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StarHub Ltd Annual Report 2015
CASE STUDY DETAILED EMISSIONS SUMMARY (CO2e tons) 2015 2014 2013 Overview
My StarHub e-Bill Emission sources
SCOPE 1 112 87 148
My StarHub e-bill, an Stationary Combustion 568 600 639
initiative to encourage Mobile Combustion 1,252 494 255
customers to switch from Fugitive emissions (refrigerant gases) 1,932 1,181 1,042
receiving printed bills to Total Scope 1 emissions
electronic statements,
saved an estimated 2,306kg SCOPE 2 54,774 53,444 57,342
of paper. Some 154,060 Purchased electricity 54,774 53,444 57,342
billing accounts were on the Total Scope 2 emissions 56,706 54,624 58,383
scheme as of 31 December Total CO2e emissions
2015 as against 94,779
accounts at the end of 2014. Water The SEC received 376 submissions in Strategy
We continue to make efforts to save water 2015 from schools for the annual School
Board Portal in our offices even though water has no Green Awards programme, an increase Performance
industrial or process use in our operations from the 344 submissions in 2014—an
The Board Portal, and as such does not constitute a material impressive growth compared to the mere 28 Governance & Sustainability
implemented in 2013, impact. Water is only used for drinking or submissions received in its pilot year in 2001,
completely replaces all washing in our offices. when SGA was originally introduced as ‘How
hard copy Board papers Green Is Your School?’ programme.
with electronic versions Our water conservation programme results
continues to save paper. from the fact that Singapore lacks natural To encourage more school-going youths
The portal allows StarHub fresh water resources and water saving is in Singapore to take on environmental
directors to access all Board a national need. We therefore measure, stewardship, the awards programme was
documents and information monitor and report our water consumption. extended to pre-schoolers in 2013, and
from anywhere anytime to tertiary students in institutes of higher
using tablets. The initiative StarHub Support for Environmental learning in 2014. This extended outreach
saves about 2,000 sheets of Activism in Schools to students in Singapore ensures that
paper annually. environmental awareness can be inculcated
In February 2015, StarHub signed a deal among students throughout their entire
Sustainable with the Singapore Environment Council time spent in schools, from pre-school up to
Paper (SEC), to title-sponsor the SEC-StarHub tertiary education.
School Green Awards (SGA) with a total of
We use sustainably sourced $450,000 for three years starting 2015. Compliance
Forest Stewardship Council
(FSC) Certified paper for StarHub has been collaborating with StarHub was not fined or sanctioned for any
internal use to reduce the SEC on the SGA since 2014 and will non-compliance with environmental laws or
impact on forests. We have continue to provide $150,000 annually regulations in 2015.
reduced our FSC paper in cash for the duration of their title-
usage from 53,230kg (2014) sponsorship of the SGA.
to 40,065kg (2015).
A Memorandum of Agreement was signed Financials
between the two parties in conjunction
with the launch of the SGA 2015 at MINDS
Fernvale Gardens School in the presence
of Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for the
Environment and Water Resources.
