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.