We make every effort to practise the green office concept in every aspect of our day-to-day operation. A series of green policies and measures are in place to raise the environmental awareness of our staff.

Bringing the green office concept into full play, we introduced a number of measures to reduce waste at the source. These include issuing guidelines on reducing paper consumption and green tips, and encouraging our staff to print on both sides as well as reusing one-sided paper and envelopes whenever possible. Forging ahead with the green office concept, we have been actively promoting “paperless meetings” by using electronic devices such as tablets and laptop computers for presentations and discussions in day-to-day meetings to reduce paper consumption.

During the year, DSD held about 195 paperless meetings and circulated 1,980 documents electronically. Total paper consumption was approximately 9,223 reams, down about 34% compared to 2009-10.

Supporting the Government’s Call to Minimise the use of Disposable Tableware

As reinforced in “Hong Kong’s Climate Action Plan 2030+” published in 2017, the Government would step up the promotion of green buildings and reduce electricity consumption of government buildings. Guided by this principle over the years, DSD has implemented a number of energy saving measures in our offices, including setting the room temperature at 25.5˚C, reducing non-essential lighting, and using timers to turn off office equipment after office hours. Our electricity consumption has seen significant drop as a result.

Always in support of the Government’s green procurement policy, DSD gives due consideration to environmental factors when procuring goods and services. In 2018-19, we purchased a wide variety of products complying with green specifications, including electrical appliances such as photocopiers, printers, electric fans, computers and refrigerators to office consumables, such as recycled paper, correction tapes, pencils, rechargeable batteries, toilet paper and garbage bags.

In 2018-19, the Green Champions organised various activities, and believe that by taking part in various activities, our friends could share the joy of a sustainable way of living, and develop an environmentally friendly culture, both at work and at home.