Climate Change Data

Country Garden Services Holdings Company Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2018

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:184,434.53 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:1,382.81 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:183,051.72 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:852,096.13 GJ/year
Water Consumption:42,919,226.99 m3/year
Waste Generated:1,973.15 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Service quality and customer satisfaction
  • Customer information and privacy protection
  • Anti-corruption
  • Energy conservation, emission reduction and green operation
  • Employee health and safety
  • Employee communication and care
  • Employee training and development
  • Employee compensation and benefits
  • Community development and social impact
  • Supply chain management

Environmental Achievements

  • Passed ISO 14001:2015/GB/T 24001-2016 environmental management system certification
  • Implemented Resource Management Procedures to reduce resource consumption and improve efficiency
  • Established Solid Waste disposal Regulations to reduce environmental pollution
  • Implemented Wastewater, Waste Gas and Noise Treatment Regulations to improve the surrounding environment
  • Achieved a garbage classification rate of more than 75% and a recycling rate of more than 90% in Chashan Country Garden Community
  • Implemented energy-saving measures such as using LED lighting and optimizing water pumps, resulting in reduced energy and water consumption.

Social Achievements

  • Launched the “Support the Green Home” activity to advocate green and environmental protection
  • Implemented the “Phoenix Butler” service, providing comprehensive support to property owners
  • Provided first aid training to property managers, benefiting more than 1 million property owners
  • Launched the “Dare to Love Family Festival” to promote community harmony
  • Carried out poverty alleviation activities in various regions across the country, including education aid, employment-based poverty alleviation, and consumption-based poverty alleviation.
  • Developed a “property management capability development program” for employee training and development, including the “Rocket Force Talent Program” with a nearly 100% success rate.

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainability Working Group to oversee sustainability initiatives
  • Implemented a comprehensive risk management and internal control system
  • Established a zero-tolerance policy for corruption and implemented anti-corruption measures
  • Developed the Information Security Management Specification to protect customer information and privacy
  • Implemented a hierarchical management and control system for appeals to improve service quality and customer satisfaction.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Maintaining high service quality standards with rapid business expansion
  • Managing environmental risks associated with operations
  • Ensuring employee health and safety
  • Addressing stakeholder expectations and needs
  • Maintaining a fair and transparent supply chain
Mitigation Strategies
  • Investing in IT projects to improve efficiency and service quality
  • Implementing a green management system and energy-saving measures
  • Providing comprehensive employee health and safety training
  • Conducting stakeholder engagement activities to understand their concerns
  • Developing a supplier integrity cooperation system to ensure fair and open bidding processes

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 1,685 suppliers (environmental, engineering, safety, and material categories)

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Integrity Cooperation Notes
  • Measures for the Development and Management of Material Purchasing Suppliers
  • Measures for Warehousing Management of Community Value-added Partners

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: HKEx ESG Reporting Guide

Certifications: ISO 14001:2015/GB/T 24001-2016

Third-party Assurance: PricewaterhouseCoopers (financial information only)

Awards & Recognition

  • Ranked No.1 among Chinese Community Service Providers in 2018 (YIHAN)
  • First among TOP 100 Property Management Companies in China (China Index Academy)

Reporting Period: 2019

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:383,203.75 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:2,035.37 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:381,168.37 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:438,170.30 MWh/year
Water Consumption:28,144,265.96 m3/year
Waste Generated:2,223.16 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Protection
  • Social Responsibility
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Implemented energy conservation measures (e.g., utilizing natural wind, powering off when leaving the office, upgrading water pumps) resulting in a total energy consumption of 438,170.30 ‘000 kWh and water consumption of 28,144,265.96 cubic meters in 2019.
  • Upgraded sewage treatment system in ZhiLanWan Residential Area, Guangzhou.
  • Launched “FUN Fluorescent Running” event during Earth Hour.

Social Achievements

  • Provided Platinum Phoenix Butler services to nearly 3,900 homeowners.
  • Launched Community Safety Convention Program, collecting over 140,000 signatures.
  • Implemented effective measures to combat COVID-19 epidemic, receiving 562 commendations from government departments and 1,653 silk banners from homeowners.
  • Implemented “Shared Landscape Governance” event, with over 10,000 homeowner participants.
  • Carried out various community cultural activities (e.g., “Kids Having the Say” Car Trunk Creative Bazaar, “Gourmet Festival”), with millions of participants.
  • Implemented poverty alleviation programs, including Party-based, Education-based, Employment-based, and Consumption-based approaches.
  • Provided approximately 66,000 hours of health and safety training to employees.
  • Implemented employee care activities (e.g., “Absolute Happiness” cultural activities, family visit day).

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainable Development Working Group to support ESG reporting.
  • Established a Risk Management Committee and implemented risk management and internal control systems.
  • Implemented anti-corruption training for all employees and established reporting channels.
  • Obtained ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 certifications.
  • Conducted a materiality assessment to identify key ESG issues.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Expanding the breadth and depth of ESG disclosures due to limitations in internal information collection procedures.
  • Managing environmental and social risks in operations.
  • Maintaining high standards of corporate governance.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Gradually expanding the scope of environmental KPIs in future reports.
  • Continuously monitoring environmental and social risks through risk assessment and communication.
  • Improving communication mechanisms with stakeholders and establishing a more standardized operational system.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 1,377 suppliers as of 2019. Strict supplier assessment conducted.

Responsible Procurement
  • Notes on Supplier Integrity and Cooperation
  • Measures for the Development and Management of Supplier Procurement for Property Companies
  • Measures for the Management of Community Value-Added Partners

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: HKEx ESG Reporting Guide

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

Third-party Assurance: PWC

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Smart community products (smart access control, intelligent security monitoring, smart elevator)

Awards & Recognition

  • MSCI ESG A rating
  • Numerous awards from government agencies, industry institutions, and media

Reporting Period: 2021

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:574,314.08 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:5,782.83 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:568,531.25 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:692,665.51 thousand kWh/year
Water Consumption:29,881,488.74 m3/year
Waste Generated:2,712.35 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Sustainable Development Governance
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Humanistic Community, Outstanding Reputation
  • Opening up for a Win-win Cooperative Platform
  • People Oriented, Being the Standard of Excellent Employer
  • Fulfilling Environmental Protection, Safeguarding Ecological Environment
  • Sincerely Contributing Back, Being a Good Social Enterprise

Environmental Achievements

  • Built an energy consumption control platform and retrofitted energy-efficient lighting fixtures to reduce energy consumption
  • Exercised strict control over water consumption in the communities, and upgraded and renovated domestic water pumps to conserve water resources
  • Implemented community waste separation to protect environmental resources
  • Formulated Procedures for Identification Assessment of Environmental Factors and Prevention and Control to address climate change and extreme weather challenges

Social Achievements

  • Launched the “Life Trust” project, providing temporary custody of package/green plant/vacant house, as well as childcare, house and home maintenance and other services for property owners
  • Launched the “City Service Partner Programme”, signing contracts with more than 40 city partner representatives to integrate city development resources, resulting in 30 city service products
  • Conducted employee health and safety trainings and formulated the “Blue, Green, Orange, Yellow and Red” Five-color Risk Management Mechanism to safeguard employee health and safety
  • Organized online and offline training on various subjects, with approximately 1.4 million participants and 500,000 training hours in total

Governance Achievements

  • 100% of directors received anti-corruption training
  • 12 subsidiary companies conducted internal control training and completed self-assessment
  • Required all employees to sign the Letter of Commitment Relating to Integrity and Self-discipline
  • Established a Risk Management Committee to undertake the responsibilities of risk identification, risk analysis and response

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Climate change and extreme weather challenges
  • Supply chain disruptions (implied)
  • Maintaining high service quality and customer satisfaction across a large scale operation
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed alternative sourcing strategies (implied through supplier management)
  • Implemented a three-level quality inspection mechanism
  • Formulated Procedures for Identification Assessment of Environmental Factors and Prevention and Control
  • Improved internal controls and risk management systems
  • Strengthened supplier management mechanisms and communication platforms

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Rules for Operation and Management of Bicai Mall (for Suppliers)
  • Administrative Measures for Access, Withdrawal and Evaluation of Material Suppliers in Bicai Mall

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Extreme weather (flooding, heavy rainfall)
  • Community safety
  • Public facilities and equipment damage

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Appendix 27 Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

Certifications: ISO 14001:2015, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Property robots (building services, outdoor cleaning, commercial cleaning, hand-held sweeping)

Awards & Recognition

  • Best ESG Company
  • Top 500 Property Services Enterprises in China on Overall Strength: 1st Rank in 2021
  • 2021 Impact Award in China’s AI Industry
  • 2021 China AI Breakthrough Award
  • Outstanding Urban Renewal Operator
  • 2021 TOP 10 China Property Service Employers with Brand Influence

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:641,586.51 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:5,157.33 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:636,429.18 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:774,673.79 thousand kWh/year
Water Consumption:40,580,113.94 m3/year
Waste Generated:2,078.04 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental Protection
  • Social Responsibility
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced energy consumption by 8.49 million kWh annually after retrofitting 360,000 lights.
  • Saved 1,180 kWh of electricity after upgrading 95 water pumps.
  • Implemented garbage sorting in 446 projects.

Social Achievements

  • Launched a survey on employees’ sense of happiness, recording a year-on-year increase of 4.8 percentage points.
  • Provided various online and offline training courses for employees.
  • Supported rural industry development and facilitated rural revitalization with RMB 13.33 million in sales in 2022 and over RMB 39.83 million over the past five years.
  • Donated approximately RMB 3.91 million in 2022.

Governance Achievements

  • Established an emergency mechanism in response to extreme weather.
  • Implemented anti-corruption training for 100% of directors and 8 equity subsidiaries.
  • Required all employees to sign the Letter of Commitment Relating to Integrity and Self-discipline.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Contribute to limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5℃ by the end of the century.
Medium-term Goals:
  • Gradually reduce the intensity of greenhouse gas emissions.
Short-term Goals:
  • Lower water consumption intensity in 2023 compared to 2022.
  • Lower energy consumption intensity in 2023 compared to 2022.

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruptions due to extreme weather events (e.g., the strongest "dragon boat water" in Guangdong Province).
  • COVID-19 pandemic impacting operations.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Established an emergency mechanism to respond to extreme weather events.
  • Actively cooperated with the government to implement pandemic prevention and control measures.
  • Provided property management services to more than 350 projects during the Shanghai COVID-19 outbreak.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 9,081 suppliers managed under the Bicai Mall.

Responsible Procurement
  • Bicai Mall 2.0 online procurement platform
  • Supplier audits and assessments
  • Integrity Partnership Agreement

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Typhoons
  • Rainstorms
  • High temperatures
  • Floods
  • Snowstorms
  • Sandstorms
Transition Risks
  • Tightening environmental policies
  • Higher technical requirements for green property management
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and services
  • Exploring more market opportunities in green property and environmentally-friendly services.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Appendix 27 Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Property management service robots (R40Pro, T180, H50)
  • Smart community platform ("Tianshi Cloud")

Awards & Recognition

  • A in MSCI ESG Assessment
  • Constituent to FTSE4Good Index
  • Pioneer Enterprise in Pandemic Prevention and Control
  • China (Greater Bay Area) Property Management Brand (Service) Model Award

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:486,256.86 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:5,193.66 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:481,063.20 tCO2e/year
Total Energy Consumption:869,333.14 thousand kWh/year
Water Consumption:36,368,295.17 m3/year
Waste Generated:752.45 tons/year

ESG Focus Areas

  • Service quality and customer satisfaction
  • Promoting the development of intelligent property services
  • Employee health and safety
  • Integrity culture and business ethics development
  • Green operation and environmental impact
  • Community development

Environmental Achievements

  • Water consumption intensity decreased by 35% compared to 2022
  • Energy consumption intensity decreased by 17% compared to 2022
  • Total greenhouse gas emissions intensity decreased by 45% compared to 2022
  • Waste emission intensity decreased by 74% compared to 2022
  • Installed more than 16 thousand charging piles for electric vehicles

Social Achievements

  • Customer Satisfaction reached 93.97%
  • Year-on-year increase of 3.99 percentage points in employees’ sense of happiness
  • Held over 26 thousand seasonal activities themed on happiness and health
  • 100% training coverage for new joiners
  • Cumulative turnover exceeding RMB46.68 million from consumption activity supporting farmers

Governance Achievements

  • Anti-corruption training covered 100% of directors
  • Conducted a total of 10 internal audit projects
  • No corruption incident reports were filed or concluded

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Contribute to limiting the global temperature rise to 1.5℃ by the end of the century
Medium-term Goals:
  • Set medium- and long-term targets for water efficiency, energy efficiency, emission reduction, and waste reduction
Short-term Goals:
  • Decrease water consumption intensity in 2024 compared to 2023
  • Decrease energy consumption intensity in 2024 compared to 2023
  • Decrease total greenhouse gas emissions intensity in 2024 compared to 2023
  • Decrease waste emission intensity in 2024 compared to 2023

Environmental Challenges

  • Potential risks from extreme weather events (typhoons, floods, etc.)
  • Tightening environmental policies
  • Higher technical requirements for green property management
Mitigation Strategies
  • Established a three-level response mechanism for extreme weather
  • Implemented emergency response plans
  • Included climate risks in the risk management system
  • Formulated green development goals (water efficiency, waste reduction, energy efficiency, emission reduction)

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Administrative Measures for Access of Material Suppliers in Bicai Mall
  • Administrative Measures for Evaluation of Material Suppliers in Bicai Mall
  • Administrative Measures for Exit of Material Suppliers from Bicai Mall
  • Administrative Measures for Service Procurement Suppliers of Bicai Mall

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Typhoons, rainstorms, high temperatures, floods, heavy snow, sandstorms, sea level rise, rising mean temperatures, water stress
Transition Risks
  • Tightening environmental policies, higher technical requirements for green property management
Opportunities
  • Development of energy-efficient products and environment-friendly services

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Appendix C2 Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide to the Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited

Certifications: ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 27001

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Resident Zero building cleaning robot

Awards & Recognition

  • 2023 ESG Sustainable Development Summit for Listed Property Enterprises (EH ESG Rating AA)
  • 21st Youth Model Unit Award (Two-Star level)
  • Integrity Benchmarking Enterprise
  • 2023 National Exemplary Case for User Experience Innovation
  • 2023 China Property Management Customer Satisfaction Model Enterprise
  • 2023 China Property Enterprise Digital Power Top 30
  • 2023 Enterprise Service Leading Project
  • AI Technology Brand Award of the Golden Goose Award