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ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE 環境、社會和管治
ENVIRONMENTAL 環境

The Housing Society is a signatory Carbon Neutrality partner to 房協已簽署商界環保協會的「零碳約章」（前
the Business Environment Council’s Net-Zero Carbon Charter 身為於二零一九年推出的「低碳約章」），並
(formerly known as the Low Carbon Charter in 2019). We have 成為「碳中和」夥伴。我們進一步提高減碳目
scaled up our pledge of achieving carbon reduction targets, 標的承諾，以二零一二╱一三年度作為基準
aiming to cut energy consumption by 20 per cent (up from last 年，致力於二零二九╱三零年度將整體營運
fiscal year’s 15 per cent), across our operations in 2029/30, using 的能源消耗量減少百分之二十，較上個財政
2012/13 as the baseline year. 年度的百分之十五為高。
At the Housing Society, we developed a “Whole Life Cycle Carbon 房協為轄下的房屋項目制定「全生命周期碳排
Assessment” (WLCA) framework tailored to our housing projects 放評估」框架，以減少碳排放。這個框架可評
in order to minimise carbon emissions. The WLCA evaluates 估房屋項目在整個生命周期中對環境造成的
impacts on the environment and carbon footprint throughout 影響及產生的碳足跡，讓我們識別環境影響
the entire life cycle of a housing project, enabling us to identify 的主要源頭，有助於為不同類型的房屋項目
key contributors to environmental impacts useful in establishing 制定碳排放基線。因此，我們能有效測量及
baselines for diverse housing project types. Consequently, we 監察房屋項目的碳排放表現，並由早期的項
can effectively gauge and monitor the carbon performance 目規劃階段，以至採購、建造及項目落成後
of housing projects and implement enhancements, such as 的物業管理階段中，持續採取改善措施，例
innovative and green design initiatives, selection of low-carbon 如採用創新及環保設計、選用碳排放較低的
emission building materials and various robust carbon reduction 建築材料以及採取各種全面的減碳策略。明
strategies, starting from the early project planning stage and 華大廈第二期重建項目將會率先試行「全生命
continuing through procurement, construction and property 周期碳排放評估」。年內，我們已開始有關編
management after project completion. The Ming Wah Dai Ha 製碳排放控制文件記錄的工作，並就項目的
Phase II Redevelopment project will serve as the vanguard of 地基及上蓋建築工程設立電子碳排放評估平
WLCA. The carbon control documentation preparation as well as 台。
a digital carbon assessment platform for the project’s foundation
and superstructure works had commenced during the year.

Our commitment to environmental stewardship is further 房協成功取得 ISO 14001 環境管理系統認
demonstrated by our attainment of the ISO 14001 certification for 證，進一步肯定我們在環境管理方面的貢
environmental management. As the first housing development 獻。作為本港首個獲得此項認證的房屋發展
organisation in Hong Kong to achieve this recognition, the 機構，房協成為實踐環境、社會和管治常規
Housing Society stands as a beacon of excellence in ESG 的卓越典範。
practices.

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