Letters | ESG is great, but let’s fix Hong Kong’s freezing air con and excessive lighting first
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ESG reporting, which is handled by professionals, tracks the effectiveness of measures taken by reflecting the performance in numbers. But how about attending first to simpler ways of being kind to the environment? Companies should address the problems that Hong Kong people have been complaining about – excessive air conditioning and lighting – and make improvements we can immediately feel.
I boarded a double-deck bus from Yuen Long to Tai Po at about 9.30pm a few days ago. No doubt it had been a long day for many passengers and dimmer lighting would have allowed passengers to rest and relax. But, no, these franchised buses have strong lighting as bright as day.
Moreover, it was pretty cool that night, yet the air conditioning in the bus made it even colder than the outside. What’s the use of investing in new electric buses if bus companies don’t have the mindset of saving energy?
If you have been to shopping malls, train and bus stations, office buildings, roads and highways in mainland China and other countries, you would have noticed that the same places in Hong Kong are excessively lit.