Introduction Our business SwireTHRIVE About our report Other ESG disclosures Appendices Overview Climate WaWassttee Water People Communities Swire Coca-Cola aims to send no waste to land昀椀ll or incineration from its core operations by 2025 and for co-packers by 2030. This does not include waste generated from 昀椀nished goods. Last year, Swire Coca-Cola mapped out their total waste footprint, identi昀椀ed key waste streams and reviewed international best practices in waste management and reduction opportunities. In 2022, the waste diversion rate from core operations reached 90%. Swire Properties has a Resource and Circularity Policy. This policy guides its approaches to reducing waste, from the design and construction phases of Case study our projects to the daily operation and management of our buildings. In 2022, Swire Properties – Reusable Food Containers at Paci昀椀c Place Swire Properties diverted 25.4% of its In October 2022, Swire Properties A return machine was placed at commercial waste in its Hong Kong began supporting the city’s One Paci昀椀c Place to collect used portfolio, and 44.8% of its commercial 昀椀rst-ever closed-loop reusable containers that were then sanitised waste in the Chinese Mainland portfolio. packaging pilot programme, an and recirculated to the programme’s initiative launched jointly by a food For Swire Hotels, at The Temple House, restaurant partners. For the 昀椀rst three delivery platform and WWF-Hong months, we facilitated the collection EAST Beijing, and EAST Hong Kong, Kong, an environmental NGO, of over 160 containers. co昀昀ee drinkers now have the option of with funding from the Hong Kong purchasing a reusable cup instead of a government’s Environment and disposable one. The Eco-cup reduces cost Conservation Fund. and waste and saves customers money – when reusing the Eco-cup, they receive a discount on their drink purchase. HAECO Hong Kong segregates waste Food waste waste. In Hong Kong, 25 F&B tenants and sends waste wood to a recycler. 124 In 2022, Swire Properties, Swire Coca-Cola in Citygate joined the mall’s free food tonnes of wood were recycled in 2022. Hong Kong, and HAECO Hong Kong sent waste recycling programme, an increase It also sends waste lead acid batteries to 1,157 tonnes of food waste and organic of 32% from the previous year. Tenants specialised recyclers. This year, HAECO by-products to an organic resource also participated in a free co昀昀ee grounds Hong Kong completed a food waste recycling programme. The majority of collection scheme, which reduced food recovery centre (ORRC) for conversion food waste collected in Hong Kong is sent into compost and biogas. to the ORRC. Some properties also have waste to land昀椀ll by 15 tonnes. In 2022 in Hong Kong, it completed a waste audit to Swire Properties collected more than food waste digesters. map out waste composition and identify 8,290 tonnes of food waste from its Hong EAST Hong Kong partners with a local areas of improvement. Kong and Chinese Mainland portfolios and brewery to turn surplus bread from its its hotels. At Citygate Outlets, Cityplaza, restaurants into its own branded craft Working with NGOs, Swire Resources Island Place Mall, Paci昀椀c Place, and Taikoo beer. After the surplus bread is collected recycles Chinese New Year red packets, Place in Hong Kong, 75% of food and old books, clothes, and electronic waste. and delivered to the brewery, it is blended beverage tenants (measured by lettable into crumbs and used to replace a portion 昀氀oor area) recycled food waste, and 113 of barley malt. Following a two-month tenanted o昀케ce 昀氀oors participated in our fermentation process, the leftover food waste recycling programme. The breadcrumbs and grains are sent to a management o昀케ce and several retail local farm to be used as animal feed and outlets at Taikoo Li Sanlitun in Beijing fertiliser, promoting the idea of circularity. were featured in a programme produced This arrangement has saved approximately by Beijing Radio and Television Station 40kg of surplus bread. (BRTV) that explored the city’s ongoing e昀昀orts to reduce non-household kitchen SWIRE PACIFIC — SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2022 — 36