ESG Report 2024

92 The Group does not operate in water-stressed areas. As a non-water-stressed location, the Inner Mongolia Company purchased 7,349,392 cubic meters of external water sources in the reporting period, which decreased by 6.90% compared with last year. The supplying unit of the external water sources is the Linhe Dongcheng District Tap Water Co., Ltd. of Bayannur City. The total amount of investment in water resource paid by the Inner Mongolia Company during the Year was over RMB30 million. All wastewater has been reused without discharge this year. 2024 7,349,392 N/A Note: 1: The source of water withdrawal for all of the water purchased of the Inner Mongolia Company is municipal potable water, with no water withdrawn from sources such as groundwater from wells and boreholes, used quarry water collected in the quarry, surface water, external wastewater, harvester rainwater, and sea water and water extracted from the sea or the ocean. Note: 2: The wastewater management for the Inner Mongolia Company has all of the wastewater recycled, with no discharged wastewater. Amount of Water (Cubic Metre) 2023 2022 2024 2023 2022 7,893,952 6 , 823 , 440 N/A N/A In order to promote water conservation work, Inner Mongolia Company fully implemented the key environmental protection project for reuse of reclaimed water and set the goal of reusing all reclaimed water during the Year. The treated wastewater is discharged to the reclaimed water reuse system for treatment, achieving zero discharge of wastewater and reducing new water consumption. At the same time, Inner Mongolia Company implemented water conservation measures in production workshops and offices and carried out water conservation optimization projects in the plants, bringing an increase in water reuse rate and reduction in unnecessary water consumption. The water reuse of Inner Mongolia Company is satisfactory, with over 15.7 million cubic meters of water reclaimed. During the Year, the Group has also implemented four key water-saving optimisation projects in the workshops, saving approximately 960 tonnes of water every day. Water-Saving Optimisation Projects of This Year Amount of Water (Cubic Metre) Non-water-stressed Location: 1 Water Purchased of the Inner Mongolia Company : Water-stressed Location: Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2024 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited Concentrated Evaporator Condensate Direct Discharge which was environmentally discharged directly, is now recycled for use in workshop ingredient preparation, saving approximately of water daily. , 530 tonnes The Steam Condensate Recovery System replaces workshop drinking water, and the mechanical seal cooling water switches from direct discharge to reuse, saving about of water each day. 80 tonnes The concentrated wastewater, which was originally discharged directly in an environmentally friendly manner, is now recycled for cleaning decarbonisers and for domestic use, saving approximately of drinking water daily. 110 tonnes Utilising steam condensate for material preparation and changing the continuous rinsing of extraction centrifuge water to intermittent rinsing saves about of water daily. 243 tonnes N/A N/A N/A 17,961,933 13 , 286 , 551 15,707,118 Amount of Recycled Wastewate 2 Amount of Discharged water