December 8th, 2023 – Shanghai, China. Avon Group, a leading global professional services firm, today announced it has released the China Best ESG Employers Award list for 2023 and another eight earning individual awards for outstanding performance in their specific fields. Hasten Biopharmaceutical Company Limited (Hasten) was awarded " 2023 China's Best Employer ESG Seed Award" for the energy and great potential of company’s organizational optimization and agile operation model.

While ensuring the rapid development of the company, Hasten still stick to the mission of China's healthcare industry, adheres to the path of sustainable development, gives full play to Hasten's commercialization advantages, and devotes itself to becoming a leader in the healthcare industry that is trusted by customers, recognized by employees, and respected by the society, with a foothold in China and an eye on the world through an improved organizational construction and talent strategy.

——Commented by Avon Group's Best ESG Employer Judging Committee

Summer XIA, CEO of Hasten expressed his acknowledgment to Avon Group and said :” As a young Chinese biopharmaceutical company founded 3 years ago with only 18 months of commercial operation, Hasten is in the process of rapid development and continuous improvement of its ‘whole industry chain’. We deeply identify with the significance of ESG in the realization of high-quality development of enterprises, and we have always integrated the construction of ESG concept into the development strategy of the company. In the future, Hasten will continue to strengthen the practice of ESG concepts, carry out the core spirit of sustainable growth, adhere to the mission, benefit more patients, and create social health value!”

The Avon ESG Award recognizes businesses accelerating ESG practices while striving to enhance their employee value proposition beyond employee experience and engagement. The launch of the inaugural China Best ESG Employers Award last year was well received by the business community. This year's awards highlight the real performance and practices of companies under the four criteria of Responsibility, Maturity, Resilience and Agility. Hasten’s award signifies the industry and society's recognition and affirmation of the company's great potential in comprehensive ESG practices.

Hasten's ESG footprints are clearly visible: the Board of Directors and management continuously emphasize ESG goals in the company's strategic development, culture promotion and implementation initiatives; all departments and labor unions pay attention to the sustainable development of employees in their daily work; providing of Employee Assistance Program (EAP); and strengthens the employees' awareness and practice of ESG through internal training and initiatives. According to the latest neurological research questionnaire applied by Aon during the award judging process, the majority of Hasten employees are satisfied and recognize the company's contribution to the environment and trust management's ability to further the ESG development process in the future.

In terms of social responsibility and agility and resilience, Hasten's high-quality products and solutions have benefited more than 5 million patients in the field of chronic diseases and acute and serious illnesses; at the same time, the company has joined hands with its partners to create a closed loop of healthcare services with an innovative model of medical digital marketing, which has further helped to enhance the accessibility of medication for patients. On the other hand, Hasten actively carries out organization construction with talent as the core, in order to build a platform for communication and interaction between management and frontline employees, and listen to the real voice and feedback of frontline employees, the company will continue to promote the dual-wheel drive of employee suggestions and feedbacks in 2023 - the "Listen to Your Voice" and the "Process Optimization" projects complement each other, which not only forms the internal activation mechanism, but also makes the effective innovative suggestions and efficiency improvement programs of the employees become a reality by the "Hasten Speed". To enhance the sense belonging of the staff, the "Elite Club" also regularly recognizes and acknowledges the outstanding staff, and establishes platforms for experience sharing, such as "The Strongest Voice of Critical Care" and "Hasten Learning Hub". These initiatives coincide with the results of Aon's questionnaire survey: Hasten's scores on employee resilience and engagement are well above average, underscoring employees' deep recognition of the company's values and their willingness to grow with the company, which in turn confirms the success of the company's efforts in pursuing faster response times, better products, and smoother communication.

In the future, Hasten will also take this honor to further focus on ESG and sustainable development concepts, practice long-term corporate social responsibility and mission, build a resilient organization, give full play to its potential, and help the company and its employees to achieve high-quality and sustainable growth together.