From October 16th to 18th, the "2024 ESG Global Leaders Conference" was held in Shanghai, where a number of international dignitaries, Nobel laureates, academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, as well as representatives of dozens of international organizations and institutions, and more than 100 representatives of leading enterprises in various industries gathered together to contribute wisdom and strength to building a greener, inclusive and sustainable home on Earth. As a leading enterprise in China's liquor industry, Wuliangye shared its ESG practice experience in corporate social responsibility and creating harmony value at the meeting, which was widely recognized by the guests.
The picture shows the scene of the "2024 ESG Global Leaders Conference".
The "2024 ESG Global Leaders Conference", with the theme of "Promoting Global ESG Cooperation, Development and Win-Win", is co-hosted by CITIC Group and Sina Group, and organized by Sina Finance and CITIC Publishing Group.
The picture shows Hua Tao, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Wuliangye Co., Ltd
"Fulfilling social responsibility is becoming an important practical logic for enterprises to seek long-term success. The more solid the corporate action to fulfill its social responsibility, the more surging the endogenous power of sustainable development. Hua Tao, deputy secretary of the Party Committee and general manager of Wuliangye Co., Ltd., said that more and more enterprises are going beyond the traditional concept of profit as a single goal, and increasingly emphasizing service and repaying the society, which coincides with Wuliangye's values of following the "harmony" culture and devoting itself to creating harmony. Wuliangye has always integrated the ESG concept into the whole process of enterprise production and operation, and is committed to creating harmonious value for the whole society in five aspects: individual, industry, environment, social responsibility, and international exchange.
In terms of individuals, we practice people-oriented and help individuals and beauty. Wuliangye has always practiced the corporate mission of "creating beauty for consumers, happiness for employees, and good returns for investors", continuously meeting the differentiated needs of consumers, continuously improving employee welfare, continuously improving the overall quality of employees, and continuously improving investor returns. Up to now, Wuliangye has accumulated cash dividends of 94.1 billion yuan, which is 25 times the total amount of funds raised since listing.
In terms of the industry, we uphold the principle of self-reliance and help the industry and beauty. Wuliangye has taken the lead in formulating more than 10 national standards such as product carbon footprint accounting and green factories, and participated in the drafting of ESG group standards for the wine industry such as the ESG Disclosure Guidelines for China's Wine Industry, so as to continuously promote the sustainable development of the industry. Actively participate in promoting the formulation of a liquor standard system suitable for international trade, and promote the active integration of Chinese liquor into the international market. Wuliangye has been awarded an A grade (the highest) rating in the annual information disclosure evaluation for 10 consecutive years, and is the only listed high-end liquor company.
In terms of the environment, we insist on going green and helping ecology and beauty. With the standard of being able to brew Wuliangye wine, Wuliangye is trying to protect the water quality of the Yangtze River. Wuliangye is located in Yibin, the capital of the Yangtze River, where the Minjiang River and the Jinsha River converge into the Changjiang River. In the autumn and winter of every year, tens of thousands of wild fish of the Yangtze River swim here, among the green waters and green mountains, the fish swim and the gulls fly, and people and nature live in harmony, and the beauty is shared. Wuliangye adheres to the concept of "joint efforts to protect and not engage in large-scale development", builds a solid ecological barrier in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River, and actively strives to become a "zero-carbon wine enterprise".
In terms of social responsibility, we advocate both righteousness and benefit to help society and beauty. Wuliangye continued to make efforts to support the industry, played the main role of the industrial cluster chain, continued to supplement the chain, strengthen the chain and extend the chain around the liquor ecosystem, achieved an output value of 500 billion yuan in the upstream and downstream of the industry, and helped 1 million people find employment; Actively participate in rural revitalization, vigorously develop the integration of wine farmers, and drive the development of upstream agriculture with 2 million acres of special grain base for winemaking; Widely participated in social welfare, established the first non-public charitable organization in the industry - Wuliangye Charity Foundation, systematically and professionally carried out public welfare undertakings such as education assistance and earthquake relief, donated more than 1.1 billion yuan, and invested and integrated more than 3.5 billion yuan in assistance funds, benefiting millions of people.
In terms of international exchanges, it embodies mutual learning among civilizations and contributes to the harmony and beauty of the world. Wuliangye has participated in major international exchange activities such as the World Expo, APEC Business Leaders Summit, Boao Forum for Asia, and CIIE for many times, and planned the theme activity of "Harmony and Beauty Global Tour". In addition, it has innovated the expression of multiple civilizations, and has been successfully selected as a case study of the "Belt and Road" construction, promoting more excellent cultures with Chinese characteristics, embodying the Chinese spirit and containing Chinese wisdom to the world.
With its leading measures and remarkable results in the field of ESG, Wuliangye was also selected as the "2023 ESG Demonstration Enterprise of China's Liquor Industry" and won three excellent ESG cases of the second "Xinhua Credit Jinlan Cup", which not only affirms Wuliangye's efforts in sustainable development, but also demonstrates its responsibility as a leading liquor enterprise to promote the sustainable and high-quality development of the industry.
Looking forward to the future, the relevant person in charge of Wuliangye said that it will explore more ways to repay the society with a higher position and a larger pattern, devote itself to responsible and sustainable development, create more harmonious value for the whole society, and contribute to the win-win situation of commercial value and social value.