This Report was prepared in accordance with the Core option requirements of Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines. The General Standard Disclosures and Specific Standard Disclosures are tabulated below with the corresponding reported chapter titles or notes otherwise.
| General Standard Disclosures | Description | Cross-reference / Notes / Reasons for Omissions |
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| STRATEGY AND ANALYSIS | |||
| G4-1 | Statement from the most senior decision-maker of the organization | Message from the President | |
| G4-2 | Provide a description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities |
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| ORGANIZATIONAL PROFILE | |||
| G4-3 | Name of the organization | About this Report | |
| G4-4 | Primary brands, products, and services | University Sustainability Management | |
| G4-5 | Location of the organization’s headquarters | About this Report | |
| G4-6 | Number of countries where the organization operates | About this Report | |
| G4-7 | Nature of ownership and legal form | University Sustainability Management | |
| G4-8 | Markets served |
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| G4-9 | Scale of the organization |
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| G4-10 | Number of total employees |
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| G4-11 | Percentage of total employees covered by collective bargaining agreements | Developing Staff | |
| G4-12 | Organization’s supply chain | University Sustainability Management | |
| G4-13 | Significant changes during the reporting period regarding the organization’s size, structure, ownership, or its supply chain | About this Report | |
| G4-14 | Report whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the organization | University Sustainability Management | |
| G4-15 | Externally developed economic, environmental and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or which it endorses |
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| G4-16 | Memberships of associations and/or national/international advocacy organizations |
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| IDENTIFIED MATERIAL ASPECTS AND BOUNDARIES | |||
| G4-17 | Entities included in the organization’s consolidated financial statements |
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| G4-18 | Process for defining the report content and the Aspect Boundaries and how the organization has implemented the Reporting Principles for Defining Report Content | About this Report | |
| G4-19 | Material Aspects identified in the process for defining report content | About this Report | |
| G4-20 | Aspect Boundary of each Material Aspect within the organization | About this Report | |
| G4-21 | Aspect Boundary of each Material Aspect outside the organization | About this Report | |
| G4-22 | Effect of any restatements of information provided in previous reports, and the reasons for such restatements | About this Report | |
| G4-23 | Report significant changes from previous reporting periods in the Scope and Aspect Boundaries | About this Report | |
| STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT | |||
| G4-24 | List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organization | About this Report | |
| G4-25 | Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage | About this Report | |
| G4-26 | Approach to stakeholder engagement |
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| G4-27 | Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the organization has responded to those key topics and concerns | About this Report | |
| REPORT PROFILE | |||
| G4-28 | Reporting period for information provided | About this Report | |
| G4-29 | Date of most recent previous report | February 2018 | |
| G4-30 | Reporting cycle | Annually | |
| G4-31 | Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents | Feedback | |
| G4-32 | GRI Content Index, the ‘in accordance’ option the organization has chosen and the reference to the external assurance (if any) |
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| G4-33 | Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report | Verification Statement | |
| GOVERNANCE | |||
| G4-34 | Governance structure of the organization |
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| ETHICS AND INTEGRITY | |||
| G4-56 | Organization’s values, principles, standards and norms of behavior |
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| SPECIFIC STANDARD DISCLOSURES | |||
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| Specific Standard Disclosures | Description | Cross-reference / Notes / Reasons for Omissions |
External Assurance |
| CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENTAL | |||
| MATERIAL ASPECT: MATERIALS | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN2 | Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials | Green Campus | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: ENERGY | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN3 | Energy consumption within the organization | PolyU Statistics | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: WATER | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN8 | Total water withdrawal by source | PolyU Statistics | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: EMISSIONS | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN15 | Direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 1) |
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| G4-EN16 | Energy indirect greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (Scope 2) |
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| G4-EN18 | Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity |
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| MATERIAL ASPECT: EFFLUENTS AND WASTE | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN23 | Total weight of waste by type and disposal method | PolyU Statistics | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: PRODUCTS AND SERVICES | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN27 | Extent of impact mitigation of environmental impacts of products and services | Green Campus | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: COMPLIANCE | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN29 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations | Green Campus | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: TRANSPORT | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN30 | Significant environmental impacts of transporting products and other goods and materials for the organization's operations, and transporting members of the workforce |
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| MATERIAL ASPECT: OVERALL | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN31 | Total environmental protection expenditures and investments by type | Green Campus | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: ENVIRONMENTAL GRIEVANCE MECHANISMS | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-EN34 | Number of grievances about environmental impacts filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms | Green Campus | |
| SUB-CATEGORY: HUMAN RIGHTS | |||
| MATERIAL ASPECT: NON-DISCRIMINATION | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-HR3 | Total number of incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken | No incidents of discrimination or corrective actions were reported during the reporting period. | |
| MATERIAL ASPECT: ASSESSMENT | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-HR9 | Total number and percentage of operations that have been subject to human rights reviews or impact assessments | PolyU requires that all research/teaching projects involving human subjects must be reviewed for ethical appropriateness in accordance with the guidelines of the Human Subjects Ethics Sub-committee (HSESC). | |
| SUB-CATEGORY: SOCIETY | |||
| MATERIAL ASPECT: LOCAL COMMUNITIES | |||
| G4-DMA | Generic Disclosures on Management Approach |
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| G4-SO1 | Percentage of operations with implemented local community engagement, impact assessments, and development programs | Community Engagement | |