Key performance metrics

CLP continually improves by managing, monitoring and reporting its performance. These tables present a quantitative overview of the Group's 2020 financial and non-financial performance. The disclosures are selected from the GRI Standards, The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong's ESG Reporting Guide and TCFD Electric Utilities Preparer Forum, as well as other key performance data.

The 2020 data shaded in orange have been independently verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The assurance scope of past years' data can be found in previous Sustainability Reports.

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Governance

Governance	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
Convicted cases of corruption reported to the Audit & Risk Committee (cases)	0	0	0	0	0	GRI 205-3 / HKEx B7.1
Breaches of Code of Conduct reported to the Audit & Risk Committee (cases)	25	31	20	28	21

Financial information

Financial information	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
Total capital investments incurred by asset type (%(HK$M))^1,²	100 (13,022)	100 (12,028)	100 (12,851)	N/A	N/A	TCFD
Transmission, distribution and retail	37 (4,810)	43 (5,229)³	39 (4,953)	N/A	N/A
Coal	28 (3,638)	21 (2,473)³	24 (3,040)	N/A	N/A
Gas	26 (3,445)	26 (3,146)³	32 (4,098)	N/A	N/A
Nuclear	0 (0)	3 (352)	0 (0)	N/A	N/A
Renewables	4 (462)⁴	5 (580)^3,⁵	5 (714)	N/A	N/A
Others	5 (667)	2 (248)³	0 (46)	N/A	N/A
Total operating earnings by asset type (%(HK$M))⁶	100 (12,374)	100 (12,138)³	100 (15,145)	100 (14,189)	100 (13,173)	TCFD
Transmission, distribution and retail	46 (5,751)	42 (5,131)³	49 (7,427)	59 (8,392)	59 (7,798)
Coal⁷	23 (2,871)	21 (2,503)³	22 (3,370)	28 (3,994)	30 (3,905)
Gas⁷	12 (1,510)	14 (1,735)³	10 (1,533)	28 (3,994)	30 (3,905)
Nuclear	13 (1,594)	14 (1,688)	11 (1,720)	7 (913)	7 (863)
Renewables	5 (575)⁸	8 (1,016)^3,⁹	7 (924)	4 (629)	3 (455)
Others	1 (73)	1 (65)³	1 (171)	2 (261)	1 (152)
Economic value generated, distributed and retained (HK$M)
Economic value generated
Revenue	79,590	85,689	91,425	92,073	79,434	GRI 201-1
Share of profits of non-wholly owned entities¹⁰	1,608	1,828	1,509	609	791	GRI 201-1
Economic value distributed
Fuel costs	15,753	16,712	17,187	15,473	12,785	GRI 201-1
Other operating costs¹¹	35,774	48,654	43,604	46,325	38,689	GRI 201-1
Staff expenses¹²	4,844	4,535	4,449	4,195	3,892	GRI 201-1
Finance costs¹³	1,875	2,033	2,107	2,278	2,371	GRI 201-1
Dividends	7,832	7,782	7,630	7,352	7,074	GRI 201-1
Taxes¹⁴	2,529	2,189	3,565	2,094	2,032	GRI 201-1
Donations	27	21	18	14	13	GRI 201-1
Economic value retained¹⁵	12,564	5,591	14,374	14,951	13,369	GRI 201-1

Capital investments include additions to fixed assets, right-of-use assets and intangible assets, investments in and advances to joint ventures and associates, and acquisition of businesses.
On an accrual basis.
Restated to conform with enhanced 2020 allocation model and methodology.
Includes HK$7 million from waste-to-energy, which is not considered as non-carbon emitting energy.
Includes HK$123 million from waste-to-energy, which is not considered as non-carbon emitting energy.
Before unallocated expenses.
Starting from 2018, operating earnings of coal and gas are reported separately.
Includes HK$8 million from waste-to-energy, which is not considered as non-carbon emitting energy.
Includes HK$5 million from waste-to-energy, which is not considered as non-carbon emitting energy.
Includes share of results (net of income tax) from joint ventures and associates netted with earnings attributable to other non-controlling interests, which represented CLP's share of economic value created together with its business partners.
Includes impairment provision and reversal. In particular, for 2019, amount included impairment of retail goodwill in Australia of HK$6,381 million.
Another HK$1,386 million (2019: HK$1,365 million) of staff costs incurred were capitalised.
Finance costs are netted with finance income and include payments made to perpetual capital securities holders. In addition, finance costs of HK$306 million (2019: HK$323 million) were capitalised.
Represents current income tax but excludes deferred tax for the year.
Represents earnings attributable to shareholders (before depreciation, amortisation and deferred tax) for the year retained.

Safety

Safety	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
Fatalities (number)^1,²
Fatalities - employees only	0	0	1	0	0	GRI 403-2 / HKEx B2.1
Fatalities - contractors only	0	1	1	4	3	GRI 403-2 / HKEx B2.1
Fatality Rate (number per 200,000 manhour)^1,^2,³
Fatality Rate - employees only	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.00	0.00	GRI 403-2 / HKEx B2.1
Fatality Rate - contractors only	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.02	GRI 403-2 / HKEx B2.1
Lost Time Injury (number)^1,⁴
Lost Time Injury - employees only	12	7⁵	11	11	3	GRI 403-2
Lost Time Injury - contractors only	10	19	11	16	10	GRI 403-2
Lost Time Injury Rate (number per 200,000 manhour)^1,^3,⁴
Lost Time Injury Rate - employees only	0.13	0.07	0.13	0.13	0.04	GRI 403-2
Lost Time Injury Rate - contractors only	0.09	0.14	0.09	0.14	0.07	GRI 403-2
Total Recordable Injury Rate (number per 200,000 manhour)^1,^3,⁶
Total Recordable Injury Rate - employees only	0.25	0.19	0.19	0.21	0.11	GRI 403-2
Total Recordable Injury Rate - contractors only	0.37	0.52	0.29	0.36	0.19	GRI 403-2
Days Lost (number)^1,^4,⁷
Days Lost - employees only	443⁸	464⁹	249	252	9	GRI 102-48, 403-2 / HKEx B2.2

The system of rules applied in recording and reporting accident statistics complies with the International Labour Organization (ILO) Code of Practice on Recording and Notification of Occupational Accidents and Diseases. Each year's safety data cover the incidents that happened in that calendar year and are based on the latest information available at the time of publication.
A fatality is the death of an employee or contractor personnel as a result of an occupational illness/ injury/ disease incident in the course of employment.
All rates are normalised to 200,000 worked hours, which approximately equals to the number of hours worked by 100 people in one year.
Refers to an occupational illness/ injury/ disease sustained by an employee or contractor personnel causing him/ her to miss one scheduled workday/ shift or more after the day of the injury (including fatalities). A lost time injury does not include the day the injury incident occurred or any days that the injured person was not scheduled to work and it does not include restricted work injuries.
The health-related lost-time-injury in Australia was reported as lost time injury. It can also be categorised as occupational disease in Australia.
Total recordable injuries count all occupational injury incidents and illness other than first aid cases. They include fatalities, lost time injuries, restricted work injuries, and medical treatment.
Refers to the number of working days lost when workers are unable to perform their usual work because of an occupational accident or disease. A return to limited duty or alternative work for the same organisation does not count as lost days.
188 out of 443 days were carried forward from one incident in the past.
158 out of 464 days were carried forward from three incidents in the past.

Environment

Environment	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
Resource Use & Emissions^1,^2,³
Nitrogen oxides emissions (NO_x) (kt)	43.2	47.0	60.9	59.3	58.1	GRI 305-7 / HKEx A1.1
Sulphur dioxide emissions (SO₂) (kt)	48.0	44.7	76.1	81.6	71.2	GRI 305-7 / HKEx A1.1
Particulates emissions (kt)	6.9	7.7	8.5	8.3	8.5	GRI 305-7 / HKEx A1.1
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF₆) (kt)	0.003	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	GRI 305-7 / HKEx A1.1
Non-hazardous liquid waste (kl)⁴
Produced	3	59	52	103	84	GRI 306-2 / HKEx A1.4
Recycled	3	57	52	103	84	GRI 306-2
Non-hazardous solid waste (t)⁴
Produced	17,901	13,344	11,471	20,334	8,317	GRI 306-2 / HKEx A1.4
Recycled	4,458	4,986	3,990	3,790	2,963	GRI 306-2
Hazardous liquid waste (kl)⁴
Produced	1,091	1,578	1,685	1,420	1,251	GRI 306-2 / HKEx A1.3
Recycled	1,069	1,536	1,648	1,384	1,149	GRI 306-2
Hazardous solid waste (t)⁴
Produced	1,503	862	1,435	857	1,302	GRI 306-2 / HKEx A1.3
Recycled	523	201	631	469	260	GRI 306-2
Ash (kt)
Produced	2,624	3,032	3,419	3,005	2,121
Recycled and sold	1,793	3,667	2,263	1,745	1,111
Gypsum (kt)
Produced	334	441	253	156	136
Recycled and sold	335	438	250	161	134
Total water withdrawal (Mm³)⁵	5,229.2	5,377.4	5,153.6	4,480.6	4,256.9	GRI 303-3 / HKEx A2.2
For cooling purpose
Water withdrawal from marine water resources	5,183.5	5,319.3	5,087.3	4,421.7	4,202.3
Water withdrawal from freshwater resources	35.1	45.7	53.3	47.6	43.8
For non-cooling purposes
Water withdrawal from freshwater resources	5.7	5.8	6.0	4.9	4.2
Water withdrawal from municipal sources	4.9	6.7	7.0	6.4	6.6
Total water discharge (Mm³)^5,⁶	5,200.3	5,337.1	5,103.2	4,437.7	4,219.3	GRI 303-4
From cooling process
Water discharge to marine water bodies	5,183.5	5,319.3	5,087.3	4,421.7	4,202.3
Treated wastewater to freshwater bodies	0	0	0	0	0
Wastewater to other destinations	0	0	0.02	0.05	0.06
From non-cooling processes
Treated wastewater to marine water bodies	1.5	1.7	1.6	1.6	1.5
Treated wastewater to freshwater bodies	13.7	14.4	12.3	12.3	13.7
Wastewater to other destinations	1.6	1.7	1.9	2.0	1.7
Wastewater to sewerage	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.01
Environmental compliance^1,
Environmental regulatory non-compliances resulting in fines or prosecutions (number)	0	0	0	0	0	GRI 307-1
Environmental licence limit exceedances & other non-compliances (number)	4	10	2	13	2	GRI 307-1

Numbers include operating assets where CLP has operational control during the calendar year.
Paguthan Power Station, the power purchase agreements of which expired in December 2018, was not included in the 2019 and 2020 numbers.
Since 2019, numbers at the asset level have been aggregated and then rounded.
Waste categorised in accordance with local regulations.
Numbers have been subject to rounding. Any discrepancies between the total shown and the sum of the amounts listed are due to rounding.
Starting from 2019, Yallourn’s “water discharged to third-parties”, which was previously reported under “wastewater to sewerage”, has been reported under “wastewater to other destinations”.

GHG Emissions & Climate Vision 2050

GHG emissions	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
CLP Group¹
Total CO₂e emissions – on an equity basis (kt)^2,³	62,138	71,720	N/A	N/A	N/A	HKEx A1.2
CO₂e - Scope 1 (kt)⁴	45,105	50,047	N/A	N/A	N/A	GRI 305-1 / TCFD
CO₂e - Scope 2 (kt)	244	250	N/A	N/A	N/A	GRI 305-2 / TCFD
CO₂e - Scope 3 (kt)	16,790	21,424	N/A	N/A	N/A	GRI 305-3 / TCFD
Category 1: Purchased goods and services	1,210	1,093	N/A	N/A	N/A
Category 2: Capital goods	685	1,347	N/A	N/A	N/A
Category 3: Fuel- and energy-related activities	12,690	16,671	N/A	N/A	N/A
Category 5: Waste generated in operations	63	101	N/A	N/A	N/A
Category 6: Business travel	1	8	N/A	N/A	N/A
Category 7: Employee commuting	2	4	N/A	N/A	N/A
Category 11: Use of sold products	2,138	2,200	N/A	N/A	N/A
CLP Group's generation and energy storage portfolio^3,^4,^5,⁶
CO₂ – on an equity basis (kt)	44,987	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	GRI 102-48, 305-1, 305-2 / HKEx A1.2
CO₂ – on an equity plus long-term capacity and energy purchase basis (kt)⁷	48,621	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	GRI 102-48, 305-1, 305-2 / HKEx A1.2
CO₂ – on an operational control basis (kt)	43,808	50,412	52,052	47,921	46,518	GRI 102-48, 305-1, 305-2 / HKEx A1.2
CO₂e – on an operational control basis (kt)	44,023	50,676	52,306	48,082	46,681	GRI 102-48, 305-1, 305-2 / HKEx A1.2
Climate Vision 2050^3,^4,^5,⁶	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
Performance against targets - on an equity basis
Carbon dioxide emissions intensity of CLP Group’s generation and energy storage portfolio (kg CO₂/ kWh)	0.65	0.70	0.74	0.80	0.82	GRI 305-4 / HKEx A1.2 / TCFD
Renewable energy generation capacity (% (MW))	12.8 (2,517)	12.8 (2,469)	12.5 (2,387)	14.2 (2,751)	16.6 (3,090)	TCFD
Non-carbon emitting generation capacity (% (MW))	20.9 (4,110)	21.1 (4,069)	20.9 (3,987)	22.4 (4,350)	19.2 (3,582)
Performance against targets - on an equity plus long-term capacity and energy purchase basis⁷
Carbon dioxide emissions intensity of CLP Group’s generation and energy storage portfolio (kg CO₂/ kWh)	0.57	0.62	0.66	0.69	0.72	GRI 305-4 / HKEx A1.2 / TCFD
Renewable energy generation capacity (% (MW))	13.5 (3,342)	13.7 (3,294)	12.8 (3,039)	13.1 (3,211)	14.9 (3,551)	TCFD
Non-carbon emitting generation capacity (% (MW))	24.4 (6,017)	24.9 (5,979)	24.1 (5,724)	23.2 (5,699)	20.7 (4,931)
CLP Power Hong Kong - carbon emissions intensity of electricity sold	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
CO₂e emissions intensity of electricity sold by CLP Power Hong Kong (kg CO₂e/ kWh)^4,⁸	0.37	0.50	0.51	0.51	0.54
CO₂ emissions intensity of electricity sold by CLP Power Hong Kong (kg CO₂/ kWh)^4,⁸	0.37	0.49	0.51	0.50	0.54

Refers to a range of businesses, including generation and energy storage portfolio, transmission and distribution, retail and others.
Numbers have been subject to rounding. Any discrepancies between the total shown and the sum of the amounts listed are due to rounding.
Paguthan Power Station, the power purchase agreements of which expired in December 2018, was not included in the 2019 and 2020 numbers.
In accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, WE Station, which makes use of landfill gas from waste for power generation, is not included in CLP’s Scope 1 CO₂ emissions and reported separately in the Asset Performance Statistics. Its non-CO₂ GHG emissions (i.e. CH₄ and N₂O) is included in CLP’s Scope 1 CO₂e emissions.
Starting from 2020, the portfolio includes energy storage assets and generation assets. Energy storage assets include pumped storage and battery storage. In previous years, the portfolio included generation assets only.
CO₂ emissions of Yallourn and Hallet Power Stations have been used since 2018. Prior to 2018, CO₂e emissions data of these assets were used.
Numbers include assets with majority and minority share, and those under "long-term capacity and energy purchase" arrangements with CLP. Starting from 2018, "long-term capacity and energy purchase" has been defined as a purchase agreement with duration of at least five years, and capacity or energy purchased being no less than 10MW.
"Electricity sold" is the total electricity sold to CLP Power Hong Kong's customers before adjustment of Renewable Energy Certificates.

Operations

Operations	2020	2019	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
Generation and energy storage capacity by asset type (% (MW))^1,²
Total generation and energy storage capacity - on an equity basis	100 (19,691)	100 (19,238)	100 (19,108)	100 (19,395)	100 (18,622)	TCFD
Coal	54.7 (10,765)	56.0 (10,765)	56.3 (10,765)	58.8 (11,401)	61.2 (11,396)
Gas	23.4 (4,600)	21.8 (4,194)	21.7 (4,147)	17.7 (3,434)	18.4 (3,434)
Nuclear	8.1 (1,600)	8.3 (1,600)	8.4 (1,600)	8.2 (1,600)	2.6 (492)
Renewables	12.8 (2,517)	12.8 (2,469)	12.5 (2,386)	14.2 (2,751)	16.6 (3,090)
Energy Storage	0.0 (0)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Others	1.1 (210)	1.1 (210)	1.1 (210)	1.1 (210)	1.1 (210)
Total generation and energy storage capacity - on an equity plus long-term capacity and energy purchase basis³	100 (24,696)	100 (24,015)	100 (23,705)	100 (24,554)	100 (23,781)	TCFD
Coal	48.6 (11,997)	50.0 (11,997)	50.6 (11,997)	51.4 (12,633)	53.1 (12,628)
Gas	23.2 (5,717)	21.4 (5,139)	21.4 (5,084)	21.7 (5,322)	22.4 (5,322)
Nuclear	10.9 (2,685)	11.2 (2,685)	11.3 (2,685)	10.1 (2,488)	5.8 (1,380)
Renewables	13.5 (3,342)	13.7 (3,294)	12.8 (3,039)	13.1 (3,211)	14.9 (3,551)
Energy Storage	2.7 (655)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Others	1.2 (300)	3.7 (900)	3.8 (900)	3.7 (900)	3.8 (900)
Energy sent out by asset type (% (GWh))^1,^2,⁴
Total energy sent out - on an equity basis	100 (68,699)	100 (70,949)	N/A	N/A	N/A	TCFD
Coal	57.4 (39,438)	62.9 (44,596)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Gas	18.0 (12,390)	14.1 (9,979)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Nuclear	16.3 (11,192)	15.3 (10,888)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Renewables	8.3 (5,678)	7.7 (5,487)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Energy Storage	0.0 (0)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Others	0.0 (1)	0 (0)	N/A	N/A	N/A
Total energy sent out - on an equity plus long-term capacity and energy purchase basis^3,⁵	100 (85,937)	100 (88,573)	100	100	100	TCFD
Coal	47.8 (41,118)	54.8 (48,512)	60	61	63
Gas	20.0 (17,157)	14.8 (13,073)	12	15	14
Nuclear	23.2 (19,923)	21.9 (19,400)	20	15	14
Renewables	9.1 (7,855)	8.7 (7,699)	8	9	9
Energy Storage	-0.1 (-118)	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Others	0.0 (1)	-0.1 (-109)	0	0	0
Total energy sent out (GWh) - on an operational control basis	58,918	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	TCFD
Fuel use^4,⁶
Coal consumed (for power generation) (TJ)	403,379	485,453	521,568	471,976	453,904	GRI 302-1 / HKEx A2.1
Gas consumed (for power generation) (TJ)	134,776	107,183	83,364	91,426	86,787	GRI 102-48, 302-1 / HKEx A2.1
Oil consumed (for power generation) (TJ)	2,243	2,620	3,807	5,069	4,162	GRI 102-48, 302-1 / HKEx A2.1

Numbers have been subject to rounding. Any discrepancies between the total shown and the sum of the amounts listed are due to rounding.
Starting from 2020, a new "Energy Storage” asset category is added, under which pumped storage and battery storage are included. In previous years, assets under the “Others” category included oil-fired generation assets and pumped storage.
Numbers include assets with majority and minority share, and those under "long-term capacity and energy purchase" arrangements with CLP. Starting from 2018, "long-term capacity and energy purchase" is defined as a purchase agreement with duration of at least five years, and capacity or energy purchased being no less than 10MW.
Paguthan Power Station, the power purchase agreements of which expired in December 2018, was not included in the 2019 and 2020 numbers.
Only percentages are available for the years 2016-18.
Numbers include operating assets where CLP has operational control during the calendar year.

People

People	2020	2019¹	2018	2017	2016	GRI/ HKEx/ TCFD
Total employees by region (number)	8,060	7,960	7,634	7,542	7,428	GRI 102-7 / HKEx B1.1
Hong Kong	4,689	4,604	4,538	4,504	4,450
Mainland China	609	607	596	577	560
India	442	469	458	463	435
Australia	2,320	2,280	2,042	1,998	1,983
Total employees eligible to retire within the next five years (%)²	14.5	13.9	16.4	15.1	14.1	GRI EU15
Hong Kong	20.4	19.5	20.0	18.6	17.3
Mainland China	13.4	14.5	13.2	10.6	12.1
India	5.1	4.8	4.0	2.4	0.9
Australia³	5.7	5.4	12.8	12.2	11.4
Voluntary staff turnover rate (%)^4,⁵						GRI 401-1 / HKEx B1.2
Hong Kong	3.1	2.4	2.3	1.9	2.3
Mainland China	1.3	2.0	4.7	3.0	3.4
India	4.7	6.6	5.6	3.5	8.4
Australia	7.7	12.9	13.6	13.8	12.6
Average training hours per employee (hours)	42.5	40.1	46.1	46.9	49.2	GRI 404-1 / HKEx B3.2

Starting from 2019, numbers have included full-time and part-time employees. Numbers in the previous years included full-time employees only.
The percentages given refer to permanent employees within each region, who are eligible to retire within the next five years.
There is no mandatory retirement age in Australia. Since 2019, retirement age assumption has been adjusted from 60 to 65 to reflect local norms, which led to a significantly lower percentage compared to previous years. Numbers in previous years adopting the adjusted retirement age for Australia are as follows: 2016 - Australia: 4.6% / Group total: 12.0%; 2017 - Australia: 4.8% / Group total: 12.9%; 2018 - Australia: 4.6% / Group total: 14.0%.
Voluntary turnover is employees leaving the organisation voluntarily and does not include dismissal, retirement, company-initiated termination or end of contract.
Includes permanent employees only except for Mainland China, which includes both permanent and fixed-term contract employees due to local employment legislation.

The 2020 data shaded in orange have been independently verified by PricewaterhouseCoopers. The assurance scope of past years' data can be found in previous Sustainability Reports.

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