A Guide to Environmental Reporting for Controlling Officers
Annex 5
Examples of environmental targets and milestones
| Environmental Aspects / Environmental Indicators | Long Term Target / Milestone |
Short and Medium Term Target / Milestone |
|---|---|---|
| Energy and Resources Use | ||
| Reduction in water consumption as compared to 1998 level | 30% | Year 1: 10% Year 2: 20% Year 3: 30% |
| Reduction in electricity consumption as compared to 1998 level | 15% | Year 1: 5% Year 2: 10% Year 3: 15% |
| Paper consumption | Kept within 1,000 reams/year from 2002 | Year 1: within 1,500 reams Year 2: within 1,200 reams Year 3: within 1,000 reams |
| Usage of timber in construction sites | Within 500 tonnes/year | Year 1: within 1,000 tonnes Year 2: within 900 tonnes Year 3: within 800 tonnes |
| Pollution Prevention: Emissions | ||
| Removal of asbestos containing material from the buildings/facilities | All by 2005 | Year 1: 40% removed Year 2: 50% removed Year 3: 60% removed |
| Reduction in Biochemical Oxygen Demand level of the effluent from the laboratories as compared to 1998 level | 50% | Year 1: 20% Year 2: 40% Year 3: 50% |
| Total Suspended Particulates measurements for construction sites meeting the Air Quality Objectives (AQO) | 90% of data meeting AQO | Year 1: 70% Year 2: 85% Year 3: 90% |
| Installation of control system to minimise emission of Volatile Organic Compounds to ambient air from facilities | Completed by 2002 | (N/A) |
| Pollution Prevention: Waste | ||
| Reduction in solid waste generation as compared to 1998 level | 50% | Year 1: 10% Year 2: 20% Year 3: 30% |
| Implementation of waste recovery scheme for buildings under management | All (200 nos.) buildings by 2008 | Year 1: 10 buildings Year 2: 30 buildings Year 3: 50 buildings |
| Beneficial use of biosolids | 90% | Year 1: 50% Year 2: 75% Year 3: 90% |
| Development of waste minimisation guidelines for construction projects | Completed by 2001 | Year 1: (N/A) Year 2: (N/A) Year 3: completed |
| Environmental Management | ||
| Development of an Environmental Management System in accordance with the ISO 14001 | By 2003 | (N/A) |
| Completion of an internal Environmental Management System Manual for guiding the environmental management work | (N/A) | Year 1: (N/A) Year 2: completed Year 3: (N/A) |
| Establishment of Green Action Team at each division to follow up on green measures | All by 2005 | Year 1: 2 teams Year 2: 3 teams Year 3: 4 teams |
| Environmental Audits for different offices of the bureau or department | 10 audits/year | Year 1: 2 audits Year 2: 6 audits Year 3: 10 audits |
| Operations or Programmes | ||
| Population benefited or protected by environmental measures implemented | 100% | (N/A) |
| Purchasing and Contracting | ||
| Procurement of recycled paper | 50% of total paper purchased | Year 1: 30% Year 2: 50% Year 3: 50% |
| Documentation and implementation of environmental procurement criteria for tenders | All tenders from 2002 | Year 1: 50% Year 2: 70% Year 3: 90% |
| Proportion of low-pollution-emission vehicles in the fleet used by the bureau or department | 100% by 2004 | Year 1: 70% Year 2: 80% Year 3: 90% |
| New equipment purchased which are models of recognised high standards of energy efficiency | 100% | Year 1: 50% Year 2: 90% Year 3: 100% |
| Education and Training | ||
| Environmental awareness or similar training for employees | Cumulative 200 staff trained by 2004 | Year 1: cumulative 40 staff Year 2: cumulative 80 staff Year 3: cumulative 120 staff |
| Establishment of Green Citizenship program for motivating employees to adopt green practices in the workplace | Established by 2001 | Year 1: (N/A) Year 2: (N/A) Year 3: Established |
| Development of a package of green practice guidelines for staff | (N/A) | Year 1: (N/A) Year 2: completed Year 3: (N/A) |
| Sponsorship on environmental protection campaigns | Cumulative HK$5 million by 2003 | Year 1: HK$1 million Year 2: HK$1 million Year 3: HK$1 million |
| Compliance | ||
| Comply with Air Pollution Control Ordinance | 100% | (N/A) |
| Comply with Water Pollution Control Ordinance | 100% | (N/A) |
| Meet the noise criteria in Environmental Guidelines for Planning in Hong Kong | 100% | (N/A) |
| Communications | ||
| Reporting the environmental performance on website | By 2000 | Year 1: (N/A) Year 2: Implemented Year 3: (N/A) |
| Environmental related talks and exhibitions participated/organized | 10 numbers/year | Year 1: 10 numbers Year 2: 10 numbers Year 3: 10 numbers |
| Publish a consultation paper on environmental protection | (N/A) | Year 1: completed Year 2: (N/A) Year 3: (N/A) |
| Environmental Expenditure | ||
| Expenditure on construction of traffic noise barriers for residential buildings | HK$10 million/year | Year 1: HK$8 million Year 2: HK$10 million Year 3: HK$10 million |
| Spending on sewerage infrastructure development works | Cumulative HK$10 billion by 2004 | Year 1: HK$1 billion Year 2: HK$3 billion Year 3: HK$2 billion |
| Trees planted | 300 numbers/year | Year 1: 200 numbers Year 2: 300 numbers Year 3: 300 numbers |
| Spending on environmental improvement programmes | Cumulative HK$500 million by 2004 | Year 1: HK$100 million Year 2: HK$100 million Year 3: HK$100 million |
