sustainabilityreport2003.pdf
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4.6 LEADING THE WAY<br />
In 2003, MTR achieved a number of significant milestones in corporate<br />
responsibility. A selection of these are presented below and discussed in<br />
greater detail in subsequent sections of the report.<br />
• Continued inclusion in the two leading global sustainability indexes, the<br />
Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good.<br />
• Maintaining the certification of MTR’s Project and Operations Divisions to<br />
ISO14001, the international standard for environmental management<br />
systems.<br />
• Initiated a review of the Code of Conduct and an audit on the compliance<br />
to Corporate policies.<br />
• Achieving 23 of the 24 quantitative performance targets established by<br />
Project and Operations Divisions during development of the ISO14001<br />
environmental management system (Section 6).<br />
• Continued implementation of the recommendations made in the 4 th Staff<br />
Attitude Survey to encourage staff development at the middle<br />
management level and the undertaking of a further Staff Attitude Survey<br />
2003 (Section 5).<br />
• Establishment of the Sustainability Advisory Board for the Tung Chung -<br />
Ngong Ping Cable Car (Section 5).<br />
• Continued commitment as signatory to the World Economic Forum<br />
Corporate Citizenship Initiative, placing corporate governance and social<br />
issues at the highest levels of management.<br />
• Participation in the second phase of the Impacts of Reporting Project being<br />
undertaken by AccountAbility in the UK (see Box 4.1).<br />
• Continued leadership for and implementation of the UITP’s (Union of<br />
International Transport Providers) Charter on Sustainable Development<br />
(see Box 4.3).<br />
• Organizational Stakeholder of and regional leadership for the Global<br />
Reporting Initiative.<br />
• Winner of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)<br />
Hong Kong’s first Environmental Reporting Award.<br />
• Gold Award for Environmental Reporting from Business in the<br />
Environment Council, Hong Kong.<br />
• Runner up for the Environmental Excellence Award at the Asia Corporate<br />
Social Responsibility Forum 2003.<br />
MTR CORPORATION SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2003<br />
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