2020 UEM Edgenta Annual Report

EMISSIONS REDUCING INITIATIVES AT UEM EDGENTA While helping clients better manage their energy, we also ensure greater efficiency within our premises. To date, we have achieved the following: THE WORLD’S FIRST LEED V4 HOSPITAL The Sultanah Maliha Hospital in Langkawi, which is managed by our Healthcare Support division, was awarded the Gold certification under the ‘Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design LEED v4 – Building Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings’ by the USGBC. This makes the facility as the first Government-owned facility in the world to receive LEED v4 certification in this category. The hospital is also the world’s first and only healthcare facility to receive the award. Through technology-driven retrofitting and refurbishment works completed at the hospital, we have helped the MoH Malaysia to achieve monthly savings of up to 74,381 kWh, equivalent to over 55 tonnes of carbon emission. Installed photovoltaic solar panels on the roof of Menara UEM which reduced our electricity consumption by approximately 21% from FY2018 to FY2020. Leveraged Artificial Intelligence and machine learning with a group of data scientists stationed at our CnC to provide data insights to optimise energy consumption. EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE ‘20 ‘19 ‘18 5,426,113 2,407,708 5,382,667 Electricity kWh ‘20 ‘19 ‘18 3,765.72 11,863.99 3,735.57 Carbon Emission tonnes We monitor fuel consumption of vehicles used in daily operations, as well as in vehicles under the Car Allowance Scheme. Both consumption and emissions decreased significantly from 2019 to 2020 due to the reduction of vehicles used as a result of the pandemic, as well as the implementation of GPS monitoring which prevents speeding and idling. The increase in electricity consumption over the years is due to the inclusion of more premises and more levels in Menara UEM in our calculations. UEM EDGENTA BERHAD 154 Sustainability Report SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT