CSO Forum and Sustainability Excellence Awards

To accelerate and support the high-quality development, the EY Greater China Region launched the CSO Forum and Sustainability Excellence Awards to identify and recognize best practices in low-carbon transformation and sustainable development; drive the deployment and commercialization of new technology and models; encourage listed companies to play a leading role in advancing sustainable development in China.
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Forging new quality productive forces for global sustainability

 

This year’s CSO Forum and Sustainability Excellence Awards, themed "Forging new quality productive forces for global sustainability", will continue to follow our professional and rigorous judging criteria to identify outstanding companies, individuals and practices/cases that are accelerating green transformation of industries, exploring high-quality international expansion, proactively adapting to changes and striving for innovation, aiming to recognize leaders in sustainability, discuss innovative practices and share experience of Chinese listed companies in contributing to the country’s high-quality development. Our goal is to encourage more enterprises to embrace "green" and "new" development, provide the world with Chinese solutions and wisdom for modern corporate governance. In doing so, we continuously make our efforts in developing new quality productive forces and make new contributions to global sustainability.

 

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Awards categories and scope

Nominees, recommended by the organizers and event supporters, are mainly from national and international listed companies of a certain scale. The nominee can be a company, the head of a company, a CSO/leader from sustainability-related functions, and a practice/case.

Company

(Includes but not limited to):

  • Companies excelling in overall ESG performance
  • Companies excelling in one or more areas of ESG
  • Companies leading ESG efforts in their industry

Individual 

(Includes but not limited to):

  • Individuals working at a listed company, including executives responsible for typical sustainability-related business, innovative technical professionals and scientists
  • Influential individuals who initiate, promote or lead sustainability efforts

Practice/Case 

(Includes but not limited to):

  • Low carbon transformation and ESG management projects with leading technology, scalability, clear trends in cost reduction, wider commercial application, comparable advantages in market entry and affordability and significant social effects
  • Dual carbon targets-related road map and best practices/cases
  • Investment projects and financial products with excellent performance in ESG, including but not limited to helping achieve significant low-carbon benefits, supporting pollution prevention and environmental protection projects, creating and increasing jobs, supporting rural revitalization, facilitating the development of small and micro-sized companies, improving healthcare and medical provision, raising education level or increasing educated population, supporting the achievement of common wealth and sustainability targets

Winners of EY Sustainability Excellence Awards

(In no particular order)

Download the CSO Forum and Sustainability Excellence Awards 2023 program introduction brochure to learn more.

Download the CSO Forum and Sustainability Excellence Awards 2022 awards gala brochure to learn more.

Featured press releases

EY announces winners of Sustainability Excellence Awards at inaugural CSO Forum

SHANGHAI, 18 NOVEMBER 2022 — EY Greater China region (EY) announced the winners of Sustainability Excellence Awards at the inaugural EY CSO Forum on 18 November. The award program was launched in February 2022 and has received overwhelming responses. An independent judging panel has assessed prudently and selected 10 companies, 3 individuals and 12 cases as winners of under three categories - companies/institutions, individuals and best practice/case, and the special jury prize. Representatives from government organizations, regulators, industrial organizations, academic and research institutions, and leading companies were invited to join the ceremony held in Shanghai and Beijing.

EY Greater China

    The Team

    Michael Bi

    EY Greater China Markets Managing Partner
    Audit and advisory veteran. Specialized in IPOs, acquisitions and restructuring. Advocate innovation and entrepreneurship.
    Shanghai , CHN

    Alex Zhu

    EY Greater China Power & Utilities Market Segment Leader
    Extensive experience in infrastructure advisory services. M&A advisory veteran. Seasoned in capital operation.
    Beijing, CHN

    Judy Li

    Partner, Sustainability Services, Ernst & Young Hua Ming LLP; EY Greater China ESG Management Office Head; EY Asia-Pacific Sustainability Leader, Financial Services
    Knowledgeable and experienced in ESG, climate change and green finance. Well recognized by regulators and industrial associations as technical expert and senior speaker.
    Beijing, CHN

    Jane Yang

    EY Greater China Government & Public Service Market Segment Leader
    Extensive assurance and M&A experience. Serving clients across multiple sectors. Contributing to the development of auditing profession.
    Beijing, CHN

    Hoffman Cheong

    EY China North Managing Partner
    Witnessed China’s economic growth since the early 1990’s. Working experience in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Beijing. He is also a fan of Chinese history and literature.
    Beijing, CHN

    Patricia Xia

    EY China Central Managing Partner
    Patricia Xia has more than 25 years of consulting experience in tax and business investment in Mainland China and Australia.
    Shanghai , CHN

    William Huang

    EY China South Managing Partner
    Experienced in professional services. Advocate of innovation and enterprise transformation. Focused on the Greater Bay Area and the Hainan Free Trade Port.
    Guangzhou, CHN

    Jasmine Lee

    EY Hong Kong and Macau Managing Partner
    Business transformation strategist. Driven to produce better outcomes. Passionate about creating long-term value. Avid cook, sports fan and animal lover.
    Hong Kong SAR,

    Cynthia Tian

    Greater China Sustainability Leader and Technology Consulting Operation Leader
    Mother of two. Enjoys reading, watching movie and traveling.
    Beijing, CHN

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