2024 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

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Company Profile

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About this Report

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2.1. Reporting Standard, Period and Scope

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2.2. Access and Response to this Report

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3.

Board's Statement

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4.

Ongoing Communication with Stakeholders

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Supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

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6.

Sustainability in Operations

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6.1.

Responsible Sourcing

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6.2.

Energy Efficiency

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6.3.

Water Conservation

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6.4.

Waste Management

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6.5. Mitigation of Environmental Impacts

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6.6. Implementing Good Environmental Mitigation Measures at

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Construction Sites

6.7. Climate Change and Climate-related Disclosures

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Value Creation for People

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7.1. Developing a Workplace Safety Culture

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7.2. Recruiting and Retaining Talents

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7.3. Adhering to Business Ethics

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7.4. Building a Harmonious Workplace

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Striving for Operational Excellence

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8.1.

Quality Assurance

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8.2.

Sustainable Site Management

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8.3.

Innovative Technology

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8.4.

Complaint Handling Mechanism

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Caring for Community

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10.

Way Forward

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ESG Content Index

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Water consumption

Construction

Occupational

Diversity and equal

Development

and conservation

noise

health and

opportunity

and training

safety

Compliance with

Responding to

relevant socioeconomic

Employment

Supply chain

climate change

laws and regulations

management

ENVIRONMENTAL

ASPECT

Air quality

Energy usage and

Anti-corruption

Protecting intellectual

Protecting customer

property rights

privacy

control

conservation

Compliance with

On-going

Hazardous waste

relevant environmental

General waste recycling

communication

Sustainable development

management

laws and regulations

and management

channels with the

stakeholders

framework

Compliance with relevant

Air quality control

Construction noise

environmental laws and

regulations

Occupational health

Anti-corruption

Protecting customer privacy

and safety

Responding to climate change

Sustainability targets

Sustainable

development

framework

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Mapped SDGs

Targets of the SDGs

The Group's

The Group's

Objectives

Practices and Actions

Goal 3: Good

3.8: Achieve universal

Provide employees

In the case of any work-related

Health and

health coverage,

access to effective

accidents causing injuries to employees,

Well-being

including financial

and high-quality

the Group arranges timely private

risk protection, access

medical care,

medical care (when appropriate) and

to quality essential

including all relevant

covers all relevant medical expenses

health-care services to

medical expenses (if

under the Group's rehabilitation

employees.

applicable).

scheme to assist recovery. The medical

care includes X-ray service, MRI

examination and physiotherapy.

3.9: Reduce the

Reduce and properly

To mitigate the risk of illnesses caused

number of deaths and

handle emissions

by air pollutants, the Group has taken

illnesses caused by

to mitigate adverse

measures to install sensors to monitor

hazardous chemicals

impacts on human

air quality at all construction sites.

and air, water and

health and the

Additionally, chemical waste has also

soil pollution and

environment.

properly collected and stored to prevent

contamination.

any contamination or environmental

pollution caused by leakage. During the

Reporting Period, no deaths or illnesses

attributed to environmental pollution

were reported.

Mapped SDGs

Targets of the SDGs

The Group's

The Group's

Objectives

Practices and Actions

Goal 6: Clean

6.4: Increase water-

Increase water-use

To increase water-use efficiency, the

Water and

use efficiency and

efficiency by reducing

Group has embedded ISO 14001:2015

Sanitation

ensure sustainable

unnecessary water

Environmental Management Systems

withdrawals and

consumption.

into its IMS framework to reduce water

supply of freshwater to

consumption. For instance, the Group

address water scarcity

has installed on-site water storage tanks

and substantially

equipped with water meters to regularly

reduce the number of

monitor water withdrawal. The Group

people suffering from

also conducts regular toolbox talks

water scarcity.

and training programmes for frontline

workers to raise their awareness of

water conservation.

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Mapped SDGs

Targets of the SDGs

The Group's

The Group's

Objectives

Practices and Actions

Goal 8: Decent

8.5: Achieve full

Ensure all employees

The Group has strictly complied with

Work and

and productive

receive fair

the Minimum Wage Ordinance,

Economic Growth

employment and

remuneration, safe

Employees' Compensation Ordinance,

decent work for all

working environment

Mandatory Provident Fund Schemes

women and men,

and opportunities for

Ordinance, anti-discrimination

including for young

development based

ordinances and other relevant

people, and equal

on their qualification,

regulations protecting employees in

pay for work of equal

experiences and

terms of remuneration, compensation

value.

capability, avoiding

and social security. The Group has

any discrimination

ensured that all employees receive fair

related to factors such

remuneration.

as race, gender, age

and religion.

8.8: Protect labour

Pursue zero

The Group considers work safety as

rights and promote

fatality and work-

its first priority and has obtained ISO

safe and secure

related injury while

45001:2018 Occupational Health

working environments

eliminating all forms

and Safety Management Systems

for all workers.

of forced and child

certification to ensure safe working

labour.

environments. Upholding the principle

of safeguarding labour rights, no

instances of illegal labour practices were

identified during the Reporting Period.

The Group takes all necessary measures

to prevent the use of forced labour and

child labour. The Human Resources

and Administration Department (the

"HR Department") is responsible for

verifying candidates' identification

documents prior to official employment

to comply with the applicable rules

and regulations, and to prevent the

engagement of child and forced

labour. With regard to any illegal

labour practices, the HR Department

shall terminate the employment and

take appropriate follow-up actions

immediately.

Ensuring a safe and healthy working

environment is a top priority for the

Group. The Group achieves this by

enforcing stringent safety protocols

and providing appropriate personal

protective equipment to workers

when appropriate. Safety officers are

appointed to monitor the safety issues

of the construction sites and ensure

preventive measures in the safety plan

are well implemented. Regular safety

activities including site safety meetings,

safety inspections and safety trainings

also help employees understand the

importance of workplace safety and

their roles in upholding it.

Mapped SDGs

Targets of the SDGs

The Group's

The Group's

Objectives

Practices and Actions

Goal 9: Industry,

9.5: Enhance scientific

Enhance efficiency in

Innovative strategy is a key part of the

Innovation and

research, upgrade

project management

Group's daily operations. During the

Infrastructure

the technological

and delivery by

Reporting Period, the Group integrated

capabilities.

implementing

various innovative technologies, such

innovation and

as Building Information Modelling

technology.

(BIM) (in over approximately 45% of

its projects), 360 Camera and Alerting

System on Mobile Plant.

Goal 10: Reduce

10.3: Ensure equal

Enforce equal

The Group prioritises fairness in

Inequalities

opportunity and

opportunities for

the workplace and strives to provide

reduce inequalities

employees and foster

equal opportunities while preventing

of outcome,

anti-discrimination

discrimination by adhering to relevant

including eliminating

culture in the

rules and regulations. During the

discriminatory laws,

workplace.

recruitment process, the Group

policies and practices

assesses the potential candidates by

and promoting

their qualification, experiences and

appropriate legislation,

capability, regardless of their race,

policies and action in

gender, age, religion or any other

this regard.

irrelevant factors to the job positions.

The Group firmly upholds a zero-

tolerance policy towards any form of

discrimination within the workplace.

Goal 11:

11.6: By 2030, reduce

Reduce waste

The Group is committed to promoting

Sustainable Cities

the adverse per capita

generation through

resource utilisation and reducing

and Communities

environmental impact

waste management

waste generation through sound waste

of cities, including

strategies.

management practices.

by paying special

attention to air

quality and municipal

and other waste

management.

Goal 12:

12.5: Reduce waste

Divert waste away

The Group's waste management

Responsible

generation through

from landfill to

approach is based on the 4R principles:

Consumption and

prevention, reduction,

minimise the wastage

reduce, reuse, recycle and replace.

Production

recycling and reuse.

of resources.

During the Reporting Period, the

Group disclosed the quantities of

recycled paper, plastic, and metals

separately to enhance the efficiency of

the waste stream monitoring.

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