Measures to reduce electricity emissions in IHCC’ premises include:

• Implement energy efficient, motion-controlled LED lightings in offices, staircases and carparks
• Implement energy efficient central air-conditioning system with variable air and chilled water volume control
• Implement solar photovoltaic systems
• Set and maintain office air-conditioned temperature at 25°C
• Use of occupancy based toilet lighting and ventilation
• Use of destination-oriented lift system
• Use of solar film for windows
• Use of cool paint for water storage tanks
• Operate heat recovery system for fresh air intake

• New norms for international meetings present an opportunity to reduce the air travel of IHCC staff. As air travel normalises, we can expect some meetings to return to an in-person format. Others may continue in an exclusively virtual setting, while some organisers may choose to adopt a hybrid meeting format.
• IHCC introduced a carbon budget framework and issued guidelines on delegation sizes to work towards meeting our target for business air travel emissions reduction.

• IHCC will work towards the GreenGov.SG target of reducing our waste disposal by 30% (from 2022) by 2030.
• IHCC continues to actively encourage the three ‘R’s of reduce, reuse and recycle amongst staff, to minimise waste, conserve natural resources and reduce carbon emissions.

IHCC recognises the importance of building a culture of sustainability and encourages staff to actively adopt sustainability-friendly practices through various campaigns and initiatives.

Our Sustainability Campaigns

• Sustainability was a key theme in our 2022 annual staff seminar, One IHCC Connect (OMC), where officers from various departments spoke about their work in sustainability and other ground-up activities in the organisation.
• The IHCC Recreation Club formed a Sustainability Committee to ground-up campaigns which aim to change the behaviours and attitudes of staff towards waste generation or resource usage in the office.
• A sustainability sentiment survey as well as a focus group discussion was launched to understand staff’s attitudes, willingness and perceptions towards building a culture of sustainability.
  
• A group of staff volunteers also came together to organise IHCC’ environmental sustainability week, which included various talks, workshops, activities, and ground-up initiatives to encourage staff to reduce, re-use and recycle.
  

Our Sustainability Initiatives
IHCC also implemented various initiatives to develop a culture of sustainability amongst staff. The initiatives and outcomes achieved are highlighted in the table below:

Management of Physical Risks to IHCC Building 

• Physical risks could impact our buildings and property, for instance via flash floods or peak temperature. Physical risks can also impact companies which supply IHCC with goods, services and raw materials, for instance, companies that supply our currency vendors with key raw materials used to produce currency notes.
• IHCC Building is located in a non-flood prone area. Several mitigating measures have been incorporated in the design of the building, including the placement of key critical equipment above ground level, having elevated building entrances, and implementing a water alert system in the basement carpark.

Management of Outsourced Currency Operations

• MAS’ outsourced currency operations are exposed to both physical and transition risks arising from climate change. IHCC has taken measures to mitigate and reduce the risks.
• Physical risk arising from extreme weather conditions may result in production or delivery delays. IHCC maintains sufficient stock to meet notes and coins demand.
• Transition risk may cause a rise in cost for IHCC’ outsourced currency operations. The open-tender procurement approach for currency replenishment allows us to award to a vendor that meets our requirements and provides the most value-for-money bid.
• It is important for us to lower our carbon footprint and progressively introduce measures to reduce public demand for new currency notes and coins.

IHCC has factored green requirements in our procurement.

• We adopt the green procurement requirements from the GreenGov.SG framework and other initiatives such as National Environment Agency’s (NEA) Guaranteed Energy Savings Performance contracting model. This contracting model optimises the chilled water system design and ensures efficient performance, comprehensive maintenance, and guaranteed savings over a typical period of five years.
• Our green procurement requirements cover the following categories of goods and equipment, as outlined below.

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MAS’ near-term targets for FY2025 and FY2030

• MAS’ near-term targets for Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 emissions reduction are set based on the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) methodology, which has been independently validated by KPMG Services Pte Ltd.
• MAS’ Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 (business air travel) near-term targets are aligned with the well below 2°C science-based pathway, and Scope 3 (outsourced currency operations) near-term targets are aligned with the 2°C science-based pathway.
  

GreenGov.SG’s targets by 2030

• Energy Utilisation Index: improve by 10% from 2018-2020 baseline

• Water Efficiency Index: improve by 10% from 2018-2020 baseline

• Waste Disposal Index: improve by 30% from 2022 baseline

IHCC will continue to measure and report our corporate emissions using the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol. Overall, our FY2021 emissions declined 39% from FY2018 baseline, given the substantial decline in business air travel due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an aberration.

• Energy Utilisation Index (EUI): annual energy consumption divided by the total Gross Floor Area

• Water Efficiency Index (WEI): annual water consumption per day divided by the total number of occupants including visitors

• Waste Disposal Index (WDI): total amount of waste disposed per day divided by the total number of occupants including visitors