CORPORATE GOVERNANCE & SUSTAINABILITY | SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT Rolled out third edition of the Featured 5,000 upcycled “Re-poinsettias” “Sustainability We All Count” sustainable at White Christmas Street Fair 2022 development promotion campaign Hong Kong Hong Kong “Fighting Climate Change, landfills. The Street Fair raised over HK$862,000 in 2022 for Together We Can” Operation Santa Claus. In February 2022, we launched our third sustainability- As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, 50 SPPA students themed campaign to showcase our pioneering initiatives to and alumni participated in the Urban Furniture Project to encourage our stakeholders to pursue our ambitious 1.5°C design life-size, functional and cutting-edge “tables & chairs”. goal and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050. Numerous The furniture will be on permanent display at Taikoo Place for events were held throughout the year, including public the greater Taikoo Place community to enjoy. eco-workshops and the “Together We Can” SD Character Supporting Arts and Culture in Hong Kong Contest for colleagues. Gigantic posters were displayed and the Chinese Mainland across our office and retail developments, and on social media, to raise public awareness on the importance of The Company continues to promote arts and culture as part climate action. of its 50th Anniversary celebrations. Places We partnered with Art Basel Hong Kong for the 10th year in 2022. Over the past decade, this collaboration has helped Places are at the heart of, and central to, the achievement inspire an increasingly dynamic arts scene, and has boosted of our SD 2030 Strategy. the city’s reputation as an international cultural hub. Swire Properties Placemaking Academy & In July 2022, we kicked off the first international tour of the White Christmas Street Fair 2022 Victoria and Albert Museum London’s critically acclaimed In 2022, we hosted our fourth youth empowerment exhibition, “Bags: Inside Out”. The first stop was Taikoo Li programme. Eight students were mentored by our senior Sanlitun in Beijing, followed by layovers at our developments management, industry experts and thought leaders, under in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu. The last stop will be the Swire Properties Placemaking Academy (SPPA) banner. Pacific Place in Hong Kong, in 2023. They designed, planned and executed our White Christmas In November 2022, we launched a specially-commissioned Street Fair 2022. The theme was “Bloom & Beyond” and it 50th Anniversary-theme botanical art series at Taikoo Place, celebrated our placemaking efforts over the past 50 years. “Seasons in Continuum”. Sculptures reflecting the anniversary With working towards a “zero-waste” event in mind, students theme “Original. Always.” were placed at several key spaces, embraced circularity and decorated the venue with 5,000 offering an immersive and creative playground for the “Re-poinsettias” – upcycled Christmas flowers made from community to enjoy. We also launched our 50th Anniversary old Cathay Pacific cabin crew uniforms and Swire Hotels Art NFT Collection, a collaboration with 10 artists from around bedsheets. In total, over 90% of waste was diverted from the world which showcased our creativity and commitment to fostering vibrant communities. 122