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THE ENVIRONMENT

Turning Promises into Action

We are preparing for the growing challenge of climate change to create a more
sustainable future.

During the year, we continued to improve our climate resilience with ongoing physical
risk assessments to strengthen our emergency preparedness and modified our facilities
to withstand extreme weather and sea level rise. We also assessed how transition
risks could impact Towngas under various climate change scenarios and identified
opportunities that could help us develop a resilience strategy.

Environmental
Management

Management
Approach

Our Corporate Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policy outlines our approach for managing the
environmental impacts arising from our operations. It guides us in how we protect the environment, use resources,
reduce the emissions and waste we generate, and mitigate our impact on biodiversity. To supplement our HSE
Policy, we have established a Towngas Sustainable Purchasing Policy to ensure the use of environmentally
friendly products and services.

A Corporate Environmental Manual is also in place, setting out the standards, procedures and guidelines for
environmental protection of the Company. We also have a Green Office Practice Guide and Green Event Practical
Guide to provide guidance and improve environmental awareness among our staff.

In all of the jurisdictions where we operate, we fully comply with all regulatory requirements and benchmark our
operations against the highest international standards and codes of practice. Every new project we undertake will
begin with an environmental impact assessment (EIA), according to the local legal requirements.

In Hong Kong, our gas production facilities at Tai Po have been certified to the ISO 14001 standard since 1999 to
reduce our environmental impacts and drive continuous improvement. We have also been helping our joint ventures
(JVs) in mainland China achieve the same standard.