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We are putting our Environmental Procurement Policy
into practice. This Policy allows us to put strong emphasis on environmental
considerations in our procurement decisions. We are confident that
we can influence suppliers and contractors to operate in a more environmentally
responsible way.
Each of our business branches has begun to implement the policy. We
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Developing environmental specifications and
contractual requirements. |
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Developing criteria to assess the environmental
performance of contractors. |
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Assessing how committed contractors are to environmental
protection. |
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Refining the tender evaluation system to take
account of contractors' and suppliers' environmental scores.
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We give service providers strong incentives to have
their own environmental policies and enhance their commitment to environmental
protection, including waste reduction, re-use and recycling as well
as prevention of pollution and compliance with environmental legislation
and regulations.
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Procurement Policy that requires us to: |
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Identify significant environmental impacts of
materials and services in use. |
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Purchase materials, goods and services to specifications
that are compliant with relevant environmental legislation. |
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Include environmental considerations in our
purchasing decisions so that, if technically acceptable and
economically viable, lower environmental impact goods and services
are purchased. |
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Assess the environmental commitment of suppliers,
contractors and service providers as part of the tender evaluation
process, and to reward the best environmental performers. |
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Require contractors and service providers (where
appropriate) to produce environmental management plans in their
bids for work, and to evaluate the evidence of implementation
as part of the supervision of works. |
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Provide feedback and advice, and to facilitate
training to key suppliers, contractors and service providers
on environmental performance and improvement opportunities. |
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Ensure that all our staff, as well as suppliers,
contractors and service providers are aware of, and act in accordance
with, the Environmental Procurement Policy and contribute to
HA's environmental objectives. |
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Establish systems, targets and action plans for
effective environmental procurement and regular reporting on
performance. |
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We have carried out extensive green slope treatment
works and have drawn up guidelines to control making more concrete
slopes. Through measures such as hydroseeding, we provided green treatment
to 190 000m2 of newly formed slopes.
We also greened a further 50 slopes in existing public rental estates,
compared to 4 in the previous year. In the coming year, our contractors
will green a further 14 000m2 of
new slopes and 70 slopes in existing estates.
In the past year, in existing estates our Landscape Improvement Teams
planted |
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Ground cover plants, shrubs and palms covering
110 700m2. |
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1 200 trees (more than double the number planted
the year before). |
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Provided 15 000 seasonal flowers at festival
times. |
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Over last year, we spent about HK$46 million on greening
measures to enhance the living environment in our estates. Our efforts
are significantly contributing to the government-wide initiative (overseen
by the Coordinating Committee on Greening) to make a green Hong Kong.
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