CDL adopts integrated reporting approach in its latest sustainability report
The Business Times: 20 May 2015 10:29am | Nisha Ramchandani
CITY Developments Limited (CDL) has adopted an integrated reporting approach in its latest sustainability report, to provide more meaningful and all-rounded corporate reporting, becoming the first Singapore property developer to do so.
The new approach aims to give CDL’s investors and stakeholders a better understanding of how the link between CDL’s business and sustainability performance leads to value creation over the short, medium and long term. It is based on the International Integrated Reporting Council’s framework.
In this year’s sustainability report, CDL has also included carbon disclosure from key subsidiaries, namely Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, CDL Hospitality Trusts, CBM, City Serviced Offices, Le Grove Serviced Apartments and the Tower Club.
Last year, CDL achieved improved environmental performance in several areas, including a 21 per cent reduction in carbon emissions, a 29 per cent reduction in water usage and a 9 per cent increase in renewable energy generated by CDL-managed buildings.
He added that CDL will capitalise on the downcycle by expanding its know-how, diversifying its products and seeking new opportunities locally and abroad.
As at end-2014, CDL has over 70 BCA Green Mark developments, including 33 Platinum projects.
It has also announced plans to adopt an advanced construction technology, prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction, to develop a new 638-unit executive condominium – which could be a world first for a large-scale residential project. This method will boost productivity by over 40 per cent, saving about 55,000 man days, it said.