NetDragon Actively Embarks on Sustainable Development, Achieves A-Level ESG Evaluation from Wind

Hong Kong, July 23, 2025 / Cision PR Newswire / -- NetDragon Websoft Holdings Limited ("NetDragon" or "the Company", Hong Kong Stock Exchange stock code: 777) is pleased to announce that it has achieved an A-level evaluation in the Wind ESG rating, which is a testament to its outstanding performance in environmental protection, social responsibility, and corporate governance. The Wind ESG rating system defines companies with high management standards, low ESG risks, and strong sustainable development capabilities as A-rated. Among the 105 listed software companies included in this year's evaluation, NetDragon ranked sixth. Additionally, NetDragon scored higher than the industry average on all three dimensions: environment, society, and governance, fully demonstrating its comprehensive strength and leadership position in sustainable development.

Wind (WIND) is a leading provider of financial data and analytics services in China. The Wind ESG rating combines management practices and controversial event analysis with international mainstream ESG standards and the characteristics of China's capital market, relying on its powerful data processing capabilities to build a data-centered Wind ESG evaluation system. Currently, the Wind ESG rating has covered over 12,000 companies in Greater China, including all A-share and H-share listed companies and bond issuers.

NetDragon has consistently incorporated sustainable development strategies into its operations and product research and development, actively fulfilling social responsibilities, continuously improving corporate governance structures, and driving the progress of the industry and society through technological innovation and globalization. The Company is committed to promoting sustainable development through multiple initiatives: in environmental protection, NetDragon has been exploring best practices in energy conservation and carbon reduction, and its digital education products have covered over 200 million classrooms worldwide, promoting green education concepts; in social responsibility, NetDragon promotes public welfare projects, promotes education equity and social welfare, and continues to implement the unique "game + public welfare" model, integrating digital technology with social impact. In June this year, NetDragon partnered with the Xishuangbanna Tropical Rainforest Conservation Fund to launch the "Elephant Steps into the Future" initiative, using game-based methods to raise public awareness of wildlife conservation.

Thanks to its continuous deepening in the ESG field, NetDragon has gained widespread recognition from the industry and society, achieving an MSCI ESG rating of BBB, leading its peers in "data security practices". Additionally, the Company was rated as a "low-risk" company by Morningstar (Morningstar) Sustainalytics, ranking among the top in the global software and services industry. Recently, NetDragon's digital education solutions also won the "Outstanding Education Innovation Award" at the 2025 Hong Kong Sustainable Development Innovation Technology Awards hosted by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government's Innovation Technology Authority and the Global Association of Sustainability Professionals.

Looking to the future, NetDragon will continue to deepen its ESG philosophy, further enhance management practices and disclosure levels, continuously deepen "game + public welfare" and digital education innovation, and work with global partners to drive cultural heritage, environmental protection, and education equity, creating long-term and sustainable value for society and the environment.