Annual Report 2025

ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE REPORT (CONTINUED) China Merchants China Direct Investments Limited Annual Report 2025 95 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION (CONTINUED) Climate-related Disclosure (continued) Green Office and Operation The Company and the Investment Manager’s main emission sources are electricity, paper consumption and business travels. Even though the impact of the direct consumption to the environment is minor, the Company and the Investment Manager have adopted a series of measures to closely monitor and ensure that the environmental targets can be met. Below are some of the few key measures that the Company and the Investment Manager follow: ‧ establishing functional telecommunication systems to allow effective communication between staff; ‧ encouraging staff to reduce the number of business-related travels and/or unnecessary travels; ‧ motivating staff to use electronic documents if possible; ‧ promoting the behaviour of paper recycling and the use of recycled paper when possible; and ‧ promoting the use of smart thermostats and energy management systems to optimize ventilation and air conditioning, and encouraging natural ventilation when possible. We have exerted reasonable effort to maintain emission at a low level with the help from the Investment Manager of adopting a green office culture. The Investment Manager also ensures that its operations comply with Hong Kong government’s environmental laws and regulations completely. Waste Management The non-hazardous waste generated by the Company and the Investment Manager was mainly made up of paper. During the Reporting Period, the Company and the Investment Manager did not generate considerable amount of hazardous waste in the office-only operations. The table below shows the amount of non-hazardous waste generated and recycled: