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Environment

Our responsibility to the environment

Hongkong Post is committed to protecting the environment and supporting sustainable development within the community. We are keen to ensure that our services and internal operations are conducted in an environmentally-responsible manner. A number of “green” office practices have been put into place to save energy, reduce paper consumption and waste, and recycle materials. We promote environmental awareness among staff, with a view to encouraging efficient and prudent use of resources and energy in all our operations.

Helping to create a better environment

Hongkong Post maintains a policy of promoting and implementing environmentally-friendly practices in every aspect of our operations.

Adopting a “green workplace” policy, Hongkong Post is particularly keen to make sure that regular Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) measurements are taken by the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department for the well-being of our employees.

A highlight during the year under review was progress in developing an environmentally-friendly postal vehicle fleet, during which 25 of our diesel vehicles were retrofitted with particulate-removal devices to help reduce emissions. Looking ahead, more Euro-IV and other environmentally-friendly vehicles will be introduced as replacements. We have also fitted some 100 retreaded tyres to fleet vehicles and require that all components in new vehicles are free from asbestos. Parts with potential for recycling are identified on used vehicles, as part of our overall policy to keep waste to a minimum wherever possible.

In other initiatives to support the environment during 2006/07, we recycled 42,000 used laser-jet cartridges, enabled 10,000 Local Standing Order Service customers to receive philatelic newsletters and stamp collection letters by email to reduce consumption of paper, used environmentally-friendly material for postal circular printing and reduced electricity consumption by 2.8% compared with the previous year, thanks to support from staff members.

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