Canon Hongkong Company Limited (CHK) strives its best effort as an environmental conservation organization, implements various green initiates in its workplace in order to reduce energy consumption. On 1 December, 2015, CHK attended the award presentation ceremony for the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (UNMDG) - Green Office Awards Labelling Scheme (GOALS) which was jointly organized by the World Green Organisation (WGO) and Junior Chamber International (JCI) North District. CHK was recognized the UNMDG's Better World Company label and the WGO's Green Office label for its excellent environmental consciousness management for the third consecutive year.
CHK has been enthusiastically participating in GOALS since the project’s inauguration in 2013. There are total 230 participating companies this year (100 in 2013), ranging from small-and-medium-sized enterprises to large multi-national corporations and publicly listed companies. CHK is proud to be one of the 5 pilot companies to support green office measurements and promote sustainability.
The UNMDG refers to the 8 targets set by 191 UN Member States to tackle global environmental challenges, and one of them is to ensure environmental sustainability. The purpose of GOALS is to encourage more companies to incorporate green best practices into their offices through training enhancement and sharing of green practices experiences. The given labels indicated CHK's outstanding performance in the 30 assessment criteria of the Scheme. |