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HSE Management Structure
Managing Director
Green Development
Steering Committee
Corporate Health, Safety &
Environment Department
Corporate Safety & Quality
Management Steering
Committee
11 Divisional / Stream /
Departmental HSE
Committees
Environmental Working
Committee
Safety
Wardens
Green
Ambassadors
12 Functional
Sub-committees
Our multi-tier HSE Management structure is
organised so that it is chaired by the Managing
Director and is supported by the Corporate
Health, Safety and Environment Department
(CHSED). It is the CHSED’s role to coordinate,
monitor and control the Group’s HSE performance
and initiatives, and it is also responsible for
reporting HSE and sustainability issues to senior
management. The CHSED also provides HSE
support to our companies in mainland China.
With the support of the Environmental Working
Committee (EWC), the Corporate Safety & Quality
Management Steering Committee and the Green
Development Steering Committee are dedicated
to coordinating, monitoring and controlling the
Group’s HSE performance and initiatives both in
our Hong Kong and mainland China operations.
The 11 divisional/stream/ departmental HSE
committees provide a communication platform
to deliver and discuss HSE related matters
among employees, as well as to promote HSE
awareness. The 12 functional sub-committees
under the EWC arrange company-wide
environmental programmes to raise awareness
about environmental issues among employees,
contractors and dealers, as well as to enhance
the Company’s environmental performance in
general.
As the Group’s operations are geographically
widespread, the HSE departments of the Group’s
companies outside Hong Kong are responsible
for their own HSE management and operations.
This practice covers Hong Kong & China Gas
Investment Limited (HCIL) and Towngas China
Company Limited (TCCL), ECO as well as other
joint ventures (JVs) in mainland China. Within
all our JVs, the HSE department reports directly
to the general manager so that safety and risks
management initiatives are rigorously upheld.
Aside from HSE issues, we have established
regular social responsibility reporting systems
within our mainland companies. Each year,
these companies present a record of their social
responsibility activities to the Board.