We proactively collaborate with like-minded investors, regulators and international organisations to promote good practices for managing investments for the long term.
As one of the earliest central bank signatories of the PRI, we participate in joint signatories’ efforts co-ordinated by the PRI to develop the standard RI due diligence questionnaire (DDQ) for private investments, helping private market investors conduct ESG assessment of general partners (GPs) and prospective investments.
We are also serving on the PRI’s Future of Responsible Investing Asset Owners Group and Asset Owner Technical Advisory Committee to actively shape the global agenda.
Demonstrating its commitment to good ESG practices as a member of the NGFS, we contributed to the NGFS’ publications on sustainable and responsible investment as well as climate-related disclosure for central banks.
We are also co-chairing with the European Central Bank the Subgroup on Transition Planning for 2024–2026, under the Workstream “Net Zero for Central Banks”.
As a supporter of the TCFD, we have aligned the climate-related disclosure for the Exchange Fund with the TCFD recommendations. Refer to our Sustainability Report for details.
ESG workshop
We host annual ESG workshops to share RI practices and market developments. In September 2024, we successfully hosted our sixth annual ESG Workshop, engaging over 90 investment professionals from both public and private markets in discussions about recent challenges and opportunities in RI.
Engagement with market counterparts
We encourage our public market counterparties, primarily investment banks, to expand their manpower and research capabilities on long-term sustainability, especially in Hong Kong.
We continued to participate in various industry forums and speaking engagements to share insights on RI and climate transition strategies.