Our philosophy: Doing Well by Doing Good©

In a time when corporate social responsibility is widely needed, Tsing Capital, through its nine year practice of sustainable and responsible investing, strives to implant the DNA of good corporate behavior into future business stars, sowing the seeds of corporate citizenship in the development of rising private companies.

Tsing Capital is the first private equity firm in China to implement international social and environmental (S&E) standards in its investment. CEF I, as the first in the series, pioneered the triple bottom line investment (TBLI) philosophy. While generating excellent financial returns, CEF I mentors its portfolio companies to achieve important social and environmental returns. CEF II exemplified sustainable and responsible investment (SRI) in the Chinese private equity industry. It believes and demonstrates S&E compliance strengthens core competence and enhances financial valuation in portfolio companies.

Distilled from his experience, in 2007 “Doing Well by Doing Good©” (DWDG) was coined by Mr. Don Ye, Managing Partner of China Environment Fund, and became the motto of Tsing Capital. Tsing Capital continues to work with internationally renowned S&E conscious limited partners such as IFC, ADB, FMO, JBIC, SwedFund and Calvert Ventures and collaborate with policy makers, industrial players and sustainability experts to develop a growing stable of highly successful and sustainable companies.

Tsing Capital’s achievement in generating social and environmental returns is recognized by the business community. In December 2008, Tsing Capital, the fund manager of CEF, received the 2008 China’s Best Corporate Citizenship Growth Award at the China’s Corporate Citizenship Forum hosted by the 21st Century Business News Group. This is the first time that an award of its kind has been given to the venture capital/private equity (VC/PE) industry. One year on in December 2009, Tsing Capital’s continuing contributions to its social and environmental responsibilities was acknowledged via the 2009 China’s Outstanding Corporate Citizen by the China Committee of Corporate Citizenship and Ministry of Civil Affairs.