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Ascott Residence Trust
Annual Report 2015
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through the iCare Thailand Foundation where close
to 50 staff volunteers helped to improve the rural
school’s facilities to create a better study environment
and brighter future for the students.
In addition, Ascott Reit’s properties spearheaded
different community initiatives during the year. Some
20 staff and residents from Ho Chi Minh City’s
Somerset Serviced Residences visited the Dieu Phap
orphanage in Dong Nai province to provide relief to
more than 100 children and elderly people housed
there. This assistance included basic necessities such
as food, toys and books, worth VND40 million.
With the aim of supporting disadvantaged children at
Yen Loc A Primary School in Nam Dinh province in
Hanoi, over 50 residents and associates of Somerset
Serviced Residences Hanoi and CapitaLand Vietnam
made a day trip to the school to clean, paint and
varnish furniture and to bring school supplies to its
300 students. Apart from helping with renovations,
the residents and staff also spent time engaging with
the students and teaching them origami. Prior to the
visit, the associates of Somerset Serviced Residence
Hanoi organised a number of fund-raising activities,
including a car and bike wash, golf tournament and
a sale of stationery and Christmas ornaments. A total
of about VND110 million was raised for the school
from these fund-raising activities. The proceeds were
used for the rebuilding of two of the classrooms and
purchasing of school supplies and equipment to
improve overall classroom conditions.
Environment, Health and Safety (EHS)
The Group is committed to protecting the environment
and upholding the occupational health and safety
of its employees. The EHS Management System is
externally audited to achieve ISO 14001 and OHSAS
18001 certification across 15 countries. The EHS Policy
can be found on
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environment.
The Group incorporated EHS key per formance
indicators linked to the remuneration of all staff, as well
as top management.
Its long-term energy and water reduction targets (using
2008 as base year) are:
• To reduce energy and water usage (per m
2
) by
15.0% by 2015
• To reduce energy and water usage (per m
2
) by
20.0% by 2020
For the first nine months of 2015, the reduction in
energy usage in KWh/m
2
was 18.3% and the reduction
in water usage in m
3
/m
2
was 28.6% from the 2008
baseline for the serviced residences in Ascott Reit’s
portfolio.
There was no staff work-related permanent disability
or fatality reported in FY 2015.
In 2015, Citadines St Georges Terrace Perth has been
awarded the Green Mark Gold rating Certification by
the Building and Construction Authority of Singapore
(BCA), making it the Group’s first BCA-awarded
property in Australia. The property received the rating
after implementing several changes that resulted in an
estimated energy savings and water savings of 115,879
kWh per year and 2,206 m
3
per year respectively.
As part of our Sponsor’s commitment towards Go
Green @ Ascott, all Ascott Reit properties are active
supporters of Earth Day activities every first Friday
of the month. Besides switching off beacon signage
lights and other non-essential lightings for ten hours
from 8pm, Ascott Reit’s serviced residences are
encouraged to turn off selected lights that do not
impact the safety and security of residents and
employees.
