Climate Change Data

FinVolution Group

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2019

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental sustainability
  • Social responsibility
  • Corporate governance
  • ESG management
  • Comprehensive risk management
  • Information security & privacy protection
  • Responsible operations
  • Access to finance
  • Employee care and training & development mechanism
  • Contribution to industry development

Social Achievements

  • Employee care and training & development mechanism

Governance Achievements

  • ESG management
  • Comprehensive risk management
  • Information security & privacy protection
  • Responsible operations

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, MSCI ESG Rating Methodology

Reporting Period: 2020

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental sustainability
  • Social responsibility
  • Corporate governance
  • Information security & privacy protection
  • Responsible operations
  • Access to finance
  • Employee care and training & development
  • Contribution to industry development

Social Achievements

  • Increased focus on employee health and corporate social responsibility

Governance Achievements

  • Strengthened privacy protection
  • Increased focus on information security

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, MSCI ESG Rating Methodology

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:7,033.30 tCO2e/year (Scope 2 only)
Scope 2 Emissions:7,033.30 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:16,322.04 MWh/year
Water Consumption:28,491 tons/year
Waste Generated:1.5 tons/year (paper)
Carbon Intensity:0.74 tCO2e/million RMB revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Corporate Governance
  • Inclusive Finance
  • Green and Resilient Operation
  • Corporate Citizenship
  • Risk Management
  • Data Security
  • Employee Wellbeing
  • Human Rights
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

  • Greenhouse gas emissions intensity reduced by 45% against 2020
  • Energy consumption intensity reduced by 9% year-on-year
  • Intensity of water consumption reduced by 18% against 2020
  • Intensity of paper consumption reduced by 55% against 2020
  • PUE of GDS data center was less than 1.4 in 2021, outperforming the global average of 1.57

Social Achievements

  • Served approximately 826,000 small business owners in China
  • Total loan origination amount of small business loan products reached RMB 27.0 billion
  • Optimized performance management system
  • Provided additional financial support to employees for medical care
  • Offered a wide array of networking events to staff
  • Updated emergency plans and offered health education and consultation programs to ensure employees' physical safety and mental health
  • Raised more than RMB 11 million in cash or kind and contributed over 599 employee volunteer hours to public welfare initiatives

Governance Achievements

  • Established a rigorous risk-based compliance system
  • Established a top-down integrity governance framework to oversee business ethics and integrity
  • Leveraged financial technology innovations to maintain systematic and efficient risk management
  • Upgraded ESG governance framework by establishing the ESG Committee and ESG Working Group
  • Revised and released Risk Management Regulations (version 4.0)

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Achieving GHG net-zero emission in 2060
Medium-term Goals:
  • Achieving carbon peak emission in 2030
Short-term Goals:
  • Achieving carbon-neutral operational emissions (scope 1 and 2) step by step since 2020

Environmental Challenges

  • Sporadic outbreaks of COVID-19
  • Developments in inclusive finance, digitalization, rural revitalization, decarbonization, and networked security
  • Intertwined and complex risks and opportunities
  • Cybercrime and telecom fraud
  • Maintaining high standards of service while managing a large volume of customer inquiries and complaints
Mitigation Strategies
  • Established a comprehensive anti-fraud initiative
  • Strengthened technological countermeasures against telecommunications fraud
  • Developed a systematic operational risk control mechanism
  • Deployed an AI-powered, self-service system for customer support
  • Adopted a multi-channel approach for customer communication
  • Implemented a systematic loan collection process
  • Developed a 5-layer information security framework
  • Implemented pandemic prevention measures, including a health information reporting platform, a 24/7 psychological counseling hotline, and work-from-home arrangements

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 21/year

Responsible Procurement
  • Procurement Management Policy
  • Supplier life-cycle management procedures
  • Approved supplier list
  • Supplier certifications review
  • Supplier rating based on evaluation results
  • Annual reviews and ad-hoc onsite evaluations

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Flood
  • Typhoon
  • Rising Mean Temperatures
  • Rising Sea Levels
Transition Risks
  • Policy and Legal
  • Technology
  • Market
  • Reputation
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and services

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 1
  • SDG 3
  • SDG 4
  • SDG 5
  • SDG 8
  • SDG 9
  • SDG 10
  • SDG 11
  • SDG 12
  • SDG 13
  • SDG 16
  • SDG 17

The report details how FinVolution's initiatives contribute to these goals throughout the document.

Awards & Recognition

  • Rated Low Risk by Morningstar Sustainalytics
  • The Time Weekly: The Fifth Golden Tangerine Award of The Time Weekly-Technological Empowerment Financial Institution Award
  • Information Times: Best Social Responsibility Companies of the Year
  • The “Outstanding Economic Contribution Award of Pudong New Area” for four consecutive years
  • Phoenix WEMONEY: Outstanding Fintech Institution
  • China Times: Jin Chan Award - Outstanding Investor Relations of the Year Award
  • CAIXIN: 2021 New Insights- Best Financial Services Pioneer of the Year Award
  • Shanghai Economy and Information Technology Commission: the 4th Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Conference “AI + Retail Digital Transformation Most Innovative Technology Award” and the 4th Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Conference “AI + Fintech Best Practice Award
  • 01 CAIJING: 2nd place in the Top 30 Digital Small and Micro Financial Service Institutions of 2021
  • The “Top 10 Data Security and Governance Benchmarking Enterprises” at the 1st China Credit Economy Development Summit and the 3rd Annual Conference on Digital Credit and Risk Control in 2021
  • Beijing Top 10 Financial Brands Appraisal
  • the Best Social Responsibility Financial Company

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • ESG strategy and management
  • Comprehensive risk management
  • Information security & privacy protection
  • Customer protection & responsible operations
  • Inclusive finance
  • Employee care and training & development mechanisms
  • Contribution to industry development

Social Achievements

  • Inclusive finance initiatives

Governance Achievements

  • Obtained ISO 14064 verification from SGS
  • Achieved United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
  • Publicly endorsed and advocated for the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact
  • Received a "low risk" ESG rating from Sustainalytics for the second consecutive year

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, MSCI ESG Rating Methodology, UN Global Compact

Certifications: ISO 14064

Third-party Assurance: SGS

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • ESG management
  • Comprehensive risk management
  • Information security & privacy protection
  • Responsible and sustainable operations
  • Access to finance
  • Employee care and training & development mechanisms
  • Contribution to industry development
  • Technology
  • Green principles
  • Kindness
  • Integrity and compliance
  • Low-carbon development
  • Harmonious relationships with employees, partners, and communities

Social Achievements

  • Employee care and training & development mechanisms

Governance Achievements

  • Emphasis on integrity and compliance

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, MSCI ESG Rating Methodology