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Having recognized that we have an impact on the environment, we strive
to minimize the effect of our day-to-day operations and integrate green
concepts into our products and services. We also promote environmental
awareness to our business partners and the community.
Our Commitments to the Environment
The Group recognizes the importance of timely action in combating climate change. The
Paris Agreement from the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference represents a
shared global vision, and we wish to play a role in mitigating and adapting to climate change
effects. We aspire to meet the Hong Kong government’s voluntary 40% carbon-intensity
reduction target in 2025 as compared to 2005.
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Environmental policy, strategies, and actions at SHKP are led and overseen by an
Environmental Committee chaired by an Executive Director. We implement environmental
policies in a systematic, disciplined and accountable way. ISO 14001 Environmental
Management System has been accredited across our property management portfolio and
IT infrastructure businesses. Self and third-party assessments are conducted regularly to
evaluate our environmental performance and enable continuous improvement. We have
an online system to collect sustainability data across our diverse businesses since 2014,
which helps us achieve better efficiency in data collection and more effective environmental
performance measurement.
The Group’s environmental policy goes
beyond law and regulatory compliance
and we had no material non-compliance
regarding environmental issues in 2014/15.
Proactive measures have been taken to
anticipate emerging policy changes such as
waste and water management issues.
Enabling Sustainable Choices
We have 91 stations providing free charging for electric vehicles in 56 commercial or
residential properties.
Our IT infrastructure business uses advanced technology to achieve optimumenvironmentally
sustainable performance. We have data centre infrastructure management in our data
centres. We are also spearheading efforts to build our data centres to cater for the needs of
the world’s largest cloud service providers and of enterprises looking for private or hybrid
cloud solutions. Cloud computing provides a more efficient, on-demand option to deploy
and operate IT application systems in a business context, and helps reduce the scale of
service infrastructure to improve the competitiveness of companies by reducing energy and
maintenance costs.
We strive to offer greener products and services across our business divisions so customers
can make sustainable choices.
Sustainable products
Buildings account for 90% of the electricity consumed in Hong Kong, so optimizing building
design and retrofitting existing buildings are two strategies highly conducive to reducing
energy consumption. We take factors such as energy efficiency, material use and waste
management into account in decision making from design to construction.
Green technology and innovation play a big role in driving sustainable development in the
property industry. We collaborated with the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to develop
a world-class energy optimizer for the air-conditioning system and an energy-efficient lift
system in ICC, and these save enough electricity annually to supply the energy needs of
6,500 families of four for a month.
We have high standards for development
projects to achieve efficiency and sustainability,
and received 43 international certifications for
properties in recognition of sustainability in
2014/15. These included 32 certifications under the
Hong Kong Building Environmental Assessment
Method (BEAM) and Leadership in Energy and
Environmental Design (LEED). We now have 52
qualified BEAM professionals in our team.
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Hong Kong SAR Government’s Energy Saving Plan for Hong Kong’s Built Environment
2015~2025+, May 2015.
International Commerce Centre
Value Created for Environment
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Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited Sustainability Report 2014/15