Bdoesgawards

Award Categories

These awards are open to non-H-share companies. All submissions from non-H-share companies will be considered for all three award categories. The top 3 companies from each of the large market capitalisation, middle market capitalisation and small market capitalisation will be selected as winners of the two award categories respectively – 'Best in ESG Awards' and 'Best in Reporting Awards'. The top company from each of the company scale will be selected as the winner of the 'ESG Report of the Year Awards'.

Best in ESG

Awards

Best in Reporting

Awards

ESG Report of the Year

Awards

This category is exclusively open to H-share companies. All submissions from H-share companies will automatically be directed to compete in this award.

Outstanding ESG Performance
of H-Share Companies

Awards

This category is open to all Hong Kong listed companies. The top companies with outstanding performance on leveraging AI to advance ESG practices and reporting while demonstrating sound AI governance and a firm commitment to ethical standards will be selected as the winner of the Theme Awards.

Theme Awards

Judging Criteria

Best in ESG Awards

*Only non-H-share companies are eligible for this award.

Subject areas	Aspects
Environment	Emissions control Use of resources Environment and natural resources Climate change
Social	Employment & labour practices Health and safety Supply chain management Product responsibility Business ethics Community

Best in Reporting Awards

*Only non-H-share companies are eligible for this award.

Subject areas	Aspects
Report assurance	Report assurance
Reporting quality	Quantitative and consistency Stakeholder engagement ESG issues highlighted Deployment of impact reporting
Governance	Corporate/ESG governance ESG risk management ESG strategy & UN sustainable Development goals
Report framework	Report presentation International reporting standard and guideline application Mechanism for evaluating readers' feedback on ESG report

ESG Report of the Year Awards

*Only non-H-share companies are eligible for this award.

Companies that performed best in both 'Best in ESG' and 'Best in Reporting' categories will be awarded 'ESG Report of the Year'.

Outstanding ESG Performance of H-Share Companies Awards

*Only H-share companies are eligible for this award.

Subject areas	Aspects
Environment	Emissions control Use of resources Environment and natural resources Climate change
Social	Employment & labour practices Health and safety Supply chain management Product responsibility Business ethics Community
Governance	Corporate/ESG governance ESG risk management ESG strategy & UN sustainable development goals
Report framework	Report presentation International reporting standard and guideline application Mechanism for evaluating readers’ feedback on ESG report
Report assurance	Report assurance
Reporting quality	Quantitative and consistency Stakeholder engagement ESG issues highlighted Deployment of impact reporting

Theme Awards - ESG AI Excellence Awards

*All Hong Kong listed companies are eligible for this award.

Subject areas	Aspects
AI for ESG action or reporting	Use of AI to improve ESG data quality, coverage, and timeliness (eg automated extraction from reports, IoT + AI for real time metrics) AI for emissions reduction, energy optimisation, climate adaptation, nature/biodiversity monitoring, or pollution control Use of AI in supply chain management
Responsible AI & governance	AI governance framework (policies, roles, risk assessment, testing, human oversight)