HKUST Environment ,Social and Governance Report 2020-21

Alignment with GRI This report has been prepared by referencing the GRI Standards: Core Option. It discloses our performance against some of the selected issues that are considered most materials to our stakeholders.

Table 15 (Alignment with GRI Goals)

Introduction Materiality Environment, Social and Governance Sustainability initiatives ESG frameworks

GRI standards

Reporting requirement

Section

Page

GRI standards

Reporting requirement

Section

Page

GRI standards GRI 102: General Disclosures

102-1 102-2

Name of the organization Activities, brands, products, and services Location of headquarters

Introduction Introduction

P.2 P.2

GRI 303: Water

103-1

Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary The management approach and its components Evaluation of the management approach Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary The management approach and its components Evaluation of the management approach Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions Water consumption Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary The management approach and its components Evaluation of the management approach Management of significant waste- related impacts Waste diverted from disposal Waste directed to disposal The management approach and its components Occupational health services The management approach and its components Incidents of discrimination and corrective actions taken Waste generated Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions GHG emissions intensity Reduction of GHG emissions

Water

P.18-21

103-2

102-3 102-4 102-6

Natural resources Natural resources Introduction Introduction Materiality matrix Sustainability initiatives Drivers

P.21 P.21 P.2 P.2 P.8 P.37

Location of operations

103-3

Markets served

102-12

External initiatives

303-5 103-1

Water Pollution

P.18 P.23-25

GRI 305: Emissions

102-13

Membership of associations

103-2

102-16

Values, Principles, standards, and norms of behavior Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics List of stakeholder groups

P.35

103-3

102-17

People

P.33

305-1 305-2

Pollution Pollution

P.24 P.24

102-40

Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder engagement Stakeholder engagement Environment, Social and Governance Materiality matrix All the information and data in the report is in year 2020/21 Contact

P.8

102-43

Approach to stakeholder engagement

P.8

305-3 305-4 305-1 103-1

Pollution Pollution Pollution Waste

P.24 P.24 P.24 P.26-28

102-44

Key topics and concerns raised

P.8

GRI 306: Waste

102-46

Defining report content and topic Boundaries

P.14

103-2

Waste

P.28

102-47 102-50

List of material topics

P.10

Reporting Period

103-3

Waste

P.27

306-2

Waste

P.27

102-53

Contact point for questions regarding the report

P.48

306-3 306-4 306-5 103-2

Waste Waste People People

P.27 P.27 P.27 P.29

102-55

GRI content index

Alignment with GRI Energy

P.44 P.13-18

GRI 302: Energy

103-1

Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary The management approach and its components Evaluation of the management approach

GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety

103-2

403-3 103-2

People People

P.29 P.32

103-3

GRI 406: Non discrimination

302-1

Energy consumption within the organization

Energy

P.14

406-1

People

P32

302-4

Reduction of energy consumptionc

Energy

P.14

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