Example of applications:
Low Cost application(s):
- Project policies and KPIs with environmental management programmes implemented, e.g. environmental indicators of energy, emissions, water, materials, effluent and waste, biodiversity
- Measurement of environmental performance using developed indicators
- Encouraging innovation and transformation and promote environmental performance improvement
- Establishment and promotion of sustainability targets, including:
- Reduced carbon intensity
- Increased offsite construction
- Mandating of sub-contractors by main contractor to reduce steel wastage by 5%, specified in the sub-contractor contract
- Waste metal recycling target of 30% for BEAM Plus credit
- Promotion of commitment activities/schemes, e.g.
- Projects exceeding minimum compliance standard in environmental protection
- Activities which engage with interested parties about site issues
- Monthly site planning meeting with sub-contractor
- ISO 14064 Greenhouse Gas Emission Audit for projects
- Monthly promotion of environmental practices
- Mini-audits, including environmental requirements compliance, audited by independent environmental checkers
- Environmental promotion by clients to contractors, e.g. promote reuse of lunch utensils/bio-degradable utensils/metal utensils
- Carbon and water footprint measurement with early contractor involvement, as requested by Listing Company ESG disclosure
- Monthly meetings with community liaison group to handle environmental concerns
- Applications for Green Building schemes, such as BEAM Plus, LEED, WELL
- Social activities to promote ecosystem protection, e.g. invite students to bird-watching activity on site
- Volunteer services and community outreach programmes, e.g. tree planting
- Training on environmental measures for site staff and in-house staff
Sustainability KPI:
- Evaluation of level of fulfillment and implementation progress of project plans
- Evaluation of compliance status
- Number of non-compliance cases and environmental incidents (no.)
- Evaluation of effectiveness of stakeholder engagement process and review responsiveness
- Tree monitoring (note: only for trees over 5m.) (no.)