The water intake at WT’s operating bases in Taiwan are mainly used for circulated water of air conditioners and daily-life water consumed by employees in office areas. The water is entirely sourced from the local water companies (fresh water) where each operating base is located, and no water is taken from sea water, surface water, ground water or water generated by other organizations. In order to ensure drinking water safety for employees, the water dispenser filters are replaced every month to effectively remove harmful substances in the water. Taiwan SGS is commissioned to regularly test the water every year to ensure safe and healthy water quality. Except for the evaporation and drift losses from air-conditioners, all the water used by employees in the daily life is discharged into local public sewage systems through the sewage pipes of the building. An assessment conducted by WT following the Water Risk Atlas of the World Resources Institute (WRI) found that the operating bases in Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore are not in areas with water stress (high or extremely high).
The water intake was 12.95 million liters (ML) in 2022, an increase of 1.81 ML compared to 2021, mainly due to the inclusion of the Hong Kong logistics center, and the surging number of employees returning to the office from working-from-home after the COVID-19 pandemic peak. As the evaporation and drift losses of circulated water in air-conditioners are impossible to measure effectively, they were ignored as consumption in the reported discharge. The amount of water discharged was also 12.95 ML in 2022, and the water consumption was 0 ML excluding the losses that were impossible to measure. In 2022, the Taiwan headquarters continued to communicate with the management committee of the park where the offices are located to implement relevant water-saving measures.
The main uses of water resources at each of WT Taiwan’s
WT’s total energy consumption was 16,271 GJ in 2022,
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