Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEx) has published its 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Report, “Our Commitment to Sustainable Value”, which depicts HKEx’s progress in its journey towards creating sustainable value for its shareholders and other stakeholders.  

To enhance the quality and standard of HKEx’s CSR reporting, the Report was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, an internationally recognised sustainability reporting framework for the transparent and reliable exchange of sustainability information. The Report was independently verified and qualified as GRI application level A+, which denotes that the GRI Guidelines and other Reporting Framework elements have been applied in the preparation of the Report to the best extent. 

“Being the pioneer among the world’s stock exchanges in publishing a CSR report complying with the GRI G3 Guidelines, HKEx aims to take a leading role to promote the transparency and accountability of CSR performance to stakeholders and the development of socially responsible practices in our marketplace and community.” Charles Li, HKEx’s Chief Executive and Chairman of the CSR Committee, said.

In line with HKEx’s steadfast commitment to be environmentally friendly, the Report is published only in electronic form and is available on the HKEx website.  An interactive online version will be made available in mid-April 2010 to promote stakeholder inclusiveness and user-friendliness of the Report.