SWIRE PROPERTIES ANNUAL REPORT 2023 The second edition of youth-learning Green Kitchen Initiative hits a major initiative “Bi-city Youth Cultural milestone and welcomed its 100th Leadership Programme” family member Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland Hong Kong Volunteering This year, we continued to support to the “Walk for Love” Our Community Ambassador team plays a crucial role programme. Over 900 Community Ambassadors in creating connections with our communities. In 2023, participated in this annual event and raised 562 personal 2,185 Community Ambassadors in Hong Kong contributed hygiene kits for boarding students at a primary school. a total of 7,544 hours of service from 48 community Partners engagement activities. Celebrating its decade of remarkable achievement, the Our business partners play a critical part in the success of signature initiative “BOOKS FOR LOVE @ $10” mobilised a our SD 2030 Strategy. team of 6,000 volunteers and attracted over 40,000 book Suppliers lovers during the eight-day physical event at Taikoo Place. We include our suppliers in our approach to sustainable In addition to the one-month online pre-sale, the initiative development. We have our supplier code of conduct to raised a total of HK$1,147,950 for the two long-term address and manage risks related to regulatory compliance, charity partners. environmental protection, health and safety, labour Together We Care for Stroke – a collaborative exhibition practices, human rights, product responsibility and with health experts from HKU Stroke, two charities and sustainable purchasing in our supply chain. To effectively a local illustrator – took place over three days at manage our supplier sustainability risks and help realise Cityplaza. The exhibition aimed to educate and raise our net-zero commitment, we deployed a supply chain ESG awareness within the community about stroke prevention, assessment platform this year to track sustainability particularly the increasing occurrence of stroke among performance and carbon emissions of suppliers. In 2023, younger generations. HK$559 million worth of sustainable products and services In the Chinese Mainland, 1,403 Ambassadors contributed were procured. 3,140 hours of service. In May, the cross-city Community Tenants Ambassador team comprising members from Hong Kong We work closely with our commercial tenants to integrate and cities across the Chinese Mainland participated in the sustainability into their operations; and offer our office four-day programme “Helping the Youth, Harmony in and retail tenants in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland Diversity” in Chengdu, providing tailored volunteer services free energy audits to identify energy-saving opportunities. and workshops to university students from the Yi ethnic As at 31 December 2023, these audits covered group, individuals recovering from mental illnesses, rural approximately 7 million square feet of tenanted area. children and students from a non-profit vocational school. 131