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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2018

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Data Summary

 

 

Environmental Performance

Resources Usage - Energy

  Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Electricity consumed (QGO and APB Centre) [1] kWh/m2 200 208 217 219 218
CO2 emission equivalent to electricity consumption (QGO and APB Centre) [2] Tonnes CO2-e 3,553 3,664 3,840 3,817 3,808
Energy saved due to energy efficient installations [3] GWh 4.44 5.74 5.16 0.79 [4] 6.90
Equivalent monetary savings [5] HK$ million 5.33 6.89 6.19 0.95 [4] 6.90
Avoided CO2 emissions [3] Kilo Tonnes CO2-e 3.11 4.02 3.61 0.55 [4] 4.83
[1] Offices in QGO and APB Centre represent a majority of total ArchSD office space. Total ArchSD office area is assumed to be 25,386.2 m2 (11,275.4 m2 for APB and 14,110.8 m2 for QGO 31/F& 33/F-41/F). The percentage of electricity consumption of the whole premises for ArchSD office at APB & QGO is assumed to be 100% and 20% respectively.
[2] Territory wide default GHG emission factors (0.7) were used based on the Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for buildings (Commercial, Residential or Institutional Purpose) in Hong Kong issued by the Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR in February 2010.
[3] Energy efficient features refer to energy saving installation for air-conditioning systems, lighting systems, hot water systems, lift & escalator systems, building energy management system and renewable energy technologies.
[4] The nature of the completed projects (i.e. parks, open spaces, promenade, aqua privies, radar station, etc.) in 2014 did not warrant significant energy saving in term of BS installations.
[5] The electricity tariff is assumed to be HK$ 1.2 per kWh and HK$ 1.0 per kWh from 2014 onward and before 2014 respectively.

Resource Usage - Fuel

  Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Fuel consumption by ArchSD's pool cars Litre 12,626 12,656 13,071 12,800 13,142
GHG emission equivalent to fuel consumption by ArchSD pool cars [6] Tonnes CO2-e 34.2 34.3 35.4 34.7 35.6
[6] GHG emission factors for mobile combustion are based on the Guidelines to Account for and Report on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Removals for buildings (Commercial, Residential or Institutional Purpose) in Hong Kong issued by the Environmental Protection Department, HKSAR in February 2010.

Resource Usage - Office Materials

  Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
A4 paper consumption Reams 16,947 18,082 18,169 18,485 18,346
A3 paper consumption Reams 1,020 1,169 1,171 1,118 1,053
Envelop consumption No. 37,615 35,672 42,883 44,084 43,294

Waste Management in Programme Areas of Facilities Development and Upkeeping

  Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Construction & demolition materials
C&D waste disposed of to landfills Tonnes 44,891 36,775 46,822 37,593 24,125
C&D materials disposed of to public fill areas Tonnes 518,946 543,054 693,029 604,238 644,728
Recyclable waste collected at APB Centre
Waste paper kg 15,579 15,717 15,932 19,522 19,335
Aluminium No. 2,050 1,676 1,631 4,918 5,900
Plastic bottles No. 4,102 3,798 3,013 2,975 3,385

Environmental Convictions of Contractors

  Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Convictions per 100,000 man-hours ArchSD's sites
(All construction sites in HK)		 0.034
(0.216)		 0.122
(0.191)		 0 [7]
(0.25)		 0.35
(0.275)		 0.15
(0.618)
Monetary value of significant fines HK$ 5,000 100,000 0 [7] 227,000 18,500
[7] In 2015, most of the on-site projects were in the final stages of the construction, hence environmental impacts to the neighbourhood were manageable and contented.

Environmental Expenditure

Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Resources devoted to environmental works [8] HK$ million 1,101.3 568.4 639.3 761.6 892.2
Percentage of annual expenditure % 9.7 6.3 7.3 10.9 12.2
[8] Resources devoted to environmental works included the expenditures on environmental nature projects and associated personal emoluments and departmental charges, staff’s environmental training and works on maintaining environmental management system.

Social Performance [9]

Staff

Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Staff establishment (As at 31 December) No. 1,859 1,835 1,814 1,810 1,795
[9] Staff data is extracted from the records kept in the personnel section.

Staff Breakdown

By Post (based on staff establishment)
Directorate % 2
Professional % 25
General Staff % 20
Site Staff % 31
Technical % 22
By Employment Type
Full-time % 100
By Employment Contract
Permanent (male) % 63
Permanent (female) % 31
Contract (male) % 4
Contract (female) % 2
By Age (31.3.2018)
Age under 30 % 12
Age 30-49 % 46
Age 50 or above % 42
By Ethnicity
Local % 100
Non-local % 0
By Gender
Male % 67
Female % 33

Staff Training

Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
No. of training courses (including internal and external seminars/ workshops/ training courses/ visits) No. 412 366 374 287 270
Numbers of trainees No. 7,488 8,302 6,961 6,619 6,674

Training Hours Breakdown [10]

Type of Staff Total Training Hours Received (hours) Training Hours Per Staff (hours)
Directorate Staff 1,343 36
Professional Grade Staff 17,204 37
Technical, Site Supervisory and General Grade Staff 17,501 13
Total 36,048 20
[10] As there is no distinct requirement regarding receiving training in terms of gender, we do not report the data broken down by gender.

Anti-corruption Training

Type of Staff Number of Staff Participated Anti-corruption Training Percentage of Staff against establishment
Directorate Staff 3 8.1%
Professional Grade Staff 129 27.7%
Technical, Site Supervisory and General Grade Staff 293 21.6%

Staff Turnover

Male Female
Age under 30 0.3% (6) 0.1% (1)
Age 30-50 1% (19) 0.1% (1)
Age 51-55 0.2% (4) 0.1% (1)
Age 56-60 3.5% (65) 0.7% (12)

New Employee Hires

Male Female
Age under 30 2.8% (51) 1.1% (20)
Age 30-50 2.7% (50) 1.2% (22)
Age 51-55 0.1% (1) 0% (0)
Age 56-60 0% (0) 0% (0)

Staff Injury

Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
Staff injury cases [11] No. 2
(Male:1, Female: 1)		 5
(Male: 4, Female: 1)		 4 4 1
Staff sick leave granted for staff injury cases Days 14.5 168.5 50 174 7
[11] The definition of staff injury cases is the reported cases of occupational injuries, under Employee's Compensation Ordinance, resulting in death or incapacity for work over 3 days.

Contractor's Accident Rate

Units 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013
No. of fatalities [12] (ArchSD) No. 1
(Male:1, Female:0)		 2
(Male:2, Female:0)		 0 1
(Male:1, Female:0)		 0
Fatal accident rate [12] (ArchSD) per 100,000 man-hours 0.003 0.007 0 0.004 0
Fatal accident rate [13] (HK Construction Industry) per 100,000 man-hours 0.005 0.003 0.006 0.007 0.008
No. of non-fatal accidents (ArchSD) [12] No. 94
(Male: 88, Female: 6)		 70
(Male: 64, Female: 6)		 98 80 68
Non-fatal accident rate [12] (ArchSD) per 100,000 man-hours 0.28 0.26 0.34 0.30 0.27
Non-fatal accident rate [13] (HK Construction Industry) per 100,000 man-hours 0.91 0.96 1.08 1.16 1.13

102-48

[12] Data of 2017 and the previous years was extracted from PWP Construction Site Safety and Environmental Statistics System (PCSES) of DEVB as at 31 July 2018.
[13] The accident rate of the HK Construction Industry is based on the published statistics of the Labour Department and using a conversion of 1.67 accidents per 100,000 man-hours equivalent to 60 accidents per 1,000 workers per year.
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