Recently, Chinese ESG rating agency Zhongcai Green Index (Beijing) Information Consulting Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Zhongcai Green Index") has released the latest ESG rating results of enterprises in 2022 one after another.$Waterdrop (WDH.US)$Get the B+ rating, and the overall performance is at the upper and middle level of the industry.
In recent years, "sustainable development" has become a global common communication system, and ESG is the external expression for corporate citizens to practice sustainable development. In China, the attention of ESG has been rapidly improved with the introduction of national policies, the strengthening of supervision, the development needs of enterprises and other factors. ESG, which takes sustainable development as the core concept, will gradually become an important reference index to measure the competitiveness of enterprises.
Zhongcai Green refers to a professional consulting institution with comprehensive coverage of green financial investment consulting and other fields. relying on the strong scientific research capability of the International Institute of Green Finance of the Central University of Finance and Economics, it is committed to building a "digital intelligence" factory of green finance. According to the analysis report issued by Zhongcai University Green Gold Institute, at the level of environmental protection, Waterdrop Inc. Company has performed prominently in the promotion of green environmental protection, and performed well in the index of green office. The performance in green investment, green finance, green insurance and other indicators needs to be improved. The report suggests that Waterdrop Inc. can pay more attention to the promotion of green finance in the future and actively realize the green development of the enterprise as a whole. In addition, we should further strengthen the information disclosure of quantitative indicators related to the environment.
At the level of social responsibility, the report believes that Waterdrop Inc. performs well in terms of employees, consumers and comprehensive indicators, and good performance in rural revitalization, common prosperity and suppliers. The performance of community and public health indicators needs to be further improved, and the construction of internal public health system can be strengthened in the future. In addition, we will further improve the performance of community indicators and actively carry out community voluntary activities on the topics of education, health and cultural communication.
At the level of corporate governance, the report believes that Waterdrop Inc. has outstanding performance in indicators such as risk management and information transparency, and good performance in organizational structure and scientific and technological innovation. The performance of institutional investor participation in this indicator needs to be further improved. In the future, it can further improve its ESG performance, broaden financing channels, and attract more responsible institutional investors. In addition, enterprises need to continue to pay attention to technological innovation and further increase investment in science and technology.
At the same time, according to the professional ESG data and the latest Q1 ESG rating results issued by the rating company Ziding in 2023, Waterdrop Inc. 's ESG rating score has been upgraded to "BB", which is in the middle and upper level of the industry.