OneConnect’s 2022 Environmental, Social, and Governance Report
On April 24th, OneConnect Financial Technology Co., Ltd. officially released its first Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) report for the year 2022. The report comprehensively showcases the company's practices and achievements in the areas of environment, society, and corporate governance from multiple perspectives.
As an important development topic during China's 14th Five-Year Plan period, corporate green development has become an important force to accelerate the comprehensive green transformation and promote high-quality economic development.
In recent years, China's economy has been accelerating its transformation towards an innovative economy with sustainable development at its core. The ESG concept has gradually become one of the most widely discussed topics domestically and internationally. Against the backdrop of the national strategy to achieve carbon peak and carbon neutrality, OneConnect Financial Technology has organically integrated the ESG concept into its development strategy, focused on the sustainable development of the industry, and actively fulfilled its social responsibility.
The report shows that OneConnect Financial Technology has actively explored and innovated in many aspects, such as ESG governance, promoting stable operations, serving the real economy, achieving industry win-win outcomes, adhering to a people-centered approach, deepening green operations, and actively participating in public welfare activities. By leveraging technology, the company has created an innovative development path of "technology + business + green", fully demonstrating its high social responsibility and potential for sustainable development as a financial technology company listed on both the US and Hong Kong stock exchanges.
Shen Chongfeng, Chairman and CEO of OneConnect Financial Technology, said that as a commercial technology service provider for financial institutions, OneConnect Financial Technology will continue to explore innovative applications of technology in the financial industry and scenarios, use technology to support the digital transformation of the financial industry, support the development of green finance with practical actions, and achieve sustainable development for the industry and itself.
