COSCO Shipping Ports Wins Multiple Awards
Including the “Asian Excellence Awards” from Corporate Governance Asia and the “Golden Award” from Gelonghui
Sustainability and Corporate Governance Practices Receive High Market Recognition
Recently, COSCO SHIPPING Ports Limited (“COSCO Shipping Ports”, stock code: 1199.HK) received multiple accolades in the fields of corporate governance and sustainable development, winning several awards across two prestigious award selections. These accolades fully demonstrate the company’s outstanding performance and industry-leading position in environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices, investor relations, and corporate governance.
Wins Five Awards at the 2025 "Asian Excellence Awards" Hosted by Corporate Governance Asia
On June 30, at the 16th Asian Excellence Awards ceremony hosted by Corporate Governance Asia magazine, COSCO SHIPPING Ports won five awards, including:
Corporate Governance Asia is one of the most authoritative and influential corporate governance journals in the Asia-Pacific region. The “Asian Excellence Award” recognize industry leaders and companies that have demonstrated excellence in corporate governance, financial performance, investor relations, and corporate social responsibility. Among this year’s winners, COSCO Shipping Ports was honored alongside several other prominent Asia-Pacific companies.
COSCO SHIPPING Ports won five awards at the 16th Asian Excellence Awards, including Asia's Best CEO, Asia's Best CFO, Best Investor Relations Professional, Best Investor Relations Team, and Sustainable Asia Award.
On June 30, Ms. Venus Zhao, General Manager of the Public Relations Division of COSCO SHIPPING Ports, accepted five awards on behalf of the company at the 16th Asian Excellence Awards ceremony hosted by Corporate Governance Asia in Hong Kong.
Gelonghui “Golden Award” —Excellence in ESG Disclosure
On June 29, at the “Golden Award” ceremony hosted by Gelonghui, COSCO SHIPPING Ports was honored with the “Excellence in ESG Disclosure” award. This award recognizes companies that strictly adhere to international standards, prepare ESG reports in a rigorous and standardized manner, and ensure complete and transparent data disclosure. By enhancing information transparency, these companies strengthen investor confidence and promote the development of an ESG disclosure system that integrates local practices with an international perspective.
COSCO SHIPPING Ports was honored with the "Excellent in ESG Disclosure" award at Gelonghui “Golden Award”
Deepening Sustainable Development Practices
COSCO SHIPPING Ports has consistently embedded ESG principles into its daily operations and business development, actively responding to the global trend toward green and low-carbon transformation. By the end of 2025, shore power facilities had achieved 100% coverage at container berths in domestic subsidiary terminals, with annual shore power consumption reaching 10 million kilowatt-hours. Renewable energy installed capacity reached 22 megawatts, generating over 24 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, and the company has achieved a 38.5% reduction toward its mid-term goal of reducing Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 55% by 2035 compared to 2020 levels. On the social front, employees received an average of 32 training hours in 2025, with annual donations exceeding US$1.64 million and cumulative volunteer hours reaching 2,555. In corporate governance, the company has established an efficient and transparent governance structure, steadily advanced board diversity initiatives, and earnestly fulfilled its compliance and governance commitments. The company has been included in the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index (with an A+ rating for constituent stocks) and the FTSE4Good Index Series and has received a Wind ESG AA rating. Winning the “Sustainable Asia Award” and the “Excellence in ESG Disclosure” award further reaffirms the company’s position as an industry benchmark in ESG practices and disclosure.
Professional Investor Relations
COSCO SHIPPING Ports has established a multi-tiered, high-frequency investor communication mechanism, maintaining close engagement with domestic and international institutional investors and analysts through earnings briefings, roadshows, investor days, and one-on-one meetings. The company adheres to strict principles of transparency in information disclosure, proactively publishing monthly throughput and quarterly operating data to provide investors with a reference for decision-making. Winning the two awards— “Best Investor Relations Team” and “Best Investor Relations Professional”—fully demonstrates the company’s industry-leading standards in the transparency and professionalism of its investor communications. In addition, the company’s management team was honored with the individual awards for “Asia's Best CEO” and “Asia's Best CFO” in recognition of their outstanding strategic leadership and professional financial management capabilities.
Looking Ahead
COSCO SHIPPING Ports states that these awards not only recognize the company’s past achievements but also serve as an incentive to further deepen its efforts in sustainability and investor relations. The company has consistently placed sustainability at the core of its long-term strategy. Guided by its “The Ports for ALL” brand philosophy, it continues to promote green, low-carbon operations and efficient, transparent governance, while continuously improving the quality of its investor relations work and deepening the development of its ESG framework to effectively meet the expectations and trust of all stakeholders. Moving forward, the company will implement ESG principles to even higher standards, continue to refine its information disclosure system, and strive to become a leading global port logistics service provider, creating long-term, stable value for shareholders, customers, employees, and society.
