Into its third year the Hang Seng - Pearl River Delta Environmental Awards, under the “One Factory – One Year – One Environmental Project” Programme organised by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries, attracted 144 manufacturing companies to participate and commit a total of 555 environmental projects, the best result recorded since the Awards were first launched in 2007.
The Awards, jointly launched by the Federation of Hong Kong Industries and Hang Seng Bank, aim to encourage manufacturing companies in the PRD region to continually enhance their environmental performance by recognising and rewarding their achievements. At a ceremony held today (Monday) at the headquarters of Hang Seng Bank, Secretary for the Environment Edward Yau, FHKI Chairman Cliff Sun, and Hang Seng Bank Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Margaret Leung presented the Awards to the 2009/10 winners and launched the 2010/11 campaign.
Through the 555 projects launched in 2009/10, the participating companies have collectively reduced waste by 140,000 tonnes (equivalent to an area covering about 3,700 Victoria Parks), water usage by 1.87 million tonnes (equivalent to the volume of 472 standard 50-metre swimming pools) and electricity consumption by over 97 million kWh (equivalent to the electricity consumption of 15,000 four-member families in a year). In addition, almost 31,000 tonnes of materials have been recycled (equivalent to an area covering about 800 Victoria Parks respectively).
Among the 144 entrants, the Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited (“Towngas”) was conferred with the Grand Award for its outstanding environmental practices.
List of award winners 2009/10:
Hang Seng - Pearl River Delta Environmental Grand Award (HK$100,000) |
The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd |
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Hang Seng - Pearl River Delta Environmental Awards (HK$50,000 each) |
Kin Yip (Hui Zhou) P C Board Co Ltd
Zhongshan Yida Apparel Company Ltd
Shenzhen Hailiang Storage Products Co Ltd |
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Hang Seng - Pearl River Delta Environmental Category Awards (HK$10,000 each) |
1. Energy Conservation: |
The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd |
2. Water Management: |
Zhongshan Yida Apparel Company Ltd |
3. Waste Discharge Reduction & Treatment: |
Lee Kum Kee (International) Ltd |
4. Recycling of Resources: |
Amoy Food Ltd |
5. Air Emissions: |
Hung Hing Printing (China) Co Ltd |
6. Noise Abatement: |
Zhongshan Yida Apparel Company Ltd |
7. Green Management: |
Winner Medical (HK) Ltd |
8. Others: |
The Hong Kong and China Gas Co Ltd |
This year a total of 93 companies were awarded ‘Green Medalist’ or ‘Green Participant’ certificates for their environmental achievements.
Details of the Awards are now available at the FHKI’s website: www.industryhk.org/prd. The application deadline for 2010/11 Awards is 31 July 2011.
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