Sustainability Report 2020/21

Nurturing Public Environmental Consciousness We are dedicated to educating our local communities about environmental protection, climate change and sustainability. To raise public awareness, we set up education centres at our shopping malls, including HomeSquare and Landmark North. Seminars, workshops and outreach activities at environmental education centres raise the awareness of shopping mall tenants, students and the public. Similar environmental education takes place at Tsuen Wan Plaza’s outdoor green spaces, where events organized with schools and NGOs in our community raise the awareness of tenants, customers and target groups. To better engage the community during the reporting period, we partnered with environmental NGOs like Green Power to promote environmental conservation, supported the Love Nature Campaign for a ninth consecutive year, and undertook traditional clean-up actions. Meanwhile, educational videos were broadcast online so that students – whose classes were suspended – could study ecology at home. During the year, 180,000 children were engaged. We participated in WWF’s Earth Hour for a 13 th consecutive year: more than 310 properties that we own or manage switched off nonessential lights for an hour. We also encouraged employees to participate in the Community Chest’s Green Low Carbon Day, which raises funds for projects such as food recycling and community gardens. YOHO MALL set up the YOHO Urban Farm, which spans over 10,000 ft2, making it the largest urban farm in a New Territories mall. Located in the Landscaped Ground in YOHO MALL I, the farm will grow more than 100 farm products each year, including various seasonal fruits and vegetables, colourful seasonal flowers, and herbs for well-being and cooking. The farm products will be rotated on a seasonal basis. Visitors can learn what fruits and vegetables are in season for added farming fun. There will also be occasional experience guided tours to help participants learn more about farming and tips for green living. To promote sustainable transport, we encourage the use of electric vehicles and, to date, have installed 828 charging stations at nearly 140 commercial and residential properties. We engage customers and tenants to promote green and sustainable living. Hong Yip organizes a wide range of programmes to promote sustainable living in some of its sites, such as an upcycling programme at Tsuen Wan Plaza at which mobile hoarding was refurbished and redecorated with waste from the shopping mall. Ecology exhibitions and Big Waster exhibition were also held to foster the sense of Think Green, Live Green among local residents. Meanwhile, Kai Shing provided technical advice to tenants on resource conservation and waste minimization. We encouraged new tenants to reuse decorations and equipment from old tenants in shopping malls and offices including HomeSquare, MOKO and New Town Plaza. And, at Wonderland Villas, we raised residents’ environmental awareness by inviting Green Living Volunteers to be storytellers. Our efforts to construct a green and sustainable community were recognized by the public and various organizations. During the year, 216 of our property management and construction sites were named Hong Kong Green Organization. 11 of our managed properties were also rewarded at the Green Council’s Hong Kong Green Awards 2020. Among them, four won gold in the Green Management Award – Service Provider (Large Corporation) category. • Tsuen Wan Plaza joined hands with tenants to display a mobile hoarding which was refurbished and redecorated with waste Value Created for The Environment Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited • Sustainability Report 2020/21 20