Adhere to that, the Group energy, water, paper and packing materials consumption were reduced, the greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions also declined accordingly. The Group will continue to closely monitor the utilisation of resources and conduct regular assessment to seek better ways to contribute to environmental protection. 2.1.3 Environmental and natural resources The Group does not involve in any activities that has direct or significant impact on the natural resources in the course of the business operation. In consideration of the potential threats of climate change to the communities, the Group has made steady progress in reducing its carbon footprints across its businesses. Emissions of GHG by the Group were mainly contributed by the boiler steam, consumption of electricity of machineries and wastewater. Regular assessment on the wastewater, steam emission from boiler to ensure the Group’s operation does not have negative impact to surrounding environment and in compliance with local government standards. Routine inspection on the machineries to minimise the breakdown of machineries, in order to reduce production wastage and consumption of electricity. As part of Group’s strategy to reduce the emissions, hazardous and non-hazardous wastes as well as consumption of electric and water consumptions, a series of upgrading the machines such as dyeing machine and water treatment plant was planned. Apart from the above, the Group employs multiple ways to reduce GHG such as telephone conference is held where possible to avoid any unnecessary overseas business travel while direct flights are chosen to reduce carbon emission caused by any inevitable business travel. For our Agriculture division, the process of harvesting the wood and re-planting of commercial crops is in accordance to the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental Monitoring Plan (EMP) as stipulated in the National Forestry Act 1984. The vacant land will be re-planted with commercial crops post the wood-harvest. The Group had obtained the permits and approval from the state forestry department and to be renewed annually with the relevant government authorities. 3. Social 3.1 Employment Employees are the Group’s greatest assets. The business success is dependent on how well the Group can attract, retain and develop talents. The Group offers the employees ample opportunities to develop their career and competitive remuneration incentives. The Group expects that all employees and contractors treat one another with respect and dignity. The Group has put in place human resources policies and guidelines in compliance with the relevant labour laws and regulations of the local governments. The polices cover issues relating to compensation and dismissal, recruitment and promotion, working hours, leaves, equal opportunity, diversity, anti-discrimination and other benefits and welfare. The Group recruits its employees based on their industry experience and interpersonal skills. The Group reviews and evaluates the performance and the development competencies in the context of each person’s role annually. The review results will be taken into account in the salary review and promotion appraisal. 35 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 Sustainability Report (cont’d)
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