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- Allied Sustainability and Environmental Consultants Group Limited (8320.HK) is a Cayman Islands-incorporated investment holding company that, through its subsidiaries, provides sustainability and environmental consulting services focused on green buildings, ESG strategies and climate transition across Hong Kong, mainland China, Macau and the Asia-Pacific region. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Wan Chai, Hong Kong, the group operates principally through four segments offering green building certification consultancy including BEAM Plus, LEED, WELL, BREEAM, China GBL, EDGE and Fitwel assessments for new and existing structures such as residential, commercial, data centres and public infrastructure; sustainability and environmental consultancy encompassing environmental impact assessments, noise and air quality impact assessments, air ventilation assessments, carbon and energy audits, and built environment studies; acoustics, noise and vibration control, audio-visual design, lighting and theatre planning services; and ESG reporting and consultancy featuring Sustainature, an online ESG management platform, alongside green finance advisory, sustainability strategies and stock exchange-compliant reporting. The group serves property developers, owners, government authorities, architects, designers and contractors, maintaining memberships in bodies such as Hong Kong Green Building Council, USGBC, WorldGBC and GRESB. A subsidiary of Gold Investments Limited, it holds SBTi-validated science-based targets to reduce scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 42% by 2030 from a 2023 base year, achieve net-zero by 2044 and align with 1.5°C warming limits. Recent developments include signing a September 2024 memorandum of understanding with The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (Towngas) to form a joint venture targeting sustainability consultancy, green building certification, green projects development and super connector services in green energy and climate transition; establishing wholly-owned subsidiary Shanghai AEC Environmental Technology Service Co., Ltd. in September 2025 to expand green building, ESG, carbon neutrality and green finance services across mainland China's Yangtze River Delta and nationwide; entering five memoranda of understanding in July 2025 with entities in UAE, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore and others for Belt and Road cooperation on low-carbon construction, green technology and ESG; and deepening ties with South Korea's EnergyX Inc., GRESB, CRREM and WorldGBC for net-zero solutions, real estate decarbonization training and green finance benchmarks.