To continuously promote low-carbon and sustainable operation and fulfill its corporate social responsibility, the Company has taken measures for energy conservation and carbon reduction to reduce the impact of the operation on the environment. The Company also established long-term energy conservation and carbon emissions reduction targets for the Group to reduce oil usage, electricity usage, water usage, and carbon emissions by 5% before 2022 from the baseline year of 2017 in order to reduce the impact of operations and services on the environment. In June 2017, Mega International Commercial Bank on Chi-Lin Road (Chi-Lin Building) took the lead to introduce the ISO 14001 environmental management system and passed the certification for the second year in November 2018. Since 2016, 5 office buildings of the Group have obtained ISO 14064-1 greenhouse gas inventory certification statements. As of the end of 2018, 90 locations in northern Taiwan have obtained the inventory certification and the inventory for all locations of the Group is expected to be completed before 2021. In addition to the environmental management framework, the Company has set environmental policies and goals to achieve energy conservation and carbon reduction. In 2018, the Group reduced energy consumption per capita by 4.04%, reduced carbon emissions per capita by 4.06%, and reduced water consumption per capita by 6.05%. With regard to financial services, we also used investments in green bonds, digital accounts, electronic statements, and other green finance services to save approximately 21 million sheets of paper in 2018 to fulfill environmental sustainability. Mega Holdings participated in the CDP Climate Change Questionnaire for the first time in 2018 and received a rating of "B" in Management Level.
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