HKQAA is a non-profit organisation established by the Hong Kong Government in 1989. As one of the leading conformity organisations in the Asia-Pacific region, HKQAA is committed to providing certification and assessment services. Through knowledge sharing and technology transfer, HKQAA helps enterprises enhance management performance and competitiveness.
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2014 |
Since 2014, HKQAA has been providing assessment and rating services on listed companies' sustainability performance for the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series; |
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2016 |
Started the research and development work of the "Green Finance Certification Scheme'' in 2016 to provide third-party certification services for green finance issuers; |
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2017 |
Since 2017, our expert has been nominated by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR Government and the China National Institute of Standardization respectively to directly take part in the technical committee of ISO/TC 207/SC 4 and the working group of ISO/TC 207/SC 4/ WG 7 to develop ISO 14030 Green Debt Instruments – Environmental performance of nominated projects and assets |
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2018 |
Since the beginning of 2018, HKQAA has officially launched the "Green Finance Certification Scheme"; Hong Kong government launched the "Green Bond Grant Scheme" in June 2018 to subsidize eligible green bond issuers to obtain certification through the "Green Finance Certification Scheme" launched by HKQAA; Since 2018, HKQAA has been admitted as an Observer of the Green Bond Principles (GBP) under the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), taking part in the development of international standards on Green Finance; Since 2018, HKQAA has been an approved verifier under the Climate Bonds Standard; In December 2018, our expert was nominated by the Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR Government to directly take part in the technical committee for ISO/TC 322, which is developing the ISO standard for sustainable finance. |
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2019 |
September – Kicked-off "Green Finance Certification Scheme – Green Fund"; |
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2020 |
January – launched "Sustainability-linked Loan Assessment Service"; May – Kicked-off "Green Finance Certification Scheme – ESG Fund"; July – Developed "COVID-19 Resilience Finance Certification Scheme". |
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2021 |
May – Kicked-off Green and Sustainable Finance Certification Scheme; June – Become a Recognised External Reviewer of the Green and Sustainable Finance Grant Scheme |