OnNovember4, 2025, theOutstanding Sustainability/ ESG Value Creation Pioneers were announced based onthe “GoldenKey· Sustainability Value Creation and Communication" Rating Award.

In early 2024, Shanghai pioneered China's first three-year action plan to enhance ESG capabilities of foreign-related enterprises, helping them compete in global supply chains. Under this sustainability trend, both value creation and value communication have become increasingly vital for business success.

In December 2024, the Shanghai Service Industries Development & Research Foundation(SSIDRF) established a dedicated ESG Fund to strengthen support for ESG exploration and practice.

Against this backdrop, GoldenKey partnered with the Foundation to launch the “GoldenKey· Sustainability Value Creation and Communication" Rating Award, advancing Sustainability/ESG from solutions to both value creation and communication. This represents an upgrade for GoldenKey, an expansion for the Foundation's ESG Fund, and a tangible outcome of collaborative action.

• Sustainability/ESG Value Creationmeans developing business operations with sustainability as the goal, exploring nature-positive and inclusive models to create new growth drivers.
• Sustainability/ ESG Value Communicationgoes beyond traditional profit-focused narratives to emphasize how a company's survival connects with the economy, environment, and society. It comprises three weighted components: technical presentation based on disclosure ratings, action-oriented communication of SDG implementation, and willingness to engage in sustainability dialogue.

Following enterprise applications, roadshow presentations, and expert review, the first nine Outstanding Sustainability/ ESG Value Creation Pioneers were officially announced:

1. Covestro (Shanghai) Investment: Building comprehensive circular economy systems for unique ESG value
2. Merck Holding (China): Using AI energy optimization and green industry for technology-driven ESG value
3. Shanghai Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceutical: Creating the industry's first zero-waste-to-landfill factory with circular green supply chains
4. State Grid Pudong Power Supply & State Grid Yingda Carbon Asset: Innovatively solving climate risk quantification to enhance urban infrastructure resilience
5. Tianma Microelectronics: Implementing zero-carbon resin strategy throughout the lifecycle, reshaping display industry standards
6. Rockwell Automation (China): Developing end-to-end zero-carbon park solutions for comprehensive industrial decarbonization
7. Tesa Tape (Shanghai): Using adhesive technology innovation to lead green power adoption, achieving environmental and business win-wins
8. Taiyuan Heavy Industry: Leveraging digital intelligence in its lighthouse factory for manufacturing decarbonization, setting rail equipment ESG benchmarks
9. Shanghai Yield Information Consulting: Leading regenerative agriculture group standards development, empowering agricultural sustainability