GGB ESG - Environmental, Social, Governance

ESG INVESTING: WHAT IS GGB DOING FOR HONG KONG

Nowadays, as environmental problems like extreme weather, global warming, and species extinction have become increasingly serious, global ecology is deteriorating rapidly. The enterprises are now aware of the risks of pollution cause once their dark secrets are exposed, there will be a huge impact on their reputation and economic losses cannot be estimated. Also, with the Net Zero commitments from governments around the world, more and more companies are taking actions to protect the earth and mitigate climate change.

In the meantime, all sorts of problems in the world are worsening the human living environment. The United Nations proposes that while pursuing interests, enterprises should also try their best to benefit society. In addition, the outbreak of the epidemic has further prompted investors to reconsider how to identify Sustainable companies with stable earnings. Therefore, ESG has attracted everyone’s attention and has become an increasingly important part of the investment process.

ESG is an investment philosophy and corporate evaluation standard that has attracted much attention in recent years. It refers to environmental protection, social responsibility and corporate governance. With the increase impact of climate deterioration, environmental pollution, and epidemics on the economy, ESG is getting more attention from investors.

Companies with high ESG have higher requirements for environmental protection, which also means that these companies have a good reputation, actively undertake social responsibilities, and are committed to the sustainable development of the earth.

Environmental Friendly

ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PACKAGING

Protect the forest • Reduce environmental burden

In addition to using high-quality materials to make woven gift baskets and leather baskets which are both beautiful and durable, and can be used for daily storage to add value to the gift baskets as well as avoiding pollution and waste, GGB also starts from the source to use paper products with FSC certificate labels and BOPP degradable film that can be completely oxidized and biodegraded to reduce environmental pollution. .

We especially use paper products with FSC certification labels to protect primary forests and advocate the rational use of forest resources. The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) is an international organization dedicated to the sustainable management of forests. It promotes the maintenance of ecological diversity and protects the natural environment. In the meanwhile, it is the world's most stringent certification of forest management and forest product processing and is also one of the most recognized forest certifications in the world.

ECO FRIENDLY MATERIALS：CE CERTIFICATION

To protect our living environment, we give priority to environmentally friendly materials in gift packaging, such as degradable film, eco-friendly kraft paper and recycled paper; on the other hand, GGB selects eco-friendly materials for the gift baskets such as natural vine woven basket and PET recycled material based PU leather hamper. We also use biodegradable, recyclable, or reusable products to promote an environmentally friendly lifestyle and to protect the earth.

Coffee NEXT in Coffee Scrubbing Soap

[ Environment: CoffeeNEXT, coffee grounds upcycling products ]

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Paper Gift Box (The color may vary)

[ Environment: FSC-certified materials ]

Lexngo Silicone Collapsible Passion Cup & Lid

[ Environment: Lexngo, recycled coffee ground used products ]

Lexngo Flexi Lock Container / Lexngo Silicone Resealable Straw (4pcs)

[ Environment: Eco-friendly materials ]

Enviromental-friendly Man-made Leather hamper with Handle

[ Environment: Eco-friendly materials ]

Rolleat Grab'n'Go Food Bag / Lexngo Silicone Flexi e-Zip Bag (The style may vary)

[ Environment: Eco-friendly materials ]

Social Responsibilities

RESPONSIBILITY

SOCIAL ENTERPRISES PRODUCTS TO SUPPORT

Hello Cocoa

Founded in 2019 by Louie for kids with special needs. Hello Cocoa is a social enterprise that makes specialty chocolate and incubates the SEN* chocolatier to fulfill their self-employment and self-reliance life.

Mustard Seed Bakery

With the business model operation and the mission of continuous development, ” Mustard Seed Bakery ” baking business can cultivate diversified skills in work, creating more work skills and employment opportunities for people with intellectual disabilities or ex-mentally ill persons

Angelchild

The aim is to promote healthy food and to help the youth with autism to work with their talents in the society, helping the public to understand more and be acceptance to the autisms who also have the normal social and work ability.

iBakery

iBakery is a social enterprise under the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals. We train and hire people with disabilities, and feed Hong Kong with a healthy and delicious menu. We have our own baking factory, bakery, cookie shops, restaurant and snack kiosks. And we make our little bites of happiness for you to share around, so all of us can help make our society a little bit different, together.

Governance

Public Welfare

We are enthusiastic about public welfare and assists people in need, such as “Doctors Without Borders” and “International Children's Fund” to contribute to society. We also subsidize the "2022-2023 Elderly Health Service", providing the elderly with health lectures, blood tests, blood pressure measurements, eye tests, etc for their health.

We apply technology features in the gift baskets as well as the company management. The QR code management system is used for all the gift hampers, the advanced traceable barcode system enables the customers to monitor the status of the products and to improve their shopping experience and build confidence in the vendor. Besides, the unique “photo upload” service helps to have a transparent SOP which is easy for the company to supervise the process and to protect the benefits of the customers and shareholders.

GGB and ESG · CERTIFICATE OF ESG PURCHASE

Take Action to Show Support When business corporate purchase a certain amount of ESG gift hampers, GGB together with THINK ESG will send out a “certificate of ESG purchase” to companies who make contribution to the environment. This certificate is also a way to thank the enterprises for taking the social responsibility in raising the awareness of eco-friendly and sustainable lifestyle while reducing carbon footprint and protecting our environment. On the other hand, each ESG gift hamper comes with a sticker of ESG information to express the gift senders’ support for sustainable development and to encourage more people to take action to protect the nature, promote fair trade and to help those in need in the community.

In order to protect the ecological environment and to avoid pollution and waste，Give Gift Boutique has started to use paper cardboard when delivering large quantities of goods.The cardboard which is made of corrugated paper and composite honeycomb paperboard is a new type of eco-friendly paper product. It is not only hygienic and has strong durability to safely protect the goods, but also environmentally friendly and non-polluting, 100% recyclable. This new material matches Give Gift Boutique’s concept of promoting the environmentally friendly lifestyle and to protect the earth's ecology.

A CARING COMPANY

· Love the Environment

Innovative designs and packaging is our company’s expertise. However, packaging material might not always be environmentally friendly. As a caring company we try to use imported recycled material as much as possible.Every year, our company’s Asia division employees will participate with Friends of the Earth’s tree planting event.

· A Caring Culture

In addition to the company wide participation with Friends of the Earth tree planting campaign, all our staff have two days of paid volunteering days, to participate in the activities with community charitable and volunteer organizations.

· Matching Donation Program

If our employees choose to make any donation to recognized charitable organizations, our company will match the amount donated to the organization of choice. (Amount of hkd per employee per year)Our company regularly supports the following organizations: Doctors Without Border | World Vision | UNICEF