SWIRE PROPERTIES ANNUAL REPORT 2023 Swire Properties won Grand Award at Swire Properties won the House Awards – 2023 HKMA Sustainability Awards for its Best Issuer – ESG, FinanceAsia Achievement exemplary ESG performance Awards 2023 Hong Kong Hong Kong Performance (Economic) In addition, Swire Properties won the Environmental, Social We believe that long-term value creation depends on the and Governance Award in the Non-Hang Seng Index (Large sustainable development of our business. Market Capitalisation) Category at the Hong Kong Institute Details of our financial performance in 2023 can be found of Certified Public Accountants’ (“HKICPA”) Best Corporate in other parts of this report. Governance and ESG Awards 2023. In 2023, the Company advanced to the number two As at 31 December 2023, approximately 60% of our position in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index – financing comes from green bonds, sustainability-linked Real Estate Management and Development industry loans and green loans. In 2023, Swire Properties became category. The Company beat over 380 companies from the first Hong Kong corporation to issue an RMB- around the world to secure the top position globally in the denominated public green bonds, known as “green dim “Environmental Dimension” score. The Company also sum bonds”. The transaction raised RMB3.2 billion, making retained its Global Sector Leader title under the Global it the largest-ever corporate green dim sum bonds issued in Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark for the seventh Hong Kong. consecutive year, and ranked number one in the Hang Swire Properties won the Best ESG Issuer in Asia at the Seng Corporate Sustainability Index for the sixth FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2023, topping over consecutive year. 680 high-calibre organisations for this coveted honour. At the 2023 Hong Kong Management Association Furthermore, the green dim sum bonds offering received (“HKMA”) Sustainability Award, Swire Properties received three awards at the FinanceAsia Achievement Awards the Grand Award for demonstrating exceptional 2023, IFR Asia Awards 2023 and The Asset Triple A commitment to economic, social and environmental Sustainable Finance Awards 2024 respectively. considerations while achieving remarkable business and In 2023, Swire Properties began piloting the use of internal organisational performance. carbon pricing (“ICP”) to determine the potential impacts At the HKMA’s 2023 Best Annual Reports Awards, Swire of carbon emissions on our investments, quantify carbon Properties’ Sustainable Development Report 2022 won risks to our business operations and better reallocate the Best Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting capital towards low-carbon investment and opportunities. Award, the top recognition, in the Property Development Further details of our sustainable development and Investment category for the second consecutive year. performance, including details of our SD 2030 Strategy, The Company’s Annual Report 2022 also won the Silver can be found in our Sustainability Report 2023. Award in the General category. 135