About this Report

Our Sustainability Report 2025 (the Report) is the 22^nd annual sustainability report published by the Architectural Services Department (ArchSD or the Department) of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) of the People’s Republic of China.

Under the theme ‘Building Bonds for a Green Future’, this Report presents our sustainability strategy, initiatives and economic, social and environmental (ESG) performance in 2024. It also highlights our commitment and sustained efforts to serving the community.

The Report highlights ArchSD’s key sustainability initiatives and achievements during the period from 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024. It covers the sustainability performance and initiatives of our 4 project management branches, 5 functional branches and 1 central management division.

The data represents absolute figures as at 31 December 2024 (unless otherwise stated) to the best of our knowledge. Financial data is for the financial year ended 31 March 2025. All monetary values are in Hong Kong Dollars.

This Report has been prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards 2021. It also refers to the industry-specific Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards for the Engineering and Construction Industry to disclose financially material sustainability information. Furthermore, this report takes into consideration the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in developing our climate action plan, which guides our journey towards achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

To ensure the accuracy, consistency, reliability and credibility of the reported information, the data in this Report has been verified by an independent third party in accordance with the International Standard on Sustainability Assurance (ISSA) 5000. External assurance was also obtained to confirm the report’s adherence to the GRI Universal Standards 2021. A GRI Content Index is provided to correlate disclosures with their corresponding sections within this report.

We welcome stakeholders’ feedback and suggestions on this Report. You can share your thoughts by filling in the feedback form or sending an email to imu@archsd.gov.hk.

Available in English, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, this Report is published online and has been prepared in accordance with Level AA Conformance to W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 and HTML5.