Serving the Dual Carbon Strategy Orient Securities Protects Green Water and Green Mountains with Green Culture - Special Report of Orient Securities "Practicing Industry Culture and Promoting High-quality Development" (4)
Editor's note The past year has been an extraordinary year, all walks of life have faced various difficulties, and the securities industry is no exception, even in such a challenging environment, securities companies have adhered to their original intention, adhered to the industry culture of "compliance, integrity, professionalism and stability", and made contributions for a long time, and constantly promoted high-quality development through cultural construction to help the development of the real economy. This newspaper specially launched the special report of Orient Securities "Practicing Industry Culture and Promoting High-quality Development", hoping to show the cultural responsibility shouldered by financial institutions and the cultural power that securities firms can contribute to the real economy through the cultural construction achievements of Orient Securities.
With the increasing risk of climate change, promoting the green and low-carbon transformation of the economy has become a global consensus. The "Work Arrangements for Further Consolidating and Promoting the Cultural Construction of the Securities Industry" issued by the Securities Association of China also proposed to strengthen the strategic awareness of actively serving the country. Vigorously develop green finance and create new momentum for sustainable development. In recent years, focusing on the national strategic goal of "dual carbon" and the requirements of the "Work Arrangement", the company has practiced green and low-carbon operations, actively promoted the innovation of green financial products, services and models, implemented "green finance" to escort green waters and mountains, carried out environmental protection public welfare activities, and is committed to building a green cultural brand with the characteristics of Orient Securities. At the same time, the company promotes the implementation of its own carbon neutrality plans and goals and those of its investment and financing portfolio, drives employees, customers, investors, the public and other stakeholders to practice the concept of green development from the inside out, and leaves a dark green background for the financial ecosystem with the "east wind" of low-carbon development.
Actively addressing climate change Identify climate change risks and opportunities
As a financial enterprise, under the intensification of global climate change, environmental risks such as climate change will not only affect the company's own operations, but also transmit from the real economy to the company through investment and financing business. Based on the recommended framework of Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), the Company identifies climate risks and opportunities related to the Company's operations, and takes countermeasures based on the results to manage the impact of climate change on the Company.
The company's board of directors oversees the climate impact of the company's operations and reviews social responsibility reports at its annual meeting, including the topic of "addressing climate change". The Sustainability Committee is responsible for guiding the formulation and implementation of carbon neutrality goals and plans, and identifying ESG-related risks and opportunities, including climate change. At the same time, the company promotes sustainable development related issues including climate change through a multi-departmental collaborative sustainability working group.
In order to better address the risks brought by climate change and grasp the corresponding opportunities, the company comprehensively considers macro policies, conducts peer benchmarking analysis, and combines the opinions of internal and external experts to proactively identify climate risks and opportunities related to the company's operations, investment and financing business. At the same time, the company also assesses and analyzes the potential impact of these risks and opportunities on the company's financial position, and responds to climate change by promoting energy conservation and emission reduction, building green data centers, and helping to issue climate bonds.
At the same time, with the help of ESG information management system, the company realizes the unified reporting and integration of greenhouse gas emissions, greenhouse gas emission intensity, energy consumption, energy consumption intensity and other indicators online, and timely identifies possible risk points in the company in climate through data trend analysis, and takes interventions.
Develop green finance for enterprisesSupport for green development
公司切实响应国家“30·60”碳达峰、碳中和战略，以及证券行业文化建设十要素、《进一步巩固推进证券行业文化建设工作安排》的各项要求，遵循“坚持服务实体，反对脱实向虚”的行业荣辱观，将绿色文化体现在投行、投资等业务中，通过发行绿色低碳相关股票、绿色债券等方式为企业Support for green development。去年以来，公司获批自营参与碳排放权交易资格，并积极以绿色投融资金融服务的方式，助力实体经济绿色转型，服务“双碳”目标。
On the one hand, the company actively participates in and promotes the construction of China's carbon financial market. In January this year, the company's self-operated application for the qualification to participate in carbon emission trading was approved by the China Securities Regulatory Commission, becoming one of the few licensed securities companies in the domestic securities industry for carbon emission business. Subsequently, in March, the company launched the first carbon emission rights trading among the six securities companies in the same batch, which is of great strategic significance to further enrich the domestic carbon market trading entities and enhance the activity of carbon market trading. Since 2018, the company has actively prepared for and applied for this business qualification, and has actively prepared for the talent reserve, business system construction, investment strategy formulation, risk control system construction and technical system research and development of carbon emission trading business.
On the other hand, the company continues to promote the innovation of green financial products. In terms of domestic business, in 2022, the company mainly underwrote 43 green bonds, with an underwriting scale of 8.537 billion yuan, assisted 8 equity financing projects, with a total green and low-carbon equity financing scale of 15.992 billion yuan, and underwrote 6.96 billion yuan, and raised 15.992 billion yuan through public offerings, non-public offerings and asset restructuring. In terms of overseas business, the company underwrote 5 green bonds in 2022, helping the company achieve US$757.5 million in financing.
其中，公司实现了多种绿色债券产品的“首单”发行，为深化中国绿色金融产品体系建设提供了丰富实践。公司参与全国首单绿色科技创新可交换公司债券发行，积极承销国家开发银行2022年首期绿色金融债券，同时，还助力发行电建租赁资产支持专项计划（碳中和），助力瑞晨环保登陆创业板等，为企业Support for green development，支持中国碳中和目标的稳步推进。
Give full play to the advantages of investment and research to drive all parties to jointly promote green development
In the process of building a green finance ecosystem, the company is not only committed to the construction of its own green product system, but also gives full play to its advantages in investment research, resource integration and market influence, driving all parties in the market to pay attention to and practice the concept of green finance, ESG and sustainable development, and promote the industry to move steadily and far-reaching in the direction of green development.
The company cooperated with Xinhua News Agency and China Economic Information Service to develop and compile the "Xinhua Carbon Science and Technology Index", focusing on scientific and technological innovation in the field of energy conservation and carbon reduction, providing a reference benchmark for how scientific and technological innovation drives the "dual carbon" goal, providing comparable measurement standards and development goals for enterprises in the subdivided fields of the dual carbon plate, and further promoting the close integration of the real economy and the capital market. In June this year, the Xinhua Carbon Technology Index was officially released at the first Shanghai International Carbon Expo Green Finance Parallel Forum.
The company held the online forum of "Opportunities and Challenges in the Energy Transition Period" and the online press conference of the capital market of "Energy Blue Book - China Energy Development Frontier Report (2021)". The "Blue Book" is organized and completed by the Energy Economy Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences as the rotating chairman unit, and the company participates in the compilation as the only financial institution, mainly responsible for the content of renewable energy related chapters, and also undertakes part of the organization, coordination and coordination work, which is another important action of the company in helping the implementation of the "dual carbon" goal.
The company also joined hands with 36Kr to hold the "Double Carbon Star Species" Sustainable Innovation Competition to create a resource focus platform and promote the transformation of scientific and technological innovation in the field of dual carbon. The competition focused on the four major tracks of new energy, new materials, new technologies and new models to explore more potential innovative enterprises, received more than 120 start-up business plans, and successfully selected the top3 dual-carbon "star" companies - Zaichi Technology, Cresry and Carbon Energy Technology after the preliminary round review, semi-final roadshow, final and theme summit, to provide technical support for China's energy revolution and green innovation.
Practice low-carbon operations and expand the positive impact of environmental protection and public welfare
The company practices low-carbon operation and takes a variety of actions to save energy and reduce carbon emissions. The company continues to strengthen refined management, accelerate the migration speed of high-energy-consuming computer rooms to green computer rooms, continuously adopt energy-saving and emission-reduction technologies to improve energy and resource use efficiency, promote the construction of file informatization, promote electronic documents and processes to reduce the use of paper, use green environmentally friendly materials to decorate office areas, actively promote "zero waste" buildings and "zero waste" meetings, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and avoid environmental pollution.
In order to continuously expand the positive impact of environmental protection and public welfare, the company launched the "plastic reduction plan" and continued to promote the concept of "green office, low-carbon life" through official WeChat and other platforms. In 2022, a total of 100 kg of waste plastic bottles and 20 kg of waste paper will be recycled in the company's headquarters building, and 1,409 pieces of customized renewable environmental protection products will be recycled, equivalent to 13,160 plastic bottles being recycled, reducing carbon emissions by a total of 1,050.83 kg, equivalent to planting 206 trees. The company also opened a green concept advocacy column on the WeChat public account, on the one hand, to popularize the importance of carbon neutrality to the public, and on the other hand, actively share the company's green development experience to help achieve the goal of carbon neutrality.
Through environmental impact projects such as environmental protection and public welfare, the company advocates and promotes low-carbon and environmental protection business philosophy and working methods, drives employees, customers and the public to adopt sustainable living and consumption patterns, promotes internal and external joint energy conservation and emission reduction, reduces the environmental impact of operations, continuously practices the concept of green development with practical actions, promotes green culture, and actively cultivates employees, customers and the public green and low-carbon life concept and corporate culture, laying a solid foundation for the early realization of the company's goal of carbon neutrality at the operational level. （CIS）
