Climate Change Data

Airport Authority Hong Kong (AAHK)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2014-2015, 2015-04 to 2016-03, 2016-2017)

Reporting Period: 2014-2015

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Economic Contribution

Social Achievements

  • Launched ePROS, an electronic tendering system, reducing paper consumption and transportation of tender submissions.

Governance Achievements

  • Updated the economic impact study on HKIA’s economic contribution to Hong Kong
  • Established policies and practices for supplier selection considering cost, quality, technical performance and delivery.
  • Established a corporate-wide Green Procurement Policy.

Climate Goals & Targets

Medium-term Goals:
  • Explore the feasibility of facilitating intermodal passenger services from the PRD via express railway and highway
Short-term Goals:
  • Conduct consultancy study on air cargo development at HKIA
  • Expand HKIA’s catchment area by setting up remote city terminals in the PRD

Environmental Challenges

  • Increasing competition in the region for airfreight.
  • Limited capacity potentially jeopardizing HKIA development.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developing a strategy to strengthen HKIA's position as the airport of choice for airfreight.
  • Providing essential cargo statistics to facilitate better analysis of future freight demand and business planning.
  • Airport expansion plans (HKIA Master Plan 2030) to increase capacity.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Green Procurement Policy
  • ePROS system
  • Supplier code of practice (planned)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Period: 2015-04 to 2016-03

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Airport safety & security
  • Retention & turnover
  • Occupational health & safety
  • Ethics & integrity
  • Employee well-being
  • Attracting talent
  • Information security
  • Succession planning
  • Air cargo strategy
  • Carbon & energy management
  • Facilities management
  • Connectivity
  • Branding & reputation
  • Infrastructure development
  • Waste
  • Customer experience
  • Contingency planning
  • Capacity constraints
  • Compliance with law & regulations
  • Environmental management
  • Air quality
  • Green construction
  • Noise
  • Water
  • Biodiversity
  • Material use
  • Climate change

Environmental Achievements

  • Achieved "Optimisation" Level in Airport Carbon Accreditation programme
  • Awarded CarbonCare® Label 2015 – Level 2
  • Awarded GREENPLUS Recognition Award 2015 – Prestige Honour Award
  • Awarded Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification (Wastewise, Energywise, IAQwise, Carbon Reduction Certificates)
  • Awarded BOCHK Corporate Environmental Leadership Awards – Service Sector – Silver Award
  • Awarded Power Smart 2015 – Biggest Unit Saver (Organisation) – Champion
  • Awarded 2015 World Responsible Tourism Awards – Best Innovation for Carbon Reduction – Silver Award
  • Awarded The Sustainable Business Award 2015
  • Awarded Green Office Award Labelling Scheme – “Green Office” Label
  • Awarded United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ “Better World Company” Label
  • Awarded 6th Asia Best CSR Practices Awards 2016 – Carbon Footprint Accounting category – winner

Social Achievements

  • Awarded HKACE Customer Service Excellence Award 2015 – Service Appreciation Award – Bronze Award
  • Awarded 2014 Social Capital Builder Award – Social Capital Builder Logo
  • Awarded 6th “ERB Manpower Developer Award Scheme” – “Manpower Developer”,
  • Awarded 2013/14 Family-Friendly Employers Award Scheme (Organisations Category)
  • Awarded Employer of Choice Award 2015
  • Awarded Caring Company Scheme (10 Years Plus Caring Organisation, Barrier Free Company/Organisation)
  • Awarded Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2016 (Website Stream – Gold Award, Mobile App Stream – Triple Gold Award, Easiest-to-use Mobile Apps (HKG My Flight))

Governance Achievements

  • Awarded 2015 Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards – Public Sector/Not-for-profit Category – Gold Award

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Capacity constraints
  • Labour shortage
  • Environmental management
  • Air quality
  • Local community engagement
  • Economic contribution
  • Infrastructure development
  • Branding and reputation
  • Facilities management
  • Information security
Mitigation Strategies
  • Five-year plan for managing sustainability matters in the supply chain (details in report)
  • Various stakeholder engagement methods (details in report)
  • Implementation of environmental management plans by contractors
  • Comprehensive Aerodrome Safety Management System
  • Service contracts requiring minimum wage and benefits, prescribed working conditions, and zero tolerance for corruption and bribery
  • Regular staff training and internal procedures to prevent bribery and corruption in procurement

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Revised procurement policy, procurement procedures and procurement operating instructions
  • Revised green procurement policy
  • Drafted supplier’s code of practice
  • Reviewed environmental specifications and terms and conditions for supplier contracts
  • Incorporated sustainability performance criteria on contract-specific basis
  • Considered mechanism and framework to establish common performance evaluation criteria across departments

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines, Airport Operators Sector Disclosures: Core Option

Third-party Assurance: Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency; TÜV Rheinland Hong Kong Ltd (greenhouse gas emissions data)

Awards & Recognition

  • 2015 Best Corporate Governance Disclosure Awards – Gold Award
  • HKACE Customer Service Excellence Award 2015 – Bronze Award
  • Airport Carbon Accreditation programme – “Optimisation” Level
  • CarbonCare® Label 2015 – Level 2
  • GREENPLUS Recognition Award 2015 – Prestige Honour Award
  • Hong Kong Green Organisation Certification (Wastewise, Energywise, IAQwise, Carbon Reduction Certificates)
  • BOCHK Corporate Environmental Leadership Awards – Silver Award
  • Power Smart 2015 – Champion
  • 2015 World Responsible Tourism Awards – Silver Award
  • The Sustainable Business Award 2015
  • Green Office Award Labelling Scheme – “Green Office” Label
  • United Nations Sustainable Development Goals’ “Better World Company” Label
  • 6th Asia Best CSR Practices Awards 2016 – winner
  • Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2015 – Asia’s Best Carbon Disclosure
  • 2015 Business Traveller China Awards – Best Airport in China
  • 2016 Best in Travel Poll – Second Best Airport (Worldwide)
  • The 2016 ATRS Global Airport Benchmarking Report – Top Asian Airport
  • ATW Airline Industry Achievement Awards 2016 – Airport of the Year
  • Air Cargo Excellence Award 2016 – Certificate of Excellence
  • 2016 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain Awards – Best Global Airport
  • Best International Airport
  • Asia Smartphone Apps Contest 2016 – Certificate of Merits
  • Payload Asia Awards 2015 – Asia Pacific Airport of the Year
  • Mob-Ex Awards 2016 – Gold Award
  • 14th Hong Kong Occupational Safety and Health Award (Safety Performance Award, Safety Promotion Award – Bronze)
  • 2014 Social Capital Builder Award
  • 6th “ERB Manpower Developer Award Scheme” – “Manpower Developer”,
  • 2013/14 Family-Friendly Employers Award Scheme
  • Employer of Choice Award 2015
  • Caring Company Scheme (10 Years Plus Caring Organisation, Barrier Free Company/Organisation)

Reporting Period: 2016-2017

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:Not disclosed
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Safety and Security
  • Environmental Sustainability
  • Passenger Experience
  • Sustainable Workforce
  • Social Contribution
  • Capacity Enhancement
  • Economic Contribution

Environmental Achievements

  • Adopted an ‘airport-wide’ approach to manage, reduce and mitigate HKIA’s environmental footprint, with particular focus on solid waste, carbon and biodiversity.

Social Achievements

  • Continuing efforts to secure sufficient manpower for HKIA’s current operations and planned expansion through enhancing working conditions, and attracting and nurturing talent for the industry.
  • HKIA contributes to the social development of Hong Kong through our strategic community investment and supporting the development of local technology.

Governance Achievements

  • Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed