In the context of the deepening of new urbanization and the comprehensive popularization of green building standards, ESG has become the core yardstick for measuring the green manufacturing strength, quality control capabilities and social responsibilities of enterprises in the decoration and building materials industry.
The recently released ESG active rating results of A-share listed companies show that leading decoration and building materials companies have taken the lead in deeply integrating sustainable concepts into the entire industry chain operations, becoming the industry’s environmental upgrade and quality benchmark. However, the industry as a whole has shown significant gradient differentiation, and ESG systematic construction has become the core path to solve the industry’s high energy consumption pain points and promote high-quality development.
Industry rating performance: Gradient differentiation characteristics are significant, with Beijing New Building Materials leading the way
The rating results show that the ESG development of the decoration and building materials industry presents an obvious echelon differentiation pattern.
BNBM leads the industry with AApi level and has become the benchmark for ESG practice in the industry; Bunny Baby and 3Trees rank among the first tier with AA-pi level.
There are 10 companies with grades ranging from A+pi to BBB-pi, forming the middle echelon of the industry. Among them, Keshun Co., Ltd., Sentai Co., Ltd. and Dongfang Yuhong were rated A+pi, Ruitai Technology was rated Api, Sinosteel Luonai and Luopskin were rated A-pi; Asia Innovative Energy and Weixing New Materials were rated BBB+pi, A.D. Co., Ltd. was rated BBBpi, and Fangda Group was rated BBB-pi.
In addition, more than 60% of companies are still in the initial stage of ESG, with levels of BB+pi and below, and there is significant room for improvement in environmental management and social responsibility disclosure.
Taken together, leading companies have obtained higher ESG ratings by virtue of their complete green manufacturing systems, full-chain quality control and responsibility governance capabilities, while tail-end companies still need to speed up the construction of ESG systems to cope with increasingly stringent green building materials standards and product quality requirements.
Key ESG issues in the industry: anchoring green and low carbon, quality and safety, and responsible people’s livelihood
In the environmental dimension, the industry’s production links involve high energy consumption and high emission processes, and the products directly affect the health of the living environment, so companies need to vigorously promote
Clean production and energy-saving transformation at the production end, optimizing the energy structure, strengthening standardized management and recycling of solid waste and hazardous waste; at the same time, increasing investment in research and development of green building materials, promoting low-carbon environmentally friendly products, establishing a product life cycle carbon footprint management system, reducing carbon emissions from the entire construction industry chain from the source, and promoting the development of green buildings.
In the social dimension, product quality and human settlement safety are the insurmountable lifeline of the industry. Enterprises need to strengthen quality control throughout the chain to ensure that products are environmentally friendly, safe and reliable, and protect the health of consumers; at the same time, they fulfill their responsibilities for people’s livelihood, protect the rights and interests of employees, promote livelihood projects such as rural revitalization and renovation of old communities, help build a livable environment, and fulfill industry social responsibilities.
In the governance dimension, in the face of regulatory upgrades in the construction industry and global green trade barriers, companies need to establish a complete compliance governance system, strengthen safety production, environmental protection and supply chain responsibility management, while improving information transparency and proactively disclosing ESG performance, green product research and development and social responsibility fulfillment.
Excellent industry practices: Leading companies set transformation benchmarks with full-chain management and control
Highly rated companies in the decoration and building materials industry have formed a series of replicable ESG practice samples based on green environmental protection and people’s livelihood needs.
Beijing Building Materials Co., Ltd. integrates green and low-carbon into its development strategy.
In 2025, comprehensive energy consumption per 10,000 yuan of output value will decrease by 0.74% year-on-year, non-fossil energy consumption will reach 134,400 tons of standard coal, photovoltaic power generation installed capacity will increase by 80.9% year-on-year, and power supply will increase by 99.6% year-on-year.
On the research and development side, BNBM has established a three-level scientific and technological innovation system to tackle key areas of technology and built an intelligent gypsum board production line with independent intellectual property rights.
In terms of safety, BNBM has comprehensively promoted the construction of first-level safety production standardization, and 108 companies have launched the “Anzhitong” intelligent safety system.
In terms of governance, BNBM has established the “Working Rules of the Board Strategy and ESG Committee” to standardize the decision-making and discussion process of ESG matters, and incorporate key ESG indicators into the performance appraisal and compensation system of senior managers. At the same time, it actively organizes directors to participate in ESG theme training, which covers corporate governance, ESG development trends and disclosure analysis and other aspects.
Bunny actively introduces advanced international standards and has passed more than ten international environmental protection certifications such as FSC, CARB, and CE, becoming an environmental pioneer in the development of green products. It achieves low-carbon development through energy transformation, energy-saving renovation, young forest tending and other measures, and links upstream and downstream supply chains to jointly promote carbon management actions.
On the research and development side, Tubaobao independently develops environmentally friendly adhesives and conquers core technologies such as wood flame retardancy and zero-formaldehyde ultra-clean technology.
Launch technological wood products, build an intelligent manufacturing home industrial park, and continuously break through technical bottlenecks.
All production bases under 3TREES have comprehensively carried out greenhouse gas inventory and accounting, and formulated the “3TREES Carbon Emission Management System” to provide operational basis and management guarantee for carbon emission management. Factories under construction and put into operation have improved their three-waste treatment capabilities and incorporated environmental protection indicators into management performance appraisal standards. At the same time, they have optimized the energy structure and used factory roof resources to deploy distributed photovoltaic systems.
In supply chain management, 3TREES attaches great importance to ESG risk management and control in the supply chain. The proportion of suppliers that have signed contracts with anti-bribery clauses and the proportion of suppliers that conduct environmental and social impact assessments have both reached 100%.
Industry Outlook: Using ESG to empower the high-quality development of the decoration and building materials industry
Looking to the future, driven by the dual drive of new urbanization construction and “double carbon” goals, companies need to continue to deepen the transformation of green manufacturing and increase the research and development and application of environmentally friendly materials and low-carbon processes.
, promote the greening of the entire life cycle of products, and help the development of green buildings and ultra-low energy buildings; at the same time, strengthen quality and safety control, improve the whole-chain quality traceability system, protect residential health, and fulfill people’s livelihood responsibilities; leading companies will play a benchmarking role, form a collaborative development pattern across the entire chain, and jointly promote the green upgrade of the decoration and building materials industry.
For decoration and building materials companies, they need to embed the concept of green manufacturing, adhere to quality and safety, and take responsibility into the entire process of R&D, production, and service. In the wave of industrial upgrading, they must be good practitioners of low-carbon transformation, use green building materials to empower the high-quality development of the Chinese construction industry, and create safe, environmentally friendly, and comfortable livable spaces for thousands of households.
