P R G H O L D I N G S B E R H A D A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 2 1 34 2.1.2 Use of resources The Group focuses on the use of resources such as energy, water and paper and packing materials. By utilising them efficiently not only helps to lower the operating cost, but also reduces its carbon footprint. The Group believes that it relies on the efforts from all of the employees, therefore, the Group has to raise the environmental protection awareness among employees and proactively seeks opportunities for increasing operating efficiency in order to reduce the use of resources through key initiatives set up to achieve higher energy efficiency. Electricity The Group’s electricity is mainly consumed by operations of machineries at factories and construction sites, the confinement centres and office daily use. Proper production planning was in place to ensure efficient usage of machineries. The Group also started to replace traditional light bulbs with electricitysaving light bulbs and also educate the employees about the energy saving and conversation practices. To ensure the effective use of electricity, the following practices were conducted: • Controlling temperature of the air-conditioner in the office; • Switching off lights and air-conditioners in areas when not in use; • Turning off idle machines and office equipment; and • Using energy efficient equipment. Water Water is mainly consumed for dyeing process at plant, building materials at construction sites and daily operations. The wastewater from dyeing process was treated in accordance to applicable environmental standards and measures before discharged. The Group strives to minimise the water pollution with monitoring the water use in all facilities and construction sites. The Group has encouraged the employees to increase the awareness of environmental protection, water pollution as well as water conservation. The following practices were adopted to further improve the utilisation efficiency of water resources: • Regular inspection and maintenance on water tap, water pipe and water storage; and • Reduction in usage of bottled water in meeting rooms by employees. Paper Paper was mainly consumed by office. The Group makes every effort to reduce the environmental impact of paper use. • In order to achieve paperless workflow across our operations, the Group has actively developed a variety of workflow systems that replaced traditional paper forms and physical documents by providing customers with electronic billing and electronic statements via email; • Engaging employees to use double-side printing and reuse papers on one side in order to reduce paper; • Using 70gsm paper for printing; • Any announcement or information, the management would notify the staff and workers through emails; and • Use email to reduce fax paper consumption. Packing materials The Group uses carton box, paper and plastic as packing material. The Group continues exploring the use of alternative packaging method or use of recycled packaging materials in order to reduce the consumption of packaging materials. Sustainability Report (cont’d)
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