ITG Holding releases 2025 Sustainability Report, marking five consecutive years of ESG disclosure

XIAMEN, China, Oct. 29, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On July 29, Xiamen ITG Holding Group Co., Ltd. ("ITG Holding") released its 2025 Sustainability Report. This marks the fifth consecutive year that the company has published a sustainability report, providing a comprehensive overview of its commitments, practices and performance in environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters in 2025.

Addressing climate change is central to ITG Holding's sustainability strategy. The company has incorporated climate action into its strategic framework, manages climate risks in accordance with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), and systematically reduces carbon emissions from its operations and supply chain through a dual approach combining a green circular value chain with the substitution of clean energy for conventional energy sources. In 2025, the company's total greenhouse gas emissions (Scope 1 and Scope 2) amounted to 1.1745 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, with direct Scope 1 emissions down 82% from 2024.

Xiamen ITG Group Corp., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Xiamen ITG Group"), a subsidiary of ITG Holding, leverages its supply chain integration capabilities to promote resource recycling across key business areas, including pulp and paper, renewable oils and green fibres. In the pulp and paper sector, it is upgrading its forest-pulp-paper supply chain. In the waste oil sector, it is promoting the conversion of used cooking oil into biodiesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). In fibre materials, it is expanding into Lyocell fibre and promoting renewable, biodegradable green fibres.

Jinhaixia, a subsidiary of ITG Holding, has introduced an innovative ESG-linked factoring finance model to support green technological upgrades in energy-intensive industries such as steelmaking. The case was selected as a representative example of inclusive finance in the Greater Bay Area in 2025. Haicang Qirun Warehouse, operated by Xiamen ITG Group, invested in a distributed power generation project that generated a total of 100,200 kWh in 2025. Rooftop photovoltaic systems at several residential projects developed by Xiamen ITG Real Estate Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "ITG Real Estate") generated a total of 1.9815 million kWh over the year.

ITG Holding regards innovation as a key driver of high-quality development. Its R&D investment reached RMB 301 million in 2025. In partnership with C&D Inc. and Xiangyu Co., Ltd., the company established Xiamen Smart Chain Innovations Co., Ltd., which was approved as a national pilot base for the application and testing of artificial intelligence in the international logistics and supply chain sector. The first phase of its Smart Decision-Making Chain for Iron Ore project has been completed successfully. The project provides clients with market forecasts and in-depth analysis of the factors driving prices, achieving approximately 70% stability in trend forecasts.

Xiamen CCRE Group Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "CCRE Group"), a subsidiary of ITG Holding, has completed its core product range of electric wheel loaders with rated capacities ranging from two to seven tonnes, with the full range now on the market. It has also successfully completed the trial production of its first 135-tonne methanol-powered excavator prototype. Meanwhile, an invention patent for an electronic tag developed by XINDECO IoT received the China Patent Excellence Award. The innovation addresses key industry challenges, including technical bottlenecks in chip and antenna technology and low throughput at access-control gates, while helping attract more businesses across the RFID industry chain to Xiamen.

In fulfilling its social responsibilities and supporting talent development, the company invested tens of millions of yuan in assistance programmes in 2025. Its training programmes reached more than 100,000 participant attendances, and it organized 626 volunteer service activities involving 5,153 employee participations.

In corporate governance, the company continued to strengthen its three-pillar governance framework, built on risk management, supported by internal controls and underpinned by compliance. It helped seven investee companies further develop tailored integrity risk prevention and control systems and compiled 195 integrity risk prevention and control manuals. Its core information management system also passed the Level 2 certification under China's Multi-Level Protection Scheme for cybersecurity.

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