AS Watson is committed to fighting the climate crisis and minimising the environmental impact of our business activities.
The AS Watson 2030 Sustainability Vision focuses on engaging local communities and our suppliers in environmental protection awareness programmes, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving energy efficiency, building greener stores and achieving zero waste to landfills.
We launched the AS Watson Global Greener Stores Framework in 2022 which aims to build a stronger sustainability culture and practice in the way we design, construct, operate and maintain our stores.
Our Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Targets (Validated by the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) in 2022) :
- Greenhouse Gas:
- Reducing Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50.4% by 2030 from a 2018 base year
- Reducing Scope 3 GHG Emissions from purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution, and use of sold products by 58% per Hong Kong dollar value added by 2030 from a 2018 base year
- Pledging that 33% of its suppliers by emissions covering purchased goods and services, upstream transportation and distribution will have science-based targets (SBTs) by 2027
