| 9 June 2011 |
NWS Holdings held green site visit
 NWS Environmental Committee organized a site visit to the Hong Kong Productivity Council for committee members and green managers on 9 June 2011. Participants gained knowledge in the operations of utilizing food waste and wastewater. They also visited the Indoor Air Quality Information Centre and the Environment Product and Innovation Laboratory.
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| 1 June 2011 |
Macau Power holds "Car Free Day"
 Macau Power has set the first day of each month beginning from June as "CEM Car Free Day", calling on its staff to travel on foot or by public transport instead of driving alone, in order to reduce vehicle emissions and protect the environment.
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| 1 June 2011 |
New World Green Week 2011
To support New World Green Week 2011, NWS Holdings and member companies held various green activities in June. Activities organized by NWS Holdings included Love Food．Hate Waste Slogan Competition encouraging staff members to treasure food and reduce food waste; Green Birthday Party where colleagues were asked to bring along their own reusable utensils to enjoy organic food; and the Low-carbon Cooking Contest for staff to showcase their low-carbon dishes with the aim of promoting green eating habits.
Green activities held by member companies
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| Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (Management) |
Sky Garden
Green Menu
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Set up of a staff farming area on the roof of HKCEC
The Congress Restaurant and the staff canteen presented the “Green Menu” and the “Low Carbon Menu” respectively
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| New World First Bus/ Citybus and New World First Ferry |
Go Green, Wear Green |
Email blasts introducing eco-friendly fashion in the Green Week
Staff donated their unwanted clothes to the Conservancy Association for recycling
Staff dressed in green on 10 June for rendering their support to Green Wear Day |
| Macau Water Plant |
Support Energy Saving Week
Summer of Casual Wear
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Fan Xiaojun, Executive Director of Macao Water, attended the opening ceremony of Energy Saving Week organized by the Office for the Development of the Energy Sector
Back-office employees could dress in casual wear to support energy conservation
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| Qingdao Water Plant |
Garbage cleaning for the community |
50 senior management and staff members helped cleaning up the community |
| Shanghai SCIP Water Treatment Plants |
Lecture on Water and Environment Protection |
Engineers and volunteers delivered a lecture for farmers in Jinguang Village, Shanghai to improve their understanding on water conservation |
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| 26 March 2011 |
The Group participated in "Earth Hour 2011"
Like previous years, NWS Holdings supported "Earth Hour 2011" organized by WWF. Business unites, including offices and Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre switched off their non-essential lights from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on 26 March 2011 to show their support. |
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| 11 March 2011 |
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Corporate Partner of the Corporate Sustainability for Schools Programme
 Being a Corporate Partner of the Corporate Sustainability for Schools Programme, NWS Holdings strives to promote corporate sustainability to secondary school students. On 11 March 2011, the Group organized a visit to NWFB depot for a group of students from Po On Commercial Association Wong Siu Ching Secondary School to learn about the green buses and eco-friendly operations management.
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