ESG Report 2023

93 In addition, in order to further increase the effectiveness of water-saving and recycling of reclaimed water, the group has been monitoring and understanding the water consumption and sources of each location of the Group in the long term. The Group does not operate in water-stressed areas. As a non-water-stressed location, the Inner Mongolia Company purchased 7,893,952cubic meters of external water sources in the current year. The supplying unit of the external water sources is the Lin He Dong Cheng District Tap Water Co., Ltd. of Bayannur City. The total amount of investment in water resource paid by the Inner Mongolia Company during the year was RMB15,328,061. All wastewater has been reused without discharge this year. Amount of Water(Cubic Metre) 2023 6,823,440 N/A N/A N/A Amount of Recycled Wastewater 2 13 , 686 , 190 13 , 286 , 551 N/A Note: 1: The source of water withdrawal for all of the water purchased of the Inner Mongolia Company is municipal potable water, with no water withdrawn from sources such as groundwater from wells and boreholes, used quarry water collected in the quarry, surface water, external wastewater, harvester rainwater, and sea water and water extracted from the sea or the ocean. Note: 2: The wastewater management for the Inner Mongolia Company has all of the wastewater recycled, with no discharged wastewater. In order to promote water conservation work, Inner Mongolia Company fully implemented the key environmental protection project for reuse of reclaimed water and set the goal of reusing all reclaimed water during the Year. The treated wastewater is discharged to the reclaimed water reuse system for treatment, achieving zero discharge of wastewater and reducing new water consumption. At the same time, Inner Mongolia Company implemented water conservation measures in production plants and offices and carried out water conservation optimization projects in the plants, bringing an increase in water reuse rate and reduction in unnecessary water consumption. 3 The water reuse of Inner Mongolia Company is satisfactory, with 17,961,933m of water reclaimed. Non-water-stressed Location: 1 Water Purchased of the Inner Mongolia Company Water-stressed Location: Not Applicable 2022 2021 2023 Amount of Discharged water Waste 2022 2021 6,384,124 N/A N/A Amount of Water(Cubic Metre) 7,893,952 17 , 961 , 933 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2023 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited