NWS Holdings Limited

NWS Holdings Limited

6. Community and Environment

6.4) List of Activities - Concern for Environment

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NWS Holdings held green site visit (9 June 2011)

NWS Environmental Committee organized a site visit to the Hong Kong Productivity Council for committee members and green managers on 9 June 2011. Participants gained knowledge in the operations of utilizing food waste and wastewater. They also visited the Indoor Air Quality Information Centre and the Environment Product and Innovation Laboratory.

Macau Power holds "Car Free Day" (1 June 2011)

Macau Power has set the first day of each month beginning from June as "CEM Car Free Day", calling on its staff to travel on foot or by public transport instead of driving alone, in order to reduce vehicle emissions and protect the environment.

New World Green Week 2011 (1 June 2011)

To support New World Green Week 2011, NWS Holdings and member companies held various green activities in June. Activities organized by NWS Holdings included Love Food．Hate Waste Slogan Competition encouraging staff members to treasure food and reduce food waste; Green Birthday Party where colleagues were asked to bring along their own reusable utensils to enjoy organic food; and the Low-carbon Cooking Contest for staff to showcase their low-carbon dishes with the aim of promoting green eating habits.

Green activities held by member companies

Company	Activity	Detail
Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management)	Sky Garden Green Menu	Set up of a staff farming area on the roof of HKCEC The Congress Restaurant and the staff canteen presented the "Green Menu" and the "Low Carbon Menu" respectively
New World First Bus/ Citybus and New World First Ferry	Go Green, Wear Green	Email blasts introducing eco-friendly fashion in the Green Week Staff donated their unwanted clothes to the Conservancy Association for recycling Staff dressed in green on 10 June for rendering their support to Green Wear Day
Macau Water Plant	Support Energy Saving Week Summer of Casual Wear	Fan Xiaojun, Executive Director of Macao Water, attended the opening ceremony of Energy Saving Week organized by the Office for the Development of the Energy Sector Back-office employees could dress in casual wear to support energy conservation
Qingdao Water Plant	Garbage cleaning for the community	50 senior management and staff members helped cleaning up the community
Shanghai SCIP Water Treatment Plants	Lecture on Water and Environment Protection	Engineers and volunteers delivered a lecture for farmers in Jinguang Village, Shanghai to improve their understanding on water conservation

Group participated in "Earth Hour 2011" (26 March 2011)

Like previous years, NWS Holdings supported "Earth Hour 2011" organized by WWF. Business unites, including offices and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre switched off their non-essential lights from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on 26 March 2011 to show their support.

Corporate Partner of the Corporate Sustainability for Schools Programme (11 March 2011)

Being a Corporate Partner of the Corporate Sustainability for Schools Programme, NWS Holdings strives to promote corporate sustainability to secondary school students. On 11 March 2011, the Group organized a visit to NWFB depot for a group of students from Po On Commercial Association Wong Siu Ching Secondary School to learn about the green buses and eco-friendly operations management.

Activities: Care for Community | Concern for Environment

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