We aim to be the leading sustainable development performer in our industry globally by 2030 A TOTAL BUILDING LIFECYCLE APPROACH PROVIDING LEADERSHIP FOR AN EVER-CHANGING INDUSTRY These SD actions and strategies are unified by our long-term vision, where we carefully consider the social and environmental impacts Research partnerships that will occur throughout the entire lifecycle of our buildings. Swire Properties has collaborated with Tsinghua University’s Joint Our holistic, integrated approach brings design, construction, Research Centre for Building Energy Efficiency and Sustainability management and operations teams together, reducing impacts and since 2008, developing and testing new methods for increasing creating efficiencies at every level in our properties. energy efficiency and improving environmental performance in our projects. This partnership has led to the development of DESIGN OPERATION systems which collect operational data, generating substantial energy savings and allowing us to share new ideas and practices with our employees, business partners, industry peers and other researchers. With this collaboration running until at least 2022, we will work together to push the boundaries of traditional building management by developing new artificial intelligence technologies, improving indoor air quality and increasing the use of renewable energy, among other measures. Places Impact Report Understanding the ultimate impact of the places we develop DEMOLITION MAINTENANCE and manage on people and the environment is crucial to our long-term decision making. In 2020, we released our first Places Impact Report, focusing on Hong Kong’s Island East – an area in PART OF A NEW GLOBAL INITIATIVE which Swire has invested for 135 years – addressing the question SD 2030 “What makes a great place?” Examining both the tangible and IS BUILT ON FIVE PILLARS In 2021, Swire Properties became the first real estate developer in intangible attributes of Taikoo Place and other developments, the Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland to join the Business Ambition report assesses how our placemaking and placekeeping efforts for 1.5°C campaign, launched by the Science Based Targets initiative have affected the Island East community. This comprehensive in partnership with the United Nations Global Compact. This means and innovative approach to assessing our developments has we will ramp up our current science-based targets to align with the broadened how we define success, and will inform and enhance pathway of limiting global warming to 1.5°C; this is crucial to paving the our work in the future. way to reach net-zero emissions by 2050. This commitment is in line Tenant partnerships with the goals of the Paris Agreement, and echoes Hong Kong and the We ensure that our tenants and building occupants are Chinese mainland's pledges to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050 and stakeholders in sustainability, with policies that engage and 2060 respectively. encourage office, retail and residential users to join our SD initiatives. These include the Hong Kong Green Shop Alliance, the HONG KONG GREEN Green Kitchen Initiative and our Sustainability GREEN SHOP KITCHEN Fit-out Guide for Tenants. ALLIANCE INITIATIVE The Loop Spanning 4,000 sq ft, The Loop is our sustainable development exhibition centre located at Taikoo Place. This interactive space aims to increase environmental awareness and encourage Taikoo Place tenants and the wider community to incorporate sustainable practices into their business operations and their everyday Promotes sustainability initiatives in the Platform where tenants and portfolio lives.2060 respectively. retail industry through landlord-tenant management teams can have sustainability collaboration conversations before fir-out and renovation projects
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