On November 5, during the November monthly work meeting of CNBM Group, Zhou Yuxian, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of CNBM Group, and also Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of CNBM, delivered a special lecture titled “Practice ESG Concepts and Promote Sustainable Development”. The Group’s leadership team attended the meeting and listened to the lecture, which was chaired by Chang Zhangli, Deputy Secretary of the Group Party Committee. Mr. Zhou’s presentation consisted of three parts: “What is ESG”, “Why do we need ESG”, and “How to effectively practice ESG”. He emphasized that ESG, as a comprehensive concept encompassing environment, society, and corporate governance proposed by the United Nations, is the top 3 priorities for all companies committed to achieving sustainable development goals. Propelled by investment firms, evaluators, regulators, and other stakeholders, ESG has evolved into a globally recognized lingua franca and a vital benchmark to assess companies’ sustainable development potential and future investment value. This has culminated in a comprehensive system that encompasses work practices, information disclosure, evaluation ratings, and investment standards. In recent years, the realm of global ESG practice has accelerated significantly, transitioning from voluntary to mandatory disclosure, witnessing a steady rise in the number of entities revealing their ESG performance, an enhanced breadth of disclosed information, and increasingly meticulous disclosure standards.