Annual Report 2024

86 China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2024 ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT (CONTINUED) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTINUED) Green Office and Operation (continued) Waste Management (continued) Non-hazardous office waste management (continued) The ESG Taskforce is responsible for adopting measures to reach the established goals, which are as follows: ‧ promoting resources conservation through posters and internal communications; ‧ setting up suggestion boxes for employees to provide additional resource conservation practices ideas; ‧ placing recycling bins at different spaces in the offices; ‧ phasing out paper documents and replacing them with electronic documents; ‧ encouraging employees to bring and use their own cups to work; and ‧ avoiding the purchase of bottled water or other single-use plastic products. During the Reporting Period, we have been regularly implementing the above measures to pursuing Target 1 and Target 2. Energy Consumption The Company is committed to conserving the scarce resources. In order to improve energy efficiency and reduce the office energy consumption, a series of practices have been adopted by the Investment Manager. It is also the Investment Manager’s goal to help employees develop a better green mind-set by integrating energy saving behaviours into the daily habits of employees in and out of the office. We hope that with the above-mentioned practices, the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions would be kept at minimal. Since the electricity usage is included in the building management fee, hence no relevant consumption data could be disclosed during the Reporting Period. As mentioned previously in our environmental policy, we believe there is a role for us to play in protecting the environment. The Company and the Investment Manager have set the following target: Target 3 To consider the electricity conservation policy and measures adopted by the buildings as one of the selection criteria for new rental offices by 2025.