MENU PPLLACACEESS PEOPLE PARTNERS PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE (ENVIRONMENT) (ECONOMIC) Places Highlights of Our Developments Places Impact Report Vibrancy Livelihood Wellbeing Resilience As part of Swire Properties’ 50th anniversary festivities, in addition to the White Christmas Street Fair, 40 SPPA students and alumni collaborated to create urban furniture pieces for the community. With support from up-and-coming industrial designers, the students created a strategic plan, moved through the design thinking process and engaged the Taikoo Place community to produce three state-of-the-art pieces. The final products will be displayed at Swire Properties’ headquarters in Taikoo Place in 2023. Swire Properties Placemaking Academy Key Figures 8 students 13 masterclass lectures from the Hong Kong University of by industry-leader in sustainability, Science and Technology and City placemaking, design thinking, University of Hong Kong stakeholder engagement, communications, and more 6 months Over HKD480,000 paid apprenticeship in employment support In a further nod to the SPPA’s contribution to Hong Kong, in November 2022, the SPPA was placed first in the “Excellence in Social Impact” category at the Awards for Excellence in Training and Development 2022, presented by the Hong Kong Management Association. This placement was a recognition of the excellent work done by the students in fully designing, executing and running a physical street fair from conception to execution. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2022 67