Nan Shan Life continues to promote various waste-reduction and water-conservation measures, including garbage separation, food waste recycling, reuse of document envelopes, and double-sided printing. We encourage our employees to protect the environment with simple acts they can do themselves. We promote garbage separation and resource recycling in the office, using the 3R principles, namely reduce, reuse, and recycle. In 2023, the water consumption in self-use buildings amounted to 95,419 kiloliters, a decrease of 0.27% comparing to 2022. The total weight of general business waste was 731,357kg, a decrease of 1.3% comparing to 2022. Nan Shan Life did not receive any fines or non-monetary penalties for violation of environmental regulations in 2023.
Waste Management
Regarding office and daily waste, we adopt the following management measures:
- Photocopying and fax paper: Make good use of e-files and mailboxes, public server storage, paperless presentations, and double-sided printing, and set up a reuse collection area for general document use.
- Recycling of iron and aluminum cans, PET bottles, plastics, waste batteries, and waste paper to reduce waste generation. In 2023, a total of 183,955kg of waste paper and 77,053.8kg of iron and aluminum cans, PET bottles, plastic and waste batteries were recycled
Statistics on Water Resource Consumption
* The estimation of daily waste and resource recycling only incorporated 13 buildings and 17 floors owned by Nan Shan Life. The coverage rate ofbusiness locations was 26%.
Statistics on Resource Handling, Recycling, and Reuse
* The estimation of water consumption in 2022 incorporated 13 buildings and 17 floors owned by Nan Shan Life, and Nan Shan General. The calculation of water resource consumption in 2021 and 2023 included 13 buildings and 17 floors owned by Nan Shan Life, and Nan Shan General was not included.
