CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & SUSTAINABILITY | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Celebrated 10th anniversary of Hosted a youth summer camp to mark “BOOKS FOR LOVE @ $10” 5th anniversary of Sichuan Community Centre Hong Kong Chinese Mainland We continued to collaborate with our contractors to adopt the Sichuan Community Centre, which celebrated its 5th cutting-edge technology to improve site safety during the Anniversary. During an event at the century-old Chengdu construction stage of Two Taikoo Place and Six Pacific Place, YMCA building, children and volunteers handcrafted special including Scaffoldless Lift Installation Method (SLIM), souvenirs for local sanitation workers to thank them for their Robotic Water Testing Machine for Curtain Walls, Modular hard work in keeping the city clean. Integrated Mechanical and Electrical Installation (MIMEP) In Guangzhou, 80 Ambassadors joined the Mr Fix-it programme and Smart Helmets (IoT). to help people in need improve their living conditions At the Development Bureau and Construction Industry through basic structural refurbishment and furnishing. Council Construction Safety Awards, Six Pacific Place The “Walk for Love” programme saw support from 1,489 received Gold awards in the “Contractors for New Works Community Ambassadors across our operating cities in the Contracts” and “Innovation Awards for Safety and Chinese Mainland. We raised 848 hygiene kits for Tibetan Environmental Excellence for New Works” categories. Primary School students. Volunteering Partners Our Community Ambassadors continued to support the Our business partners play a critical part in the success of wider community in 2022. In Hong Kong, 1,669 Ambassadors our SD 2030 Strategy. contributed 3,723 hours of service at 41 events. The Programme won the Outstanding Volunteer Group Award at Suppliers the Hong Kong Volunteer Award 2022, a territory-wide We include our suppliers in our approach to sustainable scheme co-organised by the Homes and Youth Affairs development. We address sustainability and manage risks Bureau and the Agency for Volunteer Service. related to regulatory compliance, environmental protection, The flagship “BOOKS FOR LOVE @ $10” initiative celebrated health and safety, labour practices, human rights, product its 10th Anniversary and hosted over 30,000 visitors during responsibility and sustainable purchasing, in our supply an eight-day physical event at Taikoo Place. Along with the chain, through our supplier monitoring and evaluation new online book sale, we raised over HK$1,380,000 for our system, our supplier code of conduct and sustainable two charity partners. procurement tracking system. In 2022, HK$1,477 million Returning for the third year, the “NOODLES FOR LOVE $50 worth of sustainable products and services were procured. Matching Donation Scheme” generated 3,000 noodle packs Tenants for the greater Hong Kong community, in partnership with a Cityplaza retail tenant. We work closely with our commercial tenants to integrate In the Chinese Mainland, 1,849 Ambassadors contributed sustainability into their operations; and offer our office and 2,177 hours of service. A youth summer camp was hosted at retail tenants in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland free energy audits to identify energy-saving opportunities. As at 124
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