Introduction Our business SwireTHRIVE About our report Other ESG disclosures Appendices Overview Climate WaWassttee Water People Communities Reduce waste at source Swire Resources supports the Hong The easiest way to reduce waste is not to Further reading Kong Green Building Council’s Green Shop use single-use materials and packaging, Alliance Programme. It avoids excessive Swire Properties Sustainable promotional decoration and packaging. where possible. We collect data about Development Report 2022 Since 2020, it has encouraged customers our waste. We try to take account of waste prevention when we design and to bring their own bags on its “No buy things. We encourage employees and Swire Hotels: Shopping Bag Day”. It will donate HK$0.50 customers to minimise waste. In 2022, Hotel Sustainability Technical to an environmental NGO for every bag- Guidelines were rolled out. free transaction on the second Tuesday of Our Waste Working Group has developed each month. It also donates all shopping an internal handbook on single-use bag levies collected on that day. plastics. It provides subsidiaries with information about di昀昀erent types Swire Hotels waste of plastics and alternative materials, reduction targets* Divert waste from land昀椀ll and guidance to inform procurement decisions. These include the need to We collect and sort di昀昀erent types of waste and work closely with recycling consider whether the material can be partners to provide credible outlets for recycled or composted, whether local 2025: achieve the recyclables we collect. recycling infrastructure exists to ensure 28% it is recycled, and whether there is We have implemented group standards for market demand for the recycled material, waste diversion rate waste separation at source. They require which would facilitate its collection the provision of separate receptacles and recycling. The handbook was also for 昀椀ve main categories of waste: paper, shared with members of our Supply Chain 2030: achieve metals, plastic bottles, general plastics, Working Group. and general waste. Glass and food 54% receptacles should be placed at strategic Swire Properties’ waste management waste diversion rate locations, where appropriate. Guidance on policy deals with the design, planning, the density and placement of receptacles construction, and operation of its *against a 2018 baseline for all hotels and residences, is provided. Three types of facilities are buildings. It evaluates the management except for The Middle House and EAST Residences of resources, analyses information about which use a 2019 baseline. covered by the standards, including: waste, and tries to promote the circular • Customer facing operations including economy. Tenants and other building shopping malls and hotels users generate over 90% of the waste • Further retro昀椀tted rooms with an • Non-customer facing operations generated in Swire Properties’ buildings. in-room water 昀椀ltration system, eliminating the need for plastic bottled including our o昀케ces, warehouses, Engaging with tenants is critical to water in rooms and reducing the use of and factories reducing waste. Swire Properties collects bottled water by at least 30%. • Premises let to third parties (tenants) data about more than 20 types of waste produced by tenants, hotel guests, and • The Temple House, The Middle House, Through our Waste Working Group, serviced apartment occupants. and EAST Hong Kong removed all Waste Separation Guidelines have single-use plastics – replacing all straws, been implemented across all operating In July 2022 in Hong Kong, the Green hampers, room amenity wrappers, and companies wherever possible, and many Performance Pledge (GPP) was o昀케cially toothbrushes with products made from have extended separation to include launched. It is a performance-based biodegradable materials. food waste. Having a consistent approach landlord-tenant partnership, focusing • Incorporated the updated Sustainable across the Group will prepare us for the on creating a signi昀椀cant impact in terms Procurement Policy and Sustainable city’s upcoming municipal solid waste of energy, water, and waste reduction. Food Policy into purchasing procedure charging scheme in 2023 and support This performance-based programme guidelines. This includes adhering to the materials supply to Swire Coca-Cola’s gives users access to an array of “green recycling joint venture New Life Plastics. three ‘R’s (reduce, reuse and recycle) tools” and enhances tenant-landlord and purchasing fresh produce from We engage our waste contractors and collaboration. Tailored SD o昀昀erings local suppliers to reduce the carbon landlords to send collected material to include Hong Kong’s 昀椀rst smart waste emissions from shipping food. recycling facilities. reduction monitoring system. Swire EAST Hong Kong also collaborated with a Properties aims to engage 50% of o昀케ce tenants in Hong Kong and the Chinese social enterprise dedicated to promoting Mainland in the GPP by 2025. urban farming in Hong Kong to build an urban garden in a corner of the hotel’s pool deck. SWIRE PACIFIC — SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2022 — 35