Sustainable Procurement

We are committed to expanding our sourcing of sustainable materials across all areas of our business. In 2021, we continued to make significant achievements in this regard, including:

Portfolio Management Offices and Facilities:

• Chillers, air handling units, paints and coatings, block walls, and artificial stone with CIC Green Product Certification
• Toilet paper certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (“FSC”)
• All office printing paper in our Hong Kong internal offices is now made from 100% recycled content
• Biodegradable tea bags with certified organic tea
• Organic coffee beans from a company with a 70% female workforce and that is certified carbon neutral in its roasting and milling processes

Hotel Operations:

• Sustainable seafood that meets guidelines set out by the WWF Seafood Guide or the Aquaculture Stewardship Council
• Plant-based meat alternatives on menus, helping to lower carbon emissions and reduce the ecological footprint of our operations
• Vegan, organic and biodynamic wines added to menus
• Toilet paper rolls replaced with 90-100% recycled fibre certified by FSC
• Simplified packaging for room amenities such as removing paper boxes
• Completed transition from paper forms to fully online forms

To achieve our ambitious 2030 targets set for projects under development, Swire Properties has committed to using a low-carbon building design and sustainable construction approaches in our commercial building currently under development at 46-56 Queen’s Road East in Hong Kong.

Green and sustainability-related elements were considered from the start of the building design phase and embedded into construction methodologies and the materials chosen, starting with the concrete and reinforcement bar (“rebar”) used in the building’s superstructure. All concrete used is Platinum-certified under the Construction Industry Council Green Product Certification and contains approximately 25% pulverised fuel ash in the cementitious content. A certain amount of the rebar is produced through an electric arc furnace process, a production method proven to have a smaller carbon footprint. Recycled steel is also used for the rebar.

Additionally, a traditional diesel generator power supply is not being used at the construction site. Instead, the project team ensured sufficient grid electricity connection for the entire site from the earliest construction stage, helping to eliminate air and noise pollution in and around the site, and improving the wellbeing of the workers. Together, these measures are providing a healthier and greener workplace and reducing the project’s overall carbon footprint.