Building/Asset Investments
HKEX Aspect A3, B6, KPI A3.1, B6.4
As part of our management approach to identify and manage significant impacts of our buildings on the environment and natural resources, we aim to obtain certification for our buildings under environmental building assessment schemes that provide benchmarks and objective standards against which we can measure our performance.
We support green building development as part of the Building/Asset Investments focus area. The relevant SDGs are:
SDG 11
Making cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable.
SDG 12
Ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Demonstrating and Sustaining Green Building Leadership
We employ an integrated design approach to our projects in accordance with the requirements of several internationally-recognised standards and rating schemes, requiring members of our projects and operations teams to work together in areas ranging from building design to construction and operation.
We also encourage our tenants to participate in environmental building assessment schemes and work closely with them to implement sustainability strategies that will help them to achieve the relevant certifications.
These schemes include:
- BEAM Plus, a set of standards recognised and certified by the Hong Kong Green Building Council
- LEED, a rating system devised by the United States Green Building Council
- China Green Building Design Label, issued by the Ministry of Construction in the Chinese mainland
- WELL, a certification scheme developed by the International WELL Building Institute
Green Buildings as a Percentage of our Portfolio
Type and Number of Green Building Certification, Rating and Labelling Schemes,
as at 31st December 2020
Green Buildings Certified in 2020
BEAM Plus
One Taikoo Place
- Final Platinum (New Buildings Version 1.2)
Commercial Building Development at 46-56 Queen’s Road East
- Provisional Platinum (New Buildings Version 2.0)
EIGHT STAR STREET
- Provisional Platinum (New Buildings Version 2.0)
LEED
One Taikoo Place
- Final Platinum (Building Design and Construction: Core and Shell Development Version 2009)
Commercial Building Development at 46-56 Queen’s Road East
- Precertification Platinum (Building Design and Construction: Core and Shell Development Version 4)
China Green Building Design Label
Taikoo Li Qiantan
- 2-star
WELL
Commercial Building Development at 46-56 Queen’s Road East
- Platinum Precertification (Core and Shell) v1
25 | “Projects under development” refers to projects that are under construction or in the precertification stage. It does not include joint-venture projects. |
26 | Measured as the percentage of total GFA. |
27 | Refers to buildings that were built after BEAM was established in 1996 and that are either managed or at least 50% owned by Swire Properties. Small-scale, low-rise buildings in the same development are counted as one building and not as individual buildings. |