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Youth Development and Chongqing. This programme was extended Supplier
in 2020 to Chongqing city and Qingyuan city,
Guangdong province. We also built Towngas China Relationship
In 2019 Towngas joined St. James’ Settlement to Charity Libraries and refurbished school facilities.
organise the Green Flame Project – Upcycling for a
Greener Home programme to instil the principle of 2020 Performance Highlights Future Actions and Targets
turning waste into treasure in the next generation. The Environment
Eight outstanding participating students were awarded Assessed over 170 major Work with suppliers to improve their
through the programme in 2020 and went on a three- Towngas held the Towngas Governors Beautification suppliers in Hong Kong and mainland ESG performance
day local educational tour sponsored by Towngas to Project, in which gas governors throughout the city China on their CSR performance
broaden their horizons and learn about gas unitisation were decorated with artwork depicting the theme of
in the two major local theme parks in Hong Kong. innovation and green living. A total of 23 gas governors Promote the ISO 45001
were decorated across the city. Extended Life-cycle Costing standard among our suppliers
(LCC) methodology from
To promote public awareness of and support for vehicle purchases to light-emitting
used clothes recycling, we launched a programme in diode (LED) lighting
2020 with Friends of the Earth (HK), the Used Clothes
Recycling Bin Design Competition for primary and
secondary school students in Hong Kong. More than Management
400 works of art were received from students.
Approach

Towngas also supported a parent-child reading
campaign to communicate the importance of green We are committed to building long-term business relationships with partners and suppliers for our mutual benefit
living to the younger generation. Towngas collaborated and prosperity. The Towngas Purchasing Policy ensures that our suppliers can participate in a fair, equitable
with parent-child reading expert Auntie Choi to create and competitive market. Five key principles have been established as the foundation of responsible supply chain
We also supported activities such as Project YOL a cartoon series, the Towngas x Auntie Choi Reading management at Towngas. Details of the principles can be found in the graph below.
(Youth Opinion Leader), organised by the Chinese Journey, which explores environmental protection in
YMCA of Hong Kong to teach media production daily life. The four-part series is now available online. Supply Chain Assessment
skills to students from underprivileged families. Staff
from Towngas were among the interviewees who When selecting suppliers,
shared their insights on sustainability. Examples of the
students’ video production work are available online. we consider a wide range To offer equal To treat suppliers
of criteria, including a opportunities to equally and fairly

In 2020, TEA launched its first YouTube channel company’s background, all suppliers
featuring career and STEM-related videos as a quality, price, delivery of
learning platform for young people to acquire soft ser vice and corporate
skills and gas knowledge. Other STEM educational social responsibility (CSR)
materials focusing on gas knowledge and safety will performance. Preference is
also be produced for students. given to companies holding
related ISO certificates and To support green To promote strong
procurement
buyer-seller
In mainland China, the Gentle Breeze Movement other documents pertaining practices relationships
was launched in 2013 to improve the learning to quality. An annual review
environment in schools across the country. To date, is conducted to ensure
the Group has donated educational materials worth suppliers on the approved
over RMB4.3 million to 42 schools in the provinces/ list are performing at a
autonomous regions of Jiangxi, Anhui, Jiangsu, satisfactory level. To encourage suppliers to contribute to
Shandong, Guizhou, Shaanxi, Liaoning, Guangdong, continuous improvement
Hubei, Fujian, Inner Mongolia, Sichuan, Heilongjiang