Apart from energy solutions driven by collaborations with our customers, we have strategic and joint venture partnerships with leaders in the energy management industry, such as Resource Data Management Asia, which enables the sharing of resources and market development opportunities. In conclusion, our performance data for the year under review can be summarised below: MINIMISING ENVIRONMENT IMPACT Scope 1: Emissions from petrol and diesel fuel consumption from our fleet of vehicles, refrigerants and natural gas Scope 2: Emissions from our buildings’ electricity consumption Scope 3: Business travel and water consumption emissions, employee commuting, upstream leased assets Electricity Consumption (kWh) data for 62 sites 2019 2020 2021 2022 5,426,113 4,296,632 4,644,581 8,788,708 Note: The operational energy consumption data disclosed here are verified by independent third parties but are without data assurance. The data above is specifically for FY2022. In building a shared, sustainable future, we look forward to continued collaborations with our customers, collectively working towards minimising greenhouse gas emissions and managing resources efficiently through tech-driven solutions. DECARBONISATION The Group remains committed to attaining net zero or carbon neutrality by 2050, in line with the international and national targets being announced by the various governments in the jurisdictions that we operate in by exploring innovations that contribute to sustainable energy generation and resource-efficient energy-saving measures. We are therefore undergoing a process to determine our decarbonisation strategy and outline medium-term strategies and policies to achieve this ambition. To form the baseline for our decarbonisation path, we continued to track our scopes 1, 2 and 3 emissions and in 2022, increased the number of sites tracked from 25 to more than 60 sites encompassing our global geographical locations. In 2022, the main composition of our main carbon footprints are as follows: Environmental impact reduction in Clients’ facilities through EPCs executed under the PFS segment 2022 Number of EPCs 11 Total Annual Energy Savings (kWh) 38 million/year Total Annual Electricity Cost savings (RM) 16 million/year Number of chillers retrofit projects 19 Chiller plant efficiency improvement* (*The average range for all the equipment that have been retrofitted or optimised for EPC projects. The value will typically be the same each year over the contract period.) 30-50% In 2022, we kick-started our decarbonisation initiative by mobilising data owners across our organisation to build an inventory of our emission data points. As part of this process, we determine boundaries, parameters and calculation methodology to produce our initial emission baseline which include additional data points of our Scope 1, 2 and 3 emission. We have begun working on automating some aspects of this procedure which led to our recent engagement with Alibaba. We are currently looking at scenario climate models to evaluate potential decarbonisation paths in developing our net zero/carbon neutrality strategy and The Energy Expert platform from Alibaba contributes to improving this process. The platform is trustworthy as it has also been certified by TÜV Rheinland1 and its processes are in accordance with ISO 14064 as well as GHG Protocol. The Energy Expert platform help enterprises manage their carbon assets most cost-effectively, providing one-stop solutions for: • Carbon monitoring, reporting and validation; • Carbon asset evaluation and recording of latest carbon market movements; and • Planning of carbon neutrality pathways and progress-tracking towards setting goals based on industry carbon reduction, capture and offsets measurements. MINIMISING ENVIRONMENT IMPACT OUR FEATURED SUCCESS STORY Hospital Slim River received an award from the Malaysian Green Technology and Climate Change Corporation (“MGTCCC”). The hospital was accorded a 4-Diamond in Low Carbon City Recognition (Partner Category Diamond) under category of energy (electrical) with reduction of GHG emission of 37.32% (2016 as baseline). Various elements were measured including energy, water, waste, mobility and greenery. The Hospital successfully achieved a significant carbon dioxide reduction as a result of energy-saving projects that have been carried out through a sustainability programme including conversion/ retrofitting of chiller systems, LED lights, HVAC systems and the installation of solar panels. Furthermore, under our LEED certification programme with Hospital Sultanah Maliha, the hospital became the first healthcare facility in the world to be awarded LEED gold. We undertook steps to ensure indoor air quality meets ASHRAE1 standards, use lamp with reduced picograms per lumen hour, reduce refrigerant impact to the atmosphere, install solar PVs, rainwater harvesting and food waste composting mechanisms that convert waste to bio-organic fertiliser, in phases, between 2016 to 2020. As a result, the hospital became the first in the world to be recognised as a Green Hospital under the ‘Existing Building, Operation and Maintenance’ (“EBOM”) category rated by the LEED system. Total Scope 1, 2 and 3 emission FY2022 17,447 tonnes CO2 The increase in electricity consumption from FY2021 was due to the increase in number of sites tracked (refer page 139 for number of sites breakdown). 1 The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) is an American professional association seeking to advance heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems design and construction. 1 TUV Rheiland is one of the world’s leading testing service providers that carries out product certifications. p.136 p.137 UEM EDGENTA BERHAD INTEGRATED ANNUAL REPORT 2022 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT
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