On
April 23, 2014, SDL (002658.SZ), Yong Qing Environmental Protection
(300187.SZ), Sander (000826.SZ), and Modern Investment (000900.SZ) were the
four listed companies selected for the first batch of environmental protection
service industry pilot companies to carry out environmental services pilot work
respectively for the different areas.
The
Ministry of Environmental Protection issued a notice to 19 companies about “The
agreement to launch pilot environmental protection services”. The pilot has
focused on the direction of the four listed companies; Yong Qing Environmental
Protection is to focus on regional environmental quality improvement and comprehensive
environmental protection services, SDL is to focus on environmental monitoring
of social services, Sander group focuses on the township sewage treatment and comprehensive
environmental protection service, and Modern Investment focuses on
environmental financial services and exploring the financing mechanism of
environmental protection projects.