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ESG实践获进一步认可,平安健康(01833)MSCI ESG评级再获调升至AA级

ESG practices received further recognition, Ping An Health (01833) MSCI ESG rating upgraded again to AA level.

Zhitong Finance ·  Oct 9, 2024 12:33  · Ratings

Previously, Ping An Health's MSCI ESG rating has received an A rating for three consecutive years. This time, the rating has been upgraded from A to AA, reflecting the further recognition of the company's ESG practices by international authoritative institutions.

On October 7th, MSCI announced the latest ESG rating, with Ping An Health (01833) once again upgraded to AA rating.

MSCI-ESG rating is one of the ESG rating systems widely recognized by global investment institutions. The rating covers over 16,400 issuers worldwide. Due to its authority and high credibility, the rating results are widely used by domestic and foreign investors in formulating investment strategies, assessing corporate sustainable development capabilities, and other decision-making processes.

According to the Zhitong Finance APP, Ping An Health's MSCI ESG rating has received an A rating for three consecutive years. This time, it has been upgraded from A to AA, reflecting the further recognition of the company's ESG practices by international authoritative institutions.

Through continuous product and service upgrades, technological innovation, enhanced information security privacy protection, and commitment to social welfare among other aspects of ESG practice, Ping An Health has become one of the leading companies in the industry focusing on ESG practices. Its long-term value is expected to be re-evaluated through persistent ESG practices and widespread recognition.

ESG principles lead product innovation.

Corporate governance is an indispensable component of corporate ESG responsibility. Among them, the ability to attract and retain outstanding talents, as well as encouraging employees to grow together with the company, are key factors that reflect the level of corporate governance and core competitiveness.

According to the Wise Finance APP, in improving the protection of employees' physical and mental health, Ping An Health has launched the "Enterprise Employee Health Business" for enterprise customers, providing comprehensive health management services for employees.

According to the white paper "Building a Happy Workplace in 2022: Workplace Health Promotion and Action Guide" released by Ping An Health, Ping An Health has introduced the "Easy Enterprise Health" 2+4 enterprise health management product system, providing a one-stop health management solution in the "Physical Examination +" and "Health Management +" manner, innovatively equipping employees with exclusive healthcare doctors.

It is worth mentioning that by linking diversified services such as "Physical Examination +" and "Health Management +", "Easy Enterprise Health" can meet employees' health management needs in different states such as daily health, sub-health, diseases, chronic diseases, etc., leading product innovation with the ESG concept, and helping enterprises to carry out employee health management effectively.

AI Empowers to Improve Medical Quality Control and Experience.

In terms of technological innovation, it adheres to empowering technological innovation, achieving precise diversion of medical services and efficiency improvement through the use of independent artificial intelligence technology and other technological means.

According to the Wise Finance APP, with the empowerment of AI technology, Ping An Health has currently implemented the automatic analysis of user complaints in the pre-diagnosis stage, matching the most suitable doctor for patients and reducing user waiting time, functioning as an offline hospital guidance desk; during the diagnosis phase, Ping An Health automatically matches the appropriate consultation template based on user complaints for comprehensive consultations by doctors.

Currently, the company's independently developed AI-assisted diagnosis and treatment system covers information on over 2000 diseases, achieving an accuracy rate of over 99% in guidance and providing solutions within 24 hours.

To ensure the uniformity, rationality, and effectiveness of medical services, the company has also established a comprehensive service medical monitoring system consisting of standardized diagnostic processes, proposed diagnosis review, and prescription review.

Among them, the standardization system of the medical consultation process sets standardized consultation processes and language for each diagnosis, guiding doctors to conduct consultations in a standardized manner; the diagnostic review system reviews the diagnostic results of consultations, analyzes the dialogue between doctors and patients, and the corresponding diagnosis to determine the reliability of the diagnosis, rejecting inappropriate diagnoses that do not pass the review; the prescription review system reviews the prescriptions issued by doctors, based on the diagnosis, verifies the medical rationality between the diagnosis and the prescription, user's basic personal information, and the prescription, intercepting prescriptions that do not pass the review. With the empowerment of technology, it enhances medical efficiency and quality, promoting business development.

Protecting consumer medical privacy and security.

In the social responsibility connotation of medical and health, 'medical quality and safety' and 'privacy information protection' are crucial considerations. Whether from the perspective of establishing patient trust or considering compliance with national laws and regulations, medical institutions need to strengthen the security of medical information, making protecting patient privacy an important task in the medical and health industry.

In terms of information security, Ping An Health has established a top-down information security management architecture, set up an Information Security and Data Security Management Committee, and reports to the Audit and Risk Management Committee to ensure the effective implementation of information security and privacy management.

According to the Securities Times APP, Ping An Health regularly conducts internal audits related to information security, and stipulates at least one external independent audit per year to ensure the effectiveness of information security policies, management systems, and management systems.

Up to now, multiple credible regulatory authorities have recognized Ping An Health's efforts in information security and privacy protection. Ping An Health has obtained various information security certifications, including the ISO/IEC 27001 Information Security Management System certification and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology TLC Data Security Management Capability certification. In terms of compliance, 100% of the business conducted by Ping An Health has passed information/privacy security management certification.

In addition, Ping An Health has also obtained the DNV ISO27799 Personal Health Information Security Management System certification, becoming the first enterprise in the digital health industry to receive this certification. Ping An Health's network and personal information security management meet the requirements of the industry's high-level medical and health information security management standard system.

Inclusive medical care supports Health China 2030

As one of the large enterprises in the medical health sector, actively fulfilling social responsibilities and actively supporting the development of public welfare is also one of the important paths for Ping An Health to practice ESG.

In recent years, through participating in poverty alleviation projects, assisting in epidemic prevention and relief, implementing village doctor projects, and promoting universal medical care, Ping An Health has taken on its social responsibilities in multiple dimensions, practiced social welfare, and contributed to the harmonious development of society.

By incorporating ESG concepts into product innovation and the restructuring of the corporate service system, fully leveraging the timely and efficient advantages of digital health, breaking the temporal and spatial limitations of medical health services, Ping An Health is committed to improving universal health security, supporting Health China 2030, rural revitalization, and the construction of medical health ecosystem.

For example, to implement the 'Health China 2030' goals, Ping An Health actively responded to the national call for poverty alleviation, implemented the 'Village Doctor Project' offline, and implemented a three-dimensional health poverty alleviation project for village health stations, village doctors, and villagers to help improve the medical level in poor areas nationwide.

To help more patients have professional chronic disease management, Ping An Health also provides users with a worry-free, time-saving, and cost-effective one-stop 'chronic disease prevention and control service.' Since its inception in 2021, Ping An Health, in conjunction with Ping An Life, has provided in-depth services to over 1 million users, and personalized health management plans to 0.8 million users, effectively preventing and controlling chronic diseases.

In addition, Ping An Health has deeply integrated internal medical resources and donated supplies to Jilin Yanbian Prefecture, Hunan, Guizhou, and other areas to help improve the basic medical services and health literacy of residents in impoverished areas.

In recent years, as Ping An Health's ESG work continues to steadily progress, the company's ESG practices have been increasingly recognized by authoritative institutions. Now, the importance of ESG in investment strategies is becoming more prominent, with ESG factors being integrated into investment decision-making mechanisms and receiving more comprehensive consideration. As one of the first enterprises to actively participate in ESG practices, Ping An Health's long-term sustainable development capabilities will be continuously strengthened from a longer time perspective.

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