Building Economic and Ecological Double-Helix
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Securities Times Reporter Yang Xia
As the concept of "green mountains and clear rivers" deepens in people's hearts, listed companies are building economic and ecological double-helix through innovative practices, injecting strong momentum into sustainable development. By applying green technology innovation, circular economy practices, and green financial tools, listed companies are not only improving their economic benefits but also laying out a new canvas for green development.
Listed companies turn environmental investments into new profit growth through green technology innovation. Green technology innovation is beneficial to enterprises in achieving energy-saving and emissions reduction, improving resource utilization efficiency, reducing energy consumption and pollution, and operating costs. This achieves a win-win situation for ecological and economic benefits.
Data shows that nearly 2700 listed companies mentioned energy-saving and emissions reduction in their 2024 annual reports. Rongdingda, Yanjing Beer, Longli, and Pulte, among others, disclosed in their 2024 annual reports that the company upgraded or transformed technology to improve production efficiency while effectively reducing auxiliary material consumption, significantly reducing waste gas, wastewater, and other pollutants' discharge, driving the industry towards green and high-efficiency directions.
Circular economy practices have become a new source of profit growth for enterprises. By recycling and turning waste into treasure, companies reduce pollution emissions while lowering production costs and improving profit levels.
New energy industries are the core driving force behind green development, providing key support. Relevant listed companies are entering high-speed development, with examples such as NIO's 33.33% year-on-year growth in net profit for the first half of 2025 and BYD's 100.38% year-on-year growth in net profit for the first quarter of 2025.
Green finance is becoming a core engine driving the transformation of the economy into a green one. On the one hand, domestic financial institutions have gradually incorporated environmental risks into lending processes, and companies can accelerate their green development through green financial tools to significantly reduce financing costs and improve returns; on the other hand, ESG investment has seen explosive growth, with authoritative organizations predicting that it will break through 50 trillion USD in 2025. Enterprises accelerating their green transformation have become a core foundation for attracting long-term capital.
From precise irrigation to industry technology iteration, from new energy industries thriving to green economy high-speed development, listed companies are proving that ecological protection and economic development are not zero-sum games but can mutually promote and coexist.