Sustainability Reports 2022/23

Supporting Community from Noah’s Ark Actively involved in ESG-related education, Noah’s Ark Hong Kong – a park and resort – promotes environmental protection and caring for the underprivileged and elderly. Since its opening in 2009, we have partnered with around 1,700 local charities to organize over 10,500 educational and public welfare activities to benefit over 774,000 people, about 51% of whom were children and youths, and 49% underprivileged, elderly, disabled or chronically ill people. For three consecutive years, Noah’s Ark Hong Kong collaborated with The Boys’ Brigade, Hong Kong’s service unit Anchor House to host the Three S Project. This provided summer traineeships and opportunities for youths to help them identify potential careers. The Three S stands for ‘Self & Society’, ‘Summer Internship’ and ‘Step Forward’. With this philosophy, the project first provided workshops to understand students’ interests and values. It then arranged internships in different industries for students to adapt to various working cultures. 41 graduates from 15 secondary schools gained valuable experience from the project during the reporting year. Social Integration and Community Support from Business Units To help new arrivals and single mothers to integrate into the community, Hong Yip’s Self-enhancement Home Minor Maintenance Volunteer Programme was launched during the reporting year. This teaches basic maintenance skills that women can utilize at home. They also formed community support teams to reach out to more women in need and the elderly at home. In addition, Hong Yip has supported the Youth Upward Mobility Mentorship Program (YUM Program) organized by the Hong Kong Church Network for the Poor since 2017, which provides young people with a platform for on-job training, counselling and education subsidy. Around 10 colleagues from Hong Yip participated in the programme as mentees during the reporting year. Kai Shing has endeavoured to support social enterprise and social integration. It teamed up with the social enterprise Delicious Express to install a vending machine, filled with homemade and healthy food, at our YOHO Midtown. Proceeds from the food support the operation of the volunteer food delivery team. At ICC, Kai Shing collaborated with a social enterprise, Hello Cocoa: chocolate gifts, handcrafted by teenagers with autism and special educational needs, were distributed to ICC tenants to celebrate Christmas. This gave the teenagers the opportunity to be self-reliant and contributed to creating an inclusive community. Kai Shing also teamed up with Rinato Eco Floral Shop, a social enterprise established by the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, to prepare flowers for Mother’s Day. This equipped hearing-impaired people with flower-arranging skills – a non-verbal form of communication. Over 20 colleagues from Kai Shing helped package 2,500 carnations with blessing messages. Meanwhile, to minimize barriers for low-income residents, Metroplaza collaborated with One Pile, a social enterprise known to offer a digital take on bookcrossing, to provide a Smart Book Sharing Cabinet at Metroplaza for the local community. This initiative aims to bridge the gap in learning opportunities between the wealthy and the poor. Furthermore, Kai Shing was awarded the Social Enterprise Supporter Award 2022 – Social Enterprise Supporter Plus honour by the Fullness Social Enterprises Society in recognition of its contribution to promoting ethical consumption and supporting social enterprises. The kick-off ceremony of the YUM Program A Smart Book Sharing Cabinet is provided at Metroplaza for the local community The graduation ceremony of the third edition of the Three S Project witnesses graduates’ growth YOHO Midtown cooperates with Delicious Express to set up vending machines on the residential site Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited Sustainability Report 2022/23 69 Our Reporting Approach Message from the Sustainability Steering Committee Our Business Our Approach to Sustainability Value Created for People Value Created for Customers Value Created for Supply Chain Value Created for Community Appendices Value Created for the Environment