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SUSTAINABILITY
Environmental Advocacy at StarHub Managed Print Services
Save paper and
We continued with several programmes in Save Printing Costs
2015 aimed at spreading awareness about
the environment among our employees, In 2015, we successfully rolled out the Managed Print Services (MPS) at our
customers, business partners, students and headquarters StarHub Green to further optimise consumption of paper in our offices.
other stakeholders. Some of the initiatives
are listed below. Employees’ buy-in was a key challenge in successfully implementing MPS to
replace individual department printers. Switching to MPS required a change
Awareness in printing habits, letting go of department printers and faxes, embracing a
centralised system and learning how to use MPS. To overcome the challenge,
In January 2015, a special screening of we embarked on an awareness campaign highlighting the environmental
Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain – a film based benefits of MPS. MPS orientation sessions were organised for employees to
on the Bhopal Gas Leak of 1984, one of smoothly transit to the new system.
the world’s worst industrial disasters ever
was screened at a local theatre for our After the roll-out, in a survey to seek employees’ feedback on their
employees and the representatives from experience with MPS, 94% employees rated the transition as smooth and said
schools who have won the SEC-StarHub they would recommend other departments to use MPS over the old system.
School Green Awards.
Transition to MPS has replaced 168 printers, photocopiers and fax machines.
Continuing our Green Learning Journey, an The new system has also resulted in reduction in paper use and toner
ongoing programme to raise environmental consumption, making our office documentation more environmentally
awareness among employees, a tour to friendly while saving cost at the same time.
TES-AMM e-waste Recycling Plant was
organised for our employees in September Green Mark
2015 to increase awareness about RENEW, Platinum
Singapore’s most extensive and inclusive Rating for MediaHub
e-waste recycling programme.
MediaHub (renamed STT MediaHub) a highly specialised telecommunications,
See more Green Learning Journey media and data centre facility jointly developed by StarHub and ST Telemedia,
events involving our beneficiaries in the was awarded the BCA-IDA Green Mark Platinum for New Data Centres rating
Community chapter. by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA) in January 2016. StarHub
owns 30% of STT MediaHub.
Earth Hour 2015
The dedicated green building rating system for data centres is jointly
Community (Gardens@Green) developed by Building and Construction Authority (BCA) and the Infocomm
In commemoration of the Earth Hour 2015, Development Authority (IDA). The rating system assesses data centres
StarHub’s Gardening Interest Group for based on five key criteria - energy efficiency, water efficiency, sustainable
employees was formed. As its first project, construction & management, indoor environment quality as well as other
the Gardening Interest Group created green features.
three Community-In-Bloom Gardens—to
be collectively called Gardens@Green—in StarHub
StarHub Green where our head office is Customers
located. StarHub also switched off non- Save the Planet
essential lights and dimmed others in our
stores on 28 March 2015 for an hour. Lights The StarHub Rewards Redemption for Community programme, launched in
that lit up our company logo at StarHub 2013, allows our customers to use their reward points to make a tax-deductible
Green were also switched off. $5 donation to World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). In 2015, the redemption
donation amounted to $26,760 as compared to $28,445 in the prior year.
