Sun Hung Kai Properties Limited (SHKP) participated in Earth Hour, a worldwide lights-off campaign organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), for the 12th straight year. As one of the corporations with the highest participation in Hong Kong, SHKP puts energy conservation into practice to promote healthy and sustainable living. This year, SHKP mobilized 300 commercial and industrial buildings, shopping malls and residential estates managed by its property management subsidiaries, including Hong Yip Service Co. Ltd. and Kai Shing Management Services Limited, to switch off non-essential lights for an hour on the night of 28 March. Over the 12 years, the number of participating properties under the Group has increased by more than twofold, spreading across the city.

On the mainland, the Group’s properties taking part in Earth Hour included large-scale integrated landmarks Shanghai IFC, Shanghai ICC, and Shanghai Central Plaza, flagship malls such as Shanghai IFC Mall, Parc Central and Tianhui Plaza in Guangzhou, and a number of residential estates.

In Hong Kong, the properties participating in the event included the Group’s headquarters, Sun Hung Kai Centre, which in 2019 achieved the ‘Excellent’ rating in Energy Use under the Selective Scheme of BEAM Plus Existing Buildings V2.0, organized by the Hong Kong Green Building Council. By adopting a variety of energy conservation measures, the 37-year-old Sun Hung Kai Centre has achieved an aggregate energy consumption reduction of over 41 million kWh, or about 32,000 tonnes of carbon emissions, which is equivalent to planting more than 150,000 trees. The city’s tallest skyscraper, the International Commerce Centre (ICC), which has implemented green management and was the first building to obtain the BEAM Plus Existing Buildings V2.0 Platinum Certificate, and the Kowloon Commerce Centre (KCC), which received the first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification in Hong Kong, also showed their continued support for the campaign. Other SHKP participants in Earth Hour included Tsuen Wan Plaza, a silver award winner in the Property Management (Commercial & Industrial) category in the 2018 Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence, and St. Barths in Ma On Shan, a low-density waterfront residential project handed over to buyers last year.

In addition to developing premium properties and providing excellent services, SHKP puts into practice its belief in Building Homes with Heart by actively fulfilling its social responsibilities while giving back to the community through the optimization of its resources and networks. In 2018, SHKP and Green Power launched Hong Kong’s first free countryside and beach clean-up mobile app, Nature Rescue, an information and social networking platform that encourages the general public, and the younger generation in particular, to participate in nature protection activities and develop heightened environmental awareness. Since its launch, Nature Rescue has facilitated about 80 clean-up activities initiated by the public. SHKP has also supported the SHKP Love Nature Campaign, jointly run by the company and Green Power, for the ninth consecutive year. The campaign combines elements of classroom learning and outdoor activities, such as clean-ups and eco-tours for students in kindergartens, and primary and secondary schools. To date, over 56,000 kg of waste and recyclables have been collected. 

For details about the Group’s initiatives and events to promote sustainable development, please click here to see SHKP’s latest Sustainability Report.