On September 22, 2022, Securities Times unveiled the winners of the "16th Awards of the Value of Listed Companies in China". As an enterprise that has contributed to the green, low-carbon and circular economy, implemented global ESG criteria, played a model role in performing ESG responsibility and worked with global suppliers to build the ESG value chain, GEM was listed among "China's Top 100 Listed Companies by ESG", with its ESG practice, ESG information disclosure and market performance highly recognized by the world.

As an influential event of value discovery for listed companies in China organized by Securities Times, the "Awards of the Value of Listed Companies in China" has become one of the most influential selections for listed companies organized by Chinese mainstream financial and economic media.

In 2022, Securities Times expanded the connotation of the "CSR Award for Listed Companies" in the original selection system and upgraded it to the "Award for China's Top 100 Listed Companies by ESG". Based on three dimensions - Environment (E), Social (S) and Governance (G), the ESG performance of listed companies was evaluated through financial screening, online voting, expert evaluation and authority review, to select outstanding listed companies that have faithfully performed social responsibility and implemented the sustainability concept of ESG.

In 2022, GEM was frequently recognized by authorities for its outstanding ESG performance. Being listed among "China's Top 100 Listed Companies by ESG" is another important honor for GEM after it was selected into the "2021 Hurun China Private Companies SDG Readiness 100" list this January, and made the "Hang Seng China A Corporate Sustainability Benchmark Index Constituents" list again this September.

GEM is the initiator of the industrial concept of "limited resources, infinite recycling", as well as a pioneer of urban mining in China. As a green and low-carbon enterprise, the company has been committed to creating good social value and promoting the sustainability of resources, observed international contracts, participated in the division of labor and cooperation in the international and domestic new energy industry chains, and pushed forward international circulation and domestic circulation as a leading industrial supplier. In 2018, the company won the Circulars Award at the Davos World Economic Forum. In November 2020, the company received the Paulson Prize for Sustainability-Green Innovation.

GEM has implemented global ESG criteria, played a model role in performing ESG responsibility, and worked with global suppliers to build the ESG value chain. In the Belt and Road Economic Belt, the company has promoted the ESG construction of the Indonesia-based QMB nickel resources project, which has created more than 1,500 jobs for Indonesia during the construction period and is expected to contribute about 800 jobs after going into operation, so as to effectively ease the employment pressure in the areas around Sulawesi, drive local economic development and lift locals out of poverty. On October 12, 2016, the company acquired a 60% stake in Shu Powders (Hong Kong) Limited to extend green recycling operations to South Africa, transfer ultra-fine cobalt powder from the domestic market to the international market, and work with South Africa to build the ESG value chain. At the same time, the company has created the first zero carbon park in Wuhan, to develop into a global ESG demonstration enterprise. The company has created a total of more than 9,000 jobs for the society, playing a principal role in major ESG fields at home and abroad, and fully demonstrating its sense of social responsibility.

As a world-recognized sustainable enterprise, GEM has valued the construction of a sustainable development management system. The company has set up a sound structure for sustainable development management and established the Center for Carbon Peaking & Neutrality Strategy Research and ESG Brand Promotion, to improve its sustainable development management system. The company has offered companywide sustainability training initiated by the ESG Brand Promotion Center and Training Institute, to interpret the philosophy of CSR development, study the latest trends of ESG governance, and enrich the sustainability-related theoretical knowledge and practical attainments of all staff, thereby better promoting the high-quality development of the company.

Signing Ceremony of Battery-level Nickel Chemicals (Nickel Sulfate Crystals) Project

Hubei-KwaZulu-Natal Friendly Cooperation Promotion Conference

Paulson Prize for Sustainability-Green Innovation &The Circulars at the Davos World Economic Forum