PRG Holdings Berhad Annual Report 2020

Electricity The Group’s electricity is mainly consumed by operations of machineries at factories and construction sites, the confinement centres and office daily use. Proper production planning was in place to ensure efficient usage of machineries. The Group also started to replace traditional light bulbs with electricity-saving light bulbs and also educate the employees about the energy saving and conservation practices. To ensure the effective use of electricity, the following practices were conducted: • Controlling temperature of the air-conditioner in the office; • Switching off lights and air-conditioners in areas when not in use; • Turning off idle machines and office equipment; and • Using energy efficient equipment. Water Water is mainly consumed for dyeing process at plant, building materials at construction sites and daily operations. The wastewater from dyeing process was treated in accordance to applicable environmental standards and measures before discharged. The Group strives to minimise the water pollution with monitoring the water use in all facilities and construction sites. The Group has encouraged the employees to increase the awareness of environmental protection, water pollution as well as water conservation. The following practices were adopted to further improve the utilisation efficiency of water resources: • Regular inspection and maintenance on water tap, water pipe and water storage; and • Reduction in usage of bottled water in meeting rooms by employees. Paper Paper was mainly consumed by office. The Group makes every effort to reduce the environmental impact of paper use. • In order to achieve paperless workflow across our operations, the Group has actively developed a variety of workflow systems that replaced traditional paper forms and physical documents by providing customers with electronic billing and electronic statements via email in year 2020; • Engaging employees to use double-sided printing and reuse papers on one side in order to reduce paper; • Using 70gsm paper for printing; • Any announcement or information, the management would notify the staff and workers through emails; and • Use email to reduce fax paper consumption. Packing materials The Group uses carton box, paper and plastic as packing material. To reduce the use of packing materials, the Group uses alternative packaging method or uses recycle packing materials. Adhere to that, the Group’s energy, water, paper and packing materials consumption were reduced, the greenhouse gas (“GHG”) emissions also declined accordingly. The Group will continue to closely monitor the utilisation of resources and conduct regular assessment to seek better ways to contribute to environmental protection. 2.1.3 Environmental and natural resources The Group does not involve in any activities that has direct or significant impact on the natural resources in the course of the business operation. Annual Report 2020 Sustainability Report cont’d 33