ESG is an acronym for Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance. Since the concept of ESG was first proposed in 2004, it was added to the process of investment decision-making in 2006, and now it has gradually become global, ESG has received more and more attention from enterprises.

Sheng Ye Holding Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Sheng Ye"), as a leading supply chain technology platform, has been constantly exploring the full integration of ESG concepts into strategic development, business operations and corporate culture. , social welfare, employee care and other fields demonstrate corporate social responsibility, and respond to the dual-carbon goal strategy by innovating financial products and services, building a green supply chain, and promoting green operations.

"ESG has always been the DNA of Sheng Ye," said Wang Zheng, the company secretary of Sheng Ye. Last year, Sheng Ye won the MSCI Index ESG Rating Class A in 2021, and was selected into the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index, and the Hang Seng ESG Index rating was also upgraded to A grade.

On May 31, Sheng Ye released the "2021 Environmental, Social and Governance Report" (referred to as "ESG Report"). The report comprehensively demonstrates Sheng Ye's measures and achievements in environmental protection, social responsibility and corporate governance, and provides valuable decision-making information for ESG investment in the market. From the report, it is not difficult to find the reason why Sheng Ye has achieved such impressive results in the field of ESG.

"Industrial technology + digital finance" dual drive to help the development of small, medium and micro enterprises

Under the concept of taking ESG as the DNA, Sheng Ye released the "Dual Drive + Large Platform" strategy in 2021, and removed the labels of capital and finance in the external strategic level and business development direction, and strengthened the ecology more. It is hoped that through the dual-driven development of "industrial technology + digital finance", it will build a large supply chain technology platform, build an overall supply chain intelligent ecological service, help small, medium and micro enterprises to solve financing difficulties, and promote infrastructure, medicine and energy. The industry realizes digital upgrading and sustainable development.

In the industrial technology sector, Sheng Ye successfully won the bid for the project of Pengcheng Laboratory, a national-level research laboratory, last year, helping large pharmaceutical commercial companies to build comprehensive service solutions for intelligent supply chains; in the digital finance sector, Sheng Ye ended last year by the end of last year. The cumulative number of customers served has exceeded 10,000, and the cumulative scale of supply chain assets handled has exceeded 130 billion yuan, of which more than 99% are small, medium and micro enterprises. According to Wang Zheng, Sheng Ye's total loans to small, medium and micro enterprises have reached 15.4 billion yuan, and the proportion of loans to small, medium and micro enterprises is as high as 97%. Sheng Ye saves 90% of the supply chain financing processing time on average for small and medium-sized enterprises, and the average loan term is 3 months, which efficiently solves the supply chain financing needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. Sheng Ye is using technology and business innovation to provide strong support to small, medium and micro enterprises.

Put information security and privacy protection first

Sheng Ye responded to the requirements of the country and the industry for information security, and constantly strengthened the information security barrier. So far, Sheng Ye has invested 100 million yuan in scientific research, and has 42 software copyrights. It has built R&D centers in Wuxi and Shenzhen, and has a strong R&D team.

In the process of building a technology platform and realizing innovation, Sheng Ye put information security and privacy protection in the first place. It is reported that 100% of Sheng Ye's employees have received training on compliance, anti-corruption, information security, and network security. It is worth noting that during the reporting period, the number of data leaks in Sheng Ye was 0, and the complaints from customers in terms of privacy and security were also 0. In 2021, Sheng Ye's cloud platform, Sheng Yitong, obtained the third-level certification of the national information security level protection certification and The ISO/IEC 27001:2013 international information security certification issued by the authoritative organization CEPREI marks another important step in system security construction and customer information protection.

Based on local laws, regulations and regulatory requirements, Sheng Ye has formulated many internal policies to clearly inform and authorize customers, and fully embrace supervision. From the prevention of fraudulent emails to the security of customer information, they have all received the attention of the senior management of Sheng Ye. Sheng Ye has also established a professional information security team to build a comprehensive management information security system, including network security, system security, and some emergency management mechanisms.

After having the team, mechanism and training, Sheng Ye also carried out several offensive and defensive drills to verify the information security system. For the internal audit department, Sheng Ye also has a complete process, and continuously optimizes the mechanism through review. As a result, Sheng Ye has formed a complete closed-loop information security system that embraces supervision, management pays attention, and is supported by team auditing mechanisms, as well as drills and audits.

Technology empowerment to promote emission reduction in the value chain

Since its establishment, Sheng Ye has independently developed the Sheng Yitong cloud platform, which has realized a data-based, systematic and intelligent supply chain technology model, and solved the problem of waste of resources such as offline document signing and mail express. The 100% online operation of the company not only reduces energy consumption, but also reduces labor costs, and the time and links of supply chain financing processing are also greatly reduced.

In terms of value chain emission reduction, Sheng Ye has been actively developing sustainable digital finance and supply chain technology services. In terms of digital finance, Sheng Ye has set sustainable standards for business access, such as green buildings, park greening, public hospitals, urban pipe networks and other infrastructures, as well as new energy and new infrastructure projects. Green channel for green access. In addition, in the low-carbon transformation of the industry, Sheng Ye has assisted infrastructure, medicine, energy and other industries to realize the digitalization of the entire process through smart construction sites, pharmaceutical SPD, SaaS systems and other green supply chain technology services, reducing the industry's carbon footprint and carbon emissions. , also helped drive the transformation of the industry.

Actively participate in public welfare and be a responsible enterprise

As a responsible and responsible private enterprise, Sheng Ye encourages employees to participate in public welfare activities, launches the "Sheng Ye Guang · Public Welfare Program", and establishes the Sheng Ye Public Welfare Foundation. According to Wang Zheng, Sheng Ye's public welfare foundation not only participates in poverty alleviation and other public welfare activities, but also focuses on combining Sheng Ye's strategy and industrial development to help industries such as infrastructure, medicine, and children in difficult situations. During the epidemic, with the support of Sheng Ye Public Welfare Foundation, Sheng Ye supported some suppliers of makeshift hospitals. In the pharmaceutical industry, Sheng Ye, through online operations, timely provided the corresponding supply chain financing to small and medium-sized enterprises in the pharmaceutical industry, ensuring the timely procurement and supply of anti-epidemic materials.

People-oriented, creating a diverse workplace environment

Sheng Ye will take people-oriented as its core value and share the fruits of development. Sheng Ye's workplace environment is diverse, with younger employees, more than 50% of whom are under the age of 30. Female employees also exceeded 54%, and played a role in some key positions. In terms of talent strategy, Sheng Ye has gradually formed a special plan for talent training. In addition to business and professional training, it also pays attention to the training of employee leadership. Sheng Ye attaches great importance to the value of employees, has created a comprehensive promotion and salary adjustment mechanism, introduced a partnership plan, and optimized the equity incentive mechanism. Sheng Ye hopes that every employee can give full play to their talents, grow, realize personal value, export social value, and give full play to Sheng Ye's social attributes and responsibilities.

Take your own ESG path

Wang Zheng said that ESG is a very hot topic today, and it is also the focus of the market and investors. The policies are constantly being guided. There are also many policies at the regulatory level. As a leading company in the ESG field, Sheng Ye’s experience is Don’t blindly influence your positioning by external factors. You must combine your own strategy and business model to find your own positioning in development, set a reliable ESG concept, choose an ESG path that suits you, and gradually turn ESG into a viable alternative. Business philosophy of sustainable development.

Epilogue

In the future, Sheng Ye will adhere to technology leadership and continue to provide one-stop supply chain technology and digital financial solutions for enterprises and financial institutions. In this process, Sheng Ye will integrate the ESG concept into every corner of the company's strategy, operation and management, take the initiative to assume more social responsibilities, and contribute to the country's dual-carbon goal.