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Hitek Global Inc..

HKIT.US | Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies

Hitek Global Inc. is a holding company that operates through its subsidiaries, primarily focusing on the wholesale distribution of agricultural machinery, equipment, and supplies. The company facilitates the sale of tractors, harvesters, planting machines, irrigation systems, and other related produ...Show More

Ethical Profile

Mixed.

Hitek Global Inc. (HKIT.US), an IT solutions provider, presents a mixed ethical picture. While critics note its indirect support for carbon-intensive petrochemical and coal industries, the company highlights significant environmental efforts. Hitek Global reports a 69% carbon footprint reduction from renewable energy in 2024, aiming for a 30% emission cut by 2030. Its fleet is 60% electric, 40% hybrid, and it pursues a "Gimme 5" initiative for 5% annual reductions in consumption and waste from 2025. The company also holds ISO14001 accreditation. For other ethical aspects like fair pay, ethical sourcing, and data security, public reports suggest insufficient evidence to fully assess Hitek Global's practices.

Value Scores

Better Health for All0
-100100
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity0
-100100
Fair Pay & Worker Respect0
-100100
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing0
-100100
Honest & Fair Business0
-100100
Kind to Animals0
-100100
No War, No Weapons0
-100100
Planet-Friendly Business-10
-100100
Respect for Cultures & Communities0
-100100
Safe & Smart Tech0
-100100
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products0
-100100

Better Health for All

0

The provided articles for Hitek Global Inc. (HKIT.US) focus primarily on financial performance, IPO details, and environmental sustainability initiatives. The company's core business involves the wholesale distribution of agricultural machinery, equipment, and supplies, and information technology consulting and solutions.

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None of the articles contain specific, concrete data points or information directly related to the company's impact on health outcomes, health-related products or services, patient safety, accessibility of health products, health innovation, or any other health-specific metrics outlined in the 'Better Health for All' rubric. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the evidence provided.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

0

Hitek Global Inc. is primarily involved in the wholesale distribution of agricultural machinery and equipment, and provides IT consulting and solutions services, including Anti-Counterfeiting Tax Control System (ACTCS) tax devices and services to small and medium businesses (SMEs) in China.

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The company does not operate as a financial institution, nor does it offer lending, deposit, or consumer credit products. Therefore, all KPIs related to financial services, such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives (loan/insurance book), data accessibility (financial data), fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes (credit/savings), profit reinvestment in community finance, financial literacy initiatives, debt burden ratio, geographic inclusion (banking deserts), and product simplicity (financial products), are not applicable to its core business model.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for HKIT.US regarding living wage coverage, CEO to median pay ratio, collective bargaining share, safety incident rate, pay equity ratio, worker engagement score, turnover rate, labor violation incidents, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage. While the CEO compensation for HKIT.US was reported as US$218.4k for 2024, median employee compensation was not provided, preventing the calculation of a CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio.

1
General industry averages for CEO-to-worker pay ratios were mentioned for S&P 500 companies, but no specific data for HKIT.US was available.
2

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

0

No evidence available to assess Hitek Global Inc. on Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing.

Honest & Fair Business

0

No specific, concrete evidence was found in the provided articles for Hitek Global Inc. (HKIT.US) regarding any of the KPIs for the 'Honest & Fair Business' ethical value. Articles discussing 'Hi-Tech Electric Company' and 'Hitech Construction Company Ltd.' were not explicitly stated to be about subsidiaries of HKIT.US, and thus their information could not be applied. The articles directly pertaining to HKIT.US focused on financial results and explicitly stated a lack of data on ethical or ESG metrics.

1

Kind to Animals

0

No evidence available to assess Hitek Global Inc. on Kind to Animals.

No War, No Weapons

0

No evidence available to assess Hitek Global Inc. on No War, No Weapons.

Planet-Friendly Business

-10

Hitek Global's business model is fundamentally neutral to slightly misaligned with the Planet-Friendly Business value due to its indirect support of carbon-intensive industries. The company provides communication interface systems to the petrochemical and coal industries, which diminishes its positive alignment with planet-friendly practices. While the company states a 69% reduction in carbon footprint from renewable energy transition in 2024

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, and utilizes solar and wind energy at various locations
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, it also targets a 30% reduction in carbon emissions by 2030
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. 60% of the company fleet is fully electric, and 40% is hybrid
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. The company also has a "Gimme 5" initiative targeting a 5% year-on-year reduction in gas, electricity, and water consumption, and from 2025, CO₂ emissions and waste
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. The company has ISO14001 accreditation
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. Given the limited quantitative data and the company's involvement with carbon-intensive industries, a conservative score is appropriate.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

0

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to assess HKIT.US against any of the KPIs for 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'.

1
The articles primarily focused on financial results and career opportunities, explicitly stating the absence of information regarding cultural sensitivity, community engagement, or related metrics.
2

Safe & Smart Tech

0

No evidence available to assess Hitek Global Inc. on Safe & Smart Tech.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

0

No specific, concrete data points for HKIT.US related to waste diversion, product recyclability, packaging sustainability, recycled content, single-use plastic reduction, take-back programs, circular design, waste reduction initiatives, hazardous waste management, product durability, repairability, waste audit frequency, zero waste certification, waste disposal violations, material efficiency, packaging to product ratio, waste reduction targets, supplier waste requirements, or customer waste education were found in the provided articles. The articles either focused on financial aspects of the IPO,

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described a carbon tracking platform from a different entity (HITEK AI),
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or discussed sustainability efforts of a different company (HITEK-ltd.co.uk),
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explicitly stating no data for HKIT.US.

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