HSI/HKQAA Ratings:  Hang Seng Indexes Company introduced its first sustainability or ESG index back in 2010. Starting from 2014, the Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency (“HKQAA”), an independent and professional assessment body, has been appointed by Hang Seng Indexes Company to evaluate the ESG performance of approximately 500 Hong Kong-listed companies and over 1,400 A-shares companies using HKQAA’s proprietary sustainability assessment and rating framework. HKQAA’s ESG rating model is designed to rate a company’s management system maturity and risks with regard to sustainability performance. The assessment captures both general and industry-specific criteria covering seven core subjects.

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MSCI ESG Rating: An MSCI ESG Rating is designed to measure a company’s resilience to long-term, industry material environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks. We use a rules-based methodology to identify industry leaders and laggards according to their exposure to ESG risks and how well they manage those risks relative to peers. Our ESG Ratings range from leader (AAA, AA), average (A, BBB, BB) to laggard (B, CCC). For more details, click here.

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S&P ESG Rating: S&P Global ESG Scores are based on information collected in the S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA), using a rules-based, industry specific approach built by investment practitioners to more precisely capture the ESG factors expected to have an impact on a company’s growth, profitability, capital efficiency and risk exposure. Scores are between 0 and 100 (best). Companies assessed using the CSA fall into two categories (i) Participating companies – companies that are assessed on information they submit to S&P Global as part of their active participation in the CSA and on publicly available information, (ii) Non-participating companies – companies that are assessed on publicly available information only and do not actively participate in the CSA. Click here to learn more.

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