由中国国务院支持的智囊机构中国企业改革与发展研究会(中企研)及包括中国平安在内的主要公司发布的《企业ESG披露指南》,于2022年6月1日正式实施。此指南是中国首份ESG披露指南,适用于所有企业及行业。指南随由生态环境部发布并于2022年2月生效的《企业环境信息依法披露管理办法》发布(我们在这报道过)。

指南为中国企业列明一个框架,分别在环境、社会、和治理设置了3个一级指标,并细分为10个二级指标、35个三级指标及总共118个四级指标。该指南适用于中国企业可能遵循的自愿性或强制性披露要求(如有)。每个中国企业都可以选择披露周期。如果按照该指南进行披露,最终提交的文件是一份官方的ESG报告,可在监管机构指定的平台(如有)或中国企业选择的平台上获取。该ESG官方报告可供包括监管机构、投资者、媒体与公众在内的各机构使用。

指南最大的特点是它采用了ESG标准以适应中国的营商环境和国内法律法规的要求。其中包括提述一些中国社会福利制度的特点,如社保和公积金。

虽然目前遵守该指南为自愿性的,但是此指南仍为中国企业在探索本地环境下适用ESG标准提供了一个良好的起点。这种方法已在亚洲的其它司法管辖区得到应用,如香港和新加坡,这些司法管辖区最初采用了灵活的“遵守或解释”方法,此后转向更具规定性或强制性的制度。在不久的将来,中国很有可能会实施更广泛的强制性披露要求.

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