On January 11, 2022, Tian Lun Gas (01600) won the awards of "Best Energy and Resources Company" and "Best ESG" at the 2022 Global Investment Trends Forum and 6th Award Ceremony of Golden Hong Kong Stocks held in Shenzhen.

01. "Best Energy and Resources Company" and "Best ESG" Awards

The "Best Energy and Resources Company" Award is intended to commend the Hong Kong-listed energy and resources companies that have a healthy corporate governance structure, outstanding industry position and good main business, and can provide investors with sustained and stable value repay.

Award ceremony of the "Best Energy and Resources Company" Award of the 6th Golden Hong Kong Stocks

The "Best ESG" Award is intended to commend Hong Kong-listed companies that have consistently centered on customer, based on employees, taken its social responsibilities, focused on communicating with global stakeholders and created long-term value for society and the environment, shareholders, customers, employees and partners over the past year, especially in the context of the pandemic.

Award ceremony of the "Best ESG" Award of the 6th Golden Hong Kong Stocks

Tian Lun Gas won the awards of "Best Energy and Resources Company" and "Best ESG", which highlighted the attention and recognition of the industry and investors, and also affirmed and encouraged the development achievements of Tian Lun Gas in the past year.

Medals of "Best Energy and Resources Company" and "Best ESG" Awards of Tian Lun Gas

The "2022 Global Investment Trends Forum and 6th Award Ceremony of Golden Hong Kong Stocks" attracted more than 1,000 Hong Kong-listed companies, covering not only traditional industries such as energy, finance, automobile and industrial manufacturing, but also emerging industries such as communications, chip manufacturing, internet and medical and pharmaceutical industries leading China's economic transition, with a total market value of more than HKD 20 trillion. Among them, 90% are Hong Kong Stock Connect enterprises. In addition, more than 200 financial institutions including banks, securities, insurance, trust, asset management, and thousands of professional investors attended the event.

02. Selected as public utilities cases in ESG White Paper

Tian Lun Gas: was selected as the enterprise case for analysis of public utilities sector in the ESG White Paper of Hong Kong Capital Market 2021-2022. At the same time, the Quantdata ESG Rating granted Tian Lun Gas (62.33) an "A" rating, which is the affirmation and encouragement of Tian Lun Gas' ESG governance level.

03. Introduction to ESG

ESG is an emerging investment concept, which emphasizes that besides traditional financial indexes, the performance in environmental, social and governance should also be fully considered in the investment decision-making process. The importance of ESG investment lies in that it promotes the optimal allocation of resources through the power of capital, and provides continuous new momentum for the sustainable development of human society.

The Hong Kong Stock Exchange attaches great importance to ESG. On December 10, 2021, the Hong Kong Stock Exchange issued a new management regulation on the ESG report, requiring that the future ESG reports should be published simultaneously with the annual reports, and specifying the requirements for establishing a nomination committee, improving the independence of directors and diversifying the board members.

ESG investment does not mean sacrificing financial performance in the pursuit of sustainability. In fact, companies with excellent ESG performance tend to have better corporate governance quality, sustainable profitability and cash flow. With more international consensus are reached on major concerns such as climate issues, pandemic issues and the promotion of global carbon neutrality strategy, ESG investment has become a key word in the capital market. Investors' recognition of ESG issues has increased, and ESG investment will become an important development trend in the future.