Sustainability Report 2015
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Aspects
Approaches
Targets for FY2015
FY2015 Progress Updates
Environmental
Protection
Water
consumption and
effluent treatment
Reduce water usage
and effluent through
filtering water in
our processes, and
install water efficient
hardware
Reduce water consumption
per headcount by 2% against
FY2014
Due to the improvement on our water facilities
and provision of hot water supply in the
dormitory, our water consumption per employee
increased by 1.2% compared with FY2014. We
will continue to promote water saving campaigns
at the living areas of our manufacturing facilities.
Our total water consumption, however,
decreased by 3.5% compared with FY2014 due
to our continuous efforts on water conservation
in the manufacturing facilities.
Examine opportunities for
rainwater harvesting
Due to the hot and humid climate at the
southern part of China, it was studied and
concluded that the maintenance cost for the
rainwater harvesting system is too high that it is
not feasible for VTech’s manufacturing facilities.
Waste and
recycling
Recycle material to
minimise waste and
conserve resources
Increase recycle rate of
non-hazardous waste to 75%
We have recycling centres where our staff collect
and compact cardboard, plastics and metals
to optimise the recycling rate. Our recycling
rate increased from 66% in FY2014 to 70% in
FY2015.
Logistics
Reduce the
environmental
impact of product
transport
Develop a carbon reporting
methodology for transport to
better reflect improvements
We are developing the transportation database
to measure the carbon emissions of our logistic
chain. The system structure will be ready by the
end of FY2016.
Increase the loading capacity of
each shipment to 80%
We successfully maintained the loading capacity
of each container shipment at an average of
86.4% in FY2015.
Increase by 10% for usage rate
of 40” High Cube containers
against FY2014
Our 40” High Cube container usage had
reduced by 11.2% compared with FY2014
which was mainly due to lack of high cube
container supply from forwarders for North
America shipments in peak season.
Workplace
Quality
Training and
development
All staff receive
suitable training and
are able to develop
a career path within
VTech
Increase the average training
hours per employee by 10%
against FY2014
The average training hours per employee
increased by 17.6% compared with FY2014
which was mainly due to the increase of
compulsory health and safety training for all new
workers.
Increase the total number of
participants in VTech College at
the manufacturing sites by 10%
The number of participants in VTech College
increased by 2.2% compared with FY2014 due
to the consolidation of the training programmes.
Our training hours per participant, however,
increased by 11.4% compared with FY2014.
Upgrade training facilities
The training room in Hong Kong head office had
been renovated in FY2015.
As for the training facilities in our manufacturing
facilities, we had also upgraded the computers,
projectors and microphone systems to improve
the training environment.
