Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting
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A study of the impact of effective sustainability reporting on investment decisions of people in Hong Kong
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The 2008 financial crisis has changed the game
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TOP 3 PERFORMING LISTED COMPANIES IN TERMS OF CSR
SUN HUNG KAI PROPERTIES
HSBC HONG KONG CHINA AND GAS COMPANY
42% pay more attention to
companies’ CSR efforts today
compared to before the
2008 financial crisis
…people paying more attention post-2008
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People want to invest in
companies with effective
sustainability programmes
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People’s investment decisions are being influenced
88% of Hong
Kong investors
say that a
company’s
sustainability
efforts would
affect their
investment
decision
88%
12%
Unlikely / Very unlikely
Likely / Very likely
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…and women appear to be more influenced than men
75% more women than men say their investment decision would be influenced by a company’s sustainability efforts
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…although it still follows after the fundamentals
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…people still want business and stock performance
Business Performance
Stock Market Performance
Business Strategy
Corporate social responsibility (sustainability)
Investor relations
77%
76%
48%
22%
20%
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…but even business performance is associated with
CSR
86% Likely / Very Likely
86% of respondents
believe that companies with effective CSR programs deliver better business performance
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Not all factors are equal
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…there is variance in perceived importance of sustainability
elements
Operating practices cited as the
most important component of CSR/Sustainability programmes followed by
environmental protection
Operating practices
Environmental protection
Workplace quality
Community involvement
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The Hong Kong Stock
Exchange plans to raise the
level of some recommended
disclosures in the
Environmental, Social and
Governance Reporting Guide
to comply or explain by 2015.
Why now?
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Standards to consider
Getting started
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Core components
Workplace quality
Environmental protection
Operating practices
Community involvement
Social (Labour practices/ human rights)
Environmental
Social (Product responsibility)
Social (Impacts on society)
• Working conditions • Health & Safety • Development & Training • Labour standards
• Emissions • Use of resources • Environment & natural resources
• Supply chain • Product responsibility • Anti-corruption
• Community involvement
• Employment • Occupational health & safety • Education & training • Child labour / forced labour
• Emissions / Effluents & waste • Materials / Energy / Water • Products & Services
• Supplier assessment (Environmental / Labour practices / Human rights / Impacts on society)
• Customer health & safety / Customer privacy • Anti-corruption
• Local communities
HKSE ESG Guidelines GRI G4 Guidelines
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Helpful tips for companies
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Map out what is material/relevant to your organisation
• Understand what aspects of your business have an impact
• Social, environmental, economic
• Positive, negative
• Actual, potential
• Direct, indirect
• Short term, long term
• Understand your boundaries – where do these impacts occur
• Internal, external
• Far reaching, localised
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Map out what is material/relevant to your organisation
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Engage and educate functions across the business
of project rationale
• You will need support
• data collection
• affecting change and improvements
• CEO/COO/CFO email to key personnel, impressing the importance
• Town-hall meeting with key personnel to explain the initiative, why it is important and the impact on the organization
• Issue guidelines on what to consider
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Review reporting of peer organisations
• Approach • How do they establish
materiality
• What is their process
• How are they affecting improvements
• What they consider material
• How are they presenting the content
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Start early
• Some information will need to be analyzed
• There can be a lot of information to gather from a number of divisions, teams and individuals
• All the information needs to then be compiled
• This all then needs packaging up into a coherent report
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Start realistically
• Don’t overwhelm/scare-off the teams and individuals that need to contribute
• Don’t make the initiative so unwieldy it never reaches completion
• Ensure you are going to be able to demonstrate year on year improvements
• Remain consistent
• Ensure continuity
ESG Report
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Put benchmarks in place that enable and drive year on year improvements
• Try to identify metrics against which you can demonstrate improvement. Examples
• Workplace incidents
• Carbon emissions
• Waste volume
• Water usage
• Economic impact from community initiatives
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Six tips for companies looking to benefit
1. Review the reporting of peer organisations
2. Map out what is material/relevant to your organization
3. Engage and educate functions across the business of project rationale
4. Start as early as possible
5. Start realistically
6. Put benchmarks in place that enable and drive year on year improvements
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THANK YOU
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Respondents Demographic Breakdown
S1-4