Company: NOAH
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form Type: 20-F
Source: 0001410578-25-000852
Chunk: 119

Company: NOAH HOLDINGS LTD
Filing Date: 2025-04-24
Form: 20-F
Item: Item 4
Chunk 119
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 also draw reference from the Global Reporting Initiative Standards issued by the Global Sustainability Standards Board, the International Financial Reporting Standards S2-Climate-related disclosures issued by the International Sustainability Standards Board, and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The report will highlight our efforts in ESG matters during the period, including corporate governance, employee compensation, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, sustainable management, human capital management, client-oriented innovation and investor education, digitalization, charity as well as other ESG matters. We hope our efforts will help create a healthy ecosystem in our business operations and promote sustainable development in the industry.
In March 2021, Ms. Jingbo Wang, our founder and chairwomen, signed the Statement of Support for Women’s Empowerment Principles at UN Women. As of December 31, 2024, female employees accounted for 61% of our total employees and 38% of our senior management team. The average training hours of our employees are approximately 87.59 hours in the year. We endeavor to include ESG-related topics into the decision-making process of risk management, product and service development and provision, as well as marketing activities.
In October 2021, we were recognized by the international certification agency SGS and obtained ISO 14064-1:2018 (qualification and reporting of greenhouse gas emission and removal, becoming the first company in mainland China to meet the standard. The office premises we purchased in Hongqiao Transportation Hub consists of four office buildings, one of which was certified as LEED platinum level with the other three as LEED gold level by LEED certification, a globally recognized symbol of sustainability achievement and leaderships.
Since 2021, Noah’s domestic and overseas mutual fund platform, “Smile Fund” and iArk (previously named “iNoah”) have both launched special ESG zone, with a professional team that regularly updates long-term tracking to screen high-quality ESG funds for customers and create more social value while protecting their assets. As of December 31, 2024, the Smile Fund in ESG Zone had launched a total of 11 publicly offered fund products, with a cumulative fundraising amount exceeding RMB158 million.

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In 2022, Rayliant and our company jointly established an ESG committee and set up ESG fundamental quantitative products, aiming to bring long-term relatively stable returns to investors through ESG strategies. As of December 31, 2024, we, our employees and clients had donated more than 387,000