6.1 Environment
Cargo Services environment management policy is to promote sustainable economic development in all business units, while, at the same time, endeavoring to:
• measure the impact of activities on the environment and improve the results in terms of their environment–friendliness;
• lessen the consumption of natural resources by re-use, recycling or reduced use of materials, and using products that are recyclable or come from sustainable sources;
• apply environment-friendly practices in all our offices and facilities, particularly in our warehouses and our fleet of trucks; and
• offer environment-friendly product alternatives so as to enable customers to meet their own sustainability obliga¬tions.
To accomplish these objectives, we pilot new projects, programs and technologies to further reduce or even eliminate releases of pollutants to air, water or soil; and to save the use of resources which contribute to the implementation of the environ¬mental strategy.
Green Office
Cargo Services has launched several initiatives at its offices in Hong Kong (China) and PRC. Examples include using recycle and FSC certified paper, promoting double page print¬ing, installing the energy-efficient light sources, introducing energy-saving machines in automated systems. Additionally, sun-blinds keep the unnecessary heat out of buildings in the first place.
Green Traveller
Since 2011, Cargo Services has adopted a green travel program for its Hong Kong (China) and PRC offices. High-speed railway is the preferred way of travelling for our executives in China. The use of video conferences is encouraged to replace travelling for face- to-face meetings.
Green Facilities
All new facilities to be built by Cargo Services will incorporate the latest technology of
solar energy and the collection of rain water for drainage purpose. Everything being equal, we will give priority in renting warehouses with the same environmentally-friendly technology being installed.
Green Merchant
Our core procurement strategy of “Centralized purchase of service, decentralized purchase of product” has effectively reduced the energy used for transferring products to different offices within the country.
Cargo Services is committed to develop a new tool that calculates CO2 emissions from our daily operations. In order to closely monitor the Carbon footprint, the tool will be linked to our own operational data. The output is a concise report that shows ours total CO2 emissions by office or by each business unit. Furthermore, we will develop targets for the reduction of Carbon and keep identify opportunities where they can reduce Carbon emis-sions.