Car Home (02518) achieved excellent results in the ESG field again, continuously improving its S&P Global ESG CSA rating for three consecutive years.

Recently, Autohome Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A (02518, ATHM.US) has made significant progress in the field of sustainable development. Following the submission of the S&P Global, Inc. Corporate ESG Assessment (ESG CSA) questionnaire at the end of July this year, the official scoring results have now been formally announced. With a total score of 42 points, Autohome Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A has achieved a score improvement for the third consecutive year, surpassing approximately 87% of its industry peers globally, demonstrating outstanding performance in various dimensions such as corporate governance, financial stability, environmental management, and social responsibility. S&P Global, Inc.'s ESG rating (CSA) is one of the oldest and largest corporate sustainability assessments globally. In 2024, over 3,600 companies worldwide voluntarily participated in and completed the S&P Global, Inc. CSA questionnaire. The CSA assessment evaluates various aspects such as corporate transparency, environmental governance, information disclosure, management coverage, development trends, performance, awareness enhancement, and external verification, comprehensively reflecting the level of a company's sustainable development management. The assessment results are directly used to construct the S&P Global, Inc. ESG index, which has become one of the major ESG investment indices globally, tracked by billions of dollars in ETFs, and has significant reference value for evaluating a company's sustainable development. Autohome Inc. Sponsored ADR Class A has always embedded the concept of sustainable development in its corporate strategy, continuously promoting the deep construction of the ESG system. The company not only enhances its practices in core areas such as environmental governance, social responsibility, and corporate control, but also proactively lays out in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence and new energy - achieving breakthrough progress in the application of AI technology scenarios and the construction of a one-stop O2O automotive consumer ecosystem, driving the automotive industry towards a new stage of digital transformation and green development with technological innovation as the engine. The continuous increase in its score for three consecutive years not only serves as strong evidence of its solid achievements in the path of sustainable development but also highlights the company's steadfast commitment to practicing long-termism.