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Recognises listed companies that showcase best practices within their industry on ESG reporting. This award is divided into large-, mid-and small-cap divisions according to market capitalization as at the company’s recent financial year-end date. 

Large-cap: >HK$30 billion

Mid-cap: >HK$5 Billion-HK$30 billion

Small-cap:<HK$5 billion

Suitable for reports of non-listed companies, recognizing their excellent performance on all criteria. 

Open to international companies, aiming to recognise the best performing companies in ESG reporting and will be assessed against HERA’s eight core criteria. 

Suitable for organisations that adopt the GRI Standards, showing excellence in adhering to GRI reporting principles and requirements, and displaying best practices in sustainability governance, materiality assessment, and stakeholder engagement, etc. 

Awarded to organisations with strong involvement and commitment from the Board of Directors in managing ESG risks and opportunities, setting and reviewing goals, and evaluating ESG performance. 

Recognises organisations that demonstrate comprehensive environmental disclosure, risk mitigation, and bringing positive impact to the environment-related SDGs at the operating location and the wider value chain. 

Awarded to organisations that go beyond social compliance, creating value to the members of the society including employees, suppliers, customers and the local community through business operations, demonstrating positive impact towards achieving social-related SDGs. 

Awarded to organisations that demonstrate commitment and actions towards achieving net-zero carbon emissions. 

First-time HERA applicants are eligible. Awarded to organisations with outstanding performance in all core criterion. 

Awarded to previous HERA participants that made an outstanding improvement on ESG disclosure and performance. Previous Grand and commendation winners of the Best ESG Report are not eligible for this award. 

Recognising the excellence in ESG performance of real estate investors, companies with standing investments are eligible. 

Awards for the real estate developers who demonstrate outstanding ESG performance, companies with development projects are eligible. 

Awards for the real estate investors who achieved the most improvement in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment. 

Awards for the real estate developers who achieved the most improvement in the GRESB Real Estate Assessment.