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project paper submitted to the
Board of Directors for approval.
At the procurement stage, in
accordance with the GBG,
all main contractors appointed
in 2013 for projects that span a
gross floor area (GFA) of at least
2,000 square metres, have
to be ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001 certified or they have
to implement Environmental,
Health and Safety (EHS) measures
on site to comply fully with
EHS legislations equivalent.
The OHSAS 18001 is an
internationally recognised
standard for the occupational
health and safety management
of businesses.
We use an Environmental Tracking
System (ETS), developed in-house
by CapitaLand, to track the
monthly energy and water
usage, carbon dioxide emission
and waste generation for CMT’s
properties. This ETS is audited
annually by CapitaLand’s
Technical Services Unit.
Our long-term energy and water
reduction targets (using 2008 as
base year) are:
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usage by 15.0% by 2015
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usage by 20.0% by 2020
In 2013, our total energy
consumption recorded
143,207 megawatt hours (MWh).
We managed to reduce our
energy usage by 13.6% from
20.56 kilowatt hours per square
metre of GFA per month
(kWh/m2/month) in 2008 to
17.77 kWh/m 2/month in 2013.
Our total water consumption
stood at 1,688,269 cubic
metres (m3 ) in 2013. We reduced
our water usage by 26.7% from
0.217 m3 per square metre of
GFA per month (m3 /m2/month) in
2008 to 0.159 m3/m2 /month in
2013 after adjusting for shopper
traffic count at the properties.
In terms of carbon emissions,
we recorded 71,525 tonnes in
2013. Our carbon emissions
decreased by 17.9% from
10.81 kilogrammes per square
metre of GFA per month
(kg/m2/month) in 2008 to
8.87 kg/m2/month in 2013.
Green Initiatives
CMT’s malls marked the
‘Earth Hour’ by switching off their
facade lights and non-essential
lighting for extended hours
through the night, beginning at
8.30 p.m. on 23 March 2013.
This was the sixth year that we
participated in this annual global
sustainability movement to
promote awareness of energy
conservation. All CMT’s operating
malls participated in the
‘Earth Hour’ initiative.
In conjunction with ’Earth Hour’,
we organised ‘Bring Your Plastic
Bottles, Metal Cans & Papers to
Recycle’ at Bukit Panjang Plaza,
IMM Building, JCube, Junction 8
and Tampines Mall. The objective
was to encourage shoppers
to be environmentally friendly.
Green Awards
As at 31 December 2013,
12 of CMT’s malls have
garnered Green Mark
awards from Singapore’s
Building and Construction
Authority (BCA). The BCA Green
Mark was introduced in
January 2005. It is a scheme
that assesses the environmental
performance and impact of
ENVIRONMENT
To ensure that our actions
in operating CMT’s malls are
environmentally friendly and
that we follow green practices
in the office, we have adopted
an Environmental Management
System (EMS) which was certified
to the ISO 14001 international
standards in 2007. ISO 14001
is an internationally recognised
standard for the environmental
management of businesses.
We review new or update
existing legal requirements for
the EMS every quarter and
evaluate compliance annually.
In 2013, we have complied fully
with the environmental laws
and regulations in Singapore
and there was no environmental
non-conformance by
the company.
As part of CapitaLand’s group,
we adhere to the group’s Green
Buildings Guidelines (GBG) which
is an in-house guide developed
since 2007 and is regularly
reviewed to ensure continual
improvement. We strive to
implement the GBG at all stages
of a development project, from
feasibility, design, procurement
and construction to operations.
The GBG includes an
Environmental Impact
Assessment (EIA) which is
carried out during the feasibility
stage of any development
project. The EIA helps to identify
any environmental threats or
opportunities related to the
project site and its surroundings,
including aspects such as air
quality, noise, floods, biodiversity,
connectivity, heritage and
resources. All significant
findings of the EIA and their
cost implications have to be
tabled as part of the investment
Sustainability
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