Annual Report 2019

Overall Property Rental Hotel & Service Apartment Food & Beverage Travel Consumption (m 3 ) 386,039 76,947 207,102 112,318 N/A 10 Intensity 128.9 m 3 per $1M Rev 0.065 m 3 per sq ft 0.854 m 3 per guest night 0.143 m 3 per cover N/A Efficient Use of Water Another focus towards environmental protection is efficient use of water. To minimize water consumption in our business operations, most of the public toilets in our shopping centers have been equipped with automatic sensors at the washing basins and the urinals, and dual flush system devices at the water closets. Water aerators have been installed to the shower facilities to reduce the water flow in all guest rooms in our hotels. We also installed a 1,000-litre storage tank in the basement of Mira Place Carpark to collect discarded water from the fire-fighting system for future cleaning purposes. Due to our business nature, there is no issue on sourcing water. Minimizing and Recycling of Waste in Daily Operations Green Practice to Minimize Waste We established green purchasing and practices across our business and back office operations to ease the burden to the environment. For example, we used environmental-friendly soybean ink, PEFC certified paper and eco-friendly cleaning chemicals, and set 2-sided black-&-white printing by default. We also maximized use of internet technology to promote paperless operations which also applied to our daily purchasing and tendering procedures. We adopted recyclable and renewable materials and other green alternatives in our operations, such as sourcing sustainable seafood products provided by suppliers operating green fish farming, and paper straws and paper takeaway bags without lamination for our restaurants. Waste Recycling Recycling bins are provided at Mira Place Tower A, Mira Place 1 & 2 and The Mira Hong Kong for collecting paper, plastics, aluminum cans, glass containers, used soap and amenity bottles from guest rooms for recycling. We also joined the Christmas and Peach Blossom Trees Recycling Programmes organized by Environment Protection Department. Licensed recycler is engaged to manage the electronic waste generated in the operations. The service has been further extended to our tenants of Mira Place Tower A, Mira Place 1 & 2 in early 2020 to promote proper treatment of electronic waste and turning waste to resource. Cooking Oil We have appointed a contractor with international sustainability and carbon certification to handle used cooking-oil in our hotels and restaurants. As a socially-responsible landlord, we encouraged the Food and Beverage (‘‘F&B’’) tenants in our shopping mall to participate in such recycling programme. The appointed contractor can recycle the used cooking-oil into biodiesel vehicle/industrial fuel at its plant. During 2019, 24,795L of used cooking-oil has been collected. Food Wastage Two food decomposer machines were installed in Mira Place 1 for handling food waste collected from F&B tenants and staff canteen. The decomposers use water and heat to biodegrade leftover food and turn the solidified leftovers into nutrient-rich water that can be disposed or diluted for use on lawns and flowerbeds. During 2019, 821,902kg of food waste has been handled. Water Consumption in Hong Kong Operations 10 Our travel business operates in leased office premises in Hong Kong of which the water usage was very minimal and its supply was controlled by the respective building management, thus the water consumption data is not available Environmental, Social and Governance Report Annual Report 2019 Miramar Hotel and Investment Company, Limited 034