MKH Annual Report 2017

30 MKH Berhad • Annual Report 2017 Sustainability Statement To alleviate the economic situation in the locale of the plantation estates and improve operation efficiency, the Group emphasises on procuring in bulk certain consumable items from local suppliers so that plantation workers and those in the surrounding villages may enjoy lower prices. (B) Environmental Being cognizant of the need to conserve the environment as it goes about its operation, MKH employees practises energy saving faithfully through many ways to save resources, such as preserving electricity wastages by switching off when not in use and reducing paper printing. At construction site, the Group takes care to reduce and manage wastes in responsible manner by ensuring our appointed licensed contractors to do the same. Besides installing silt traps to minimise site pollution, all wastes generated from the project sites are either recycled for reuse, or transported to designated disposal sites timely and efficiently to avoid disruption of daily for the community. To conserve natural resources, the Group designs its high rise developments with rainwater harvesting facilities, where rainwater collected are channelled mainly for common area use such as gardening and cleaning at the ground levels. This is also adopted at Metro Point Complex where rainwater is harvested for sanitary use. Additionally, the Group is increasing its reliance of renewable energy through efforts of installing solar photovoltaic panels at its investment properties, namely Plaza Metro Kajang and Metro Point Complex – which are estimated to reduce electricity consumption by about 10% annually. At our plantation estate, mesocarp fibres from processed FFB are used as boiler fuel to power both its mill operations, offices, and the estate community. environment MKH understands the importance to conserve the and practises energy- saving through various ways to save resources Approximately 3,000 trees were planted through joint community efforts at Hillpark @ Shah Alam North The solar photovoltaic panels installed on the rooftop of Plaza Metro Kajang is estimated to reduce electricity consumption by about 10% annually