Our Journey to ESG Investing


As early as 2018, Harvest started to build an ESG experts team to incorporate both quantitative and qualitative ESG research into our investment process. In 2020, Harvest Fund Management was awarded A+ Rating by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in “Strategy and Governance” module for our commitment efforts to integrate ESG considerations into the investment decision making.

HARVEST MILESTONES


1999

Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd is established as one of the first asset management companies in China

2006

Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd becomes the first asset management group in China to manage over CNY 100 billion

2008

Harvest Global Investments Limited (HGI) is established in Hong Kong as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd.

2012

HGI is one of four Chinese asset managers in Hong Kong to launch RQFII ETFs (Harvest MSCI China A Index ETF); the first RMB/HKD Dual Counter ETF in the world and also the first one to track MSCI China A Index.

Harvest Global Investments Limited obtained QFII (Qualified Foreign Institutional Investor) status from China Securities Regulatory Commission.

2013

Harvest Funds Intermediate Bond Fund was launched successfully in the US; marking Harvest’s first step into that market.

Deutsche X-trackers Harvest CSI 300 China A-Shares ETF (“ASHR”), the first U.S.-listed ETF that invests directly in China A-shares, is listed on New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE").

2014

db x-trackers Harvest CSI300 Index UCITS ETF (DR) (“RQFI”) is listed on London Stock Exchange, Deutsche Börse and Borsa Italiana successively. 

2015

Harvest Capital Management and China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group co-launched China’s first environmental protection ABS “Harvest Energy Conservation No.1 Specialized Asset Backed Security” in Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Officially launched the Harvest Environmental Protection and Low Carbon equity mutual fund.

2016

CSI Shuishan Environmental Protection Patent 50 Index” customized by Harvest was launched.

2017

HGI’s first UCITS fund in Europe, Harvest China Evolution Equity Fund, was launched successfully.

HGI became the first asset management company to qualify for the Swiss mutual recognition of funds scheme.

Harvest Capital Management and China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group co-launched China’s first CMBS “Harvest Capital & CECEP Green Building CMBS” in Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

2018

Harvest Fund Management Co., Ltd became an official UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) signatory and a supporter of TCFD - Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures.

2019

Harvest became the first institutional investor member of Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) in China and joined Asian Corporate Governance Association (ACGA) and the China ESG Leaders Association. Harvest launched “CSI 300 Harvest ESG Leaders Index (931382)”.

2020

Harvest ESG Scoring System was launched on Wind terminal.

Harvest was awarded A+ Rating by the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI) in “Strategy and Governance” module in our 2020 Transparency Report for our commitment efforts to integrate ESG considerations into the investment decision making

2021

Harvest ESG Scoring System was launched on Bloomberg terminal.

Harvest CSI 300 ESG ETF was lauched successfully in Hong Kong.

2024

Harvest Global Investments was approved by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to offer virtual asset management services in addition to its existing asset management business.

Harvest Global Investments Issued Asia’s First Batch of Virtual Asset Spot ETFs - Harvest Bitcoin Spot ETF & Harvest Ether Spot ETF.

Launched Harvest Global USD Investment Grade Bond Income Fund.

2025

Launched Harvest USD Money Market Fund.