shareholder approval.

• Social Commitments – Employee satisfaction reached 98.9 %; training averaged 115.9 hours per person. – Customer satisfaction scored 95.4, with a 100 % complaint-resolution rate. – The company donated RMB 1.00 million to public-welfare projects; volunteer service totalled 2,824 hours.

Qingdao Port signals further focus on “Four Quality Improvement Initiatives”—core-business strength, supply-chain upgrades, cost control and efficiency gains—while embedding ESG imperatives to meet its 2030 carbon-peaking and 2060 carbon-neutrality road map.