Sustainable Energy and Environment Division

The Sustainable Energy and Environment Division (SEED) was established by TECOM Investments  in August 2006 with the objective of setting out the Sustainable Development Policy and managing the implementation of the policy activities. SEED comprises qualified professionals, having expertise in green buildings, energy & water conservation, renewable energy, sustainable procurement and awareness programmes in sustainable development. All SEED personnel are green building accredited professionals.

Since early 2006, we have embarked on a planned, systematic and consistent approach to adopting sustainable development principles into various facets of our operations.  All our sustainable development activities are driven by the motto “sustainability makes business sense” and this has been clearly demonstrated by all the sustainability projects that we have executed at TECOM.

Our sustainable development initiatives are founded on 5 pillars: green building certification of all buildings (new and existing), ongoing energy and water conservation programme, sustainable procurement of office equipment, staff awareness on the issue of climate change and renewable energy. At both holistic programme level and individual project level, our sustainable development initiatives aim to drive costs down – be it operating cost, capital cost or societal and environmental costs. Through our projects and initiatives, we have eliminated the consumption of millions of kWhs of electricity and millions of gallons of water, thereby, directly preventing thousands of tons of CO2 and other greenhouse gases from being emitted into the atmosphere.

Over four years of implementation of sustainable development across all TECOM Brands, and especially engaging them at varying stages in their development, has given SEED a huge collection of lessons learnt. We are pleased to share some of this with you through the case studies and our Sustainable Development Report.