{"id":14684,"date":"2021-05-13T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/05\/13\/hang-lung-publishes-sustainability-reports-2020\/"},"modified":"2021-05-13T10:50:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:50:00","slug":"hang-lung-publishes-sustainability-reports-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/2021\/05\/13\/hang-lung-publishes-sustainability-reports-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Hang Lung Publishes Sustainability Reports 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> \n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\"><!--<a class=\"format-txt\" href=\"{baseURL}\/View\/{release.id}?_download=1\">View this article in .txt format<\/a>--><\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadline\">\n                               Furthering our Commitment to Sustainability with Demonstrated Resilience under the Pandemic                            <\/p>\n<p>HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/\">Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; 13 May 2021 &#8211;<b>\u00a0<\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hanglung.com\/\">Hang Lung Group&#13;<br \/>\nLimited<\/a> (Stock Code: 00010) and Hang Lung Properties Limited (Stock Code:&#13;<br \/>\n00101) today published their online Sustainability Reports 2020. The reports&#13;<br \/>\nhighlight the steps and progress made to advance sustainability initiatives in&#13;<br \/>\nthe course of the year and continue the journey towards becoming one of the&#13;<br \/>\nmost sustainable real estate companies in the world.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><i style=\"font-weight: 600;font-size: 1rem\">\u00a0<img src=\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/150143\/HLP-Eng-Cover.jpg#image-150143\" width=\"500\"\/><\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><i>Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties publish their&#13;<br \/>\nonline Sustainability Reports 2020 featuring the sustainability framework and a&#13;<br \/>\nset of 2030 sustainability goals and targets<\/i><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: left\">Major initiatives and&#13;<br \/>\nachievements during the year include: 1) measures implemented to protect the&#13;<br \/>\nwellbeing of our employees, customers and communities \u2013 our topmost priority&#13;<br \/>\nthroughout the COVID-19 pandemic; 2) the launch of an enhanced sustainability&#13;<br \/>\nframework that focuses on Climate Resilience, Resource Management, Wellbeing&#13;<br \/>\nand Sustainable Transactions; 3) the establishment of a set of long-term sustainability&#13;<br \/>\ngoals and targets to be achieved by 2030, with 35 strategic environmental, social&#13;<br \/>\nand governance (ESG) key performance indicators (KPIs) set for 2021; and 4)&#13;<br \/>\nmarked progress made on sustainable finance which accounted for 13% of total&#13;<br \/>\ndebts and available facilities at the end of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Weber Lo, Chief Executive Officer&#13;<br \/>\nof Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties, said, &#8220;I would like to thank all&#13;<br \/>\nof my colleagues for their tenacity and dedication through such a challenging&#13;<br \/>\nyear in working as one team towards our sustainability goals. In response to&#13;<br \/>\nthe pandemic, multiple measures were adopted to provide our colleagues with&#13;<br \/>\nsupport and safeguards against the risk of infection including a dedicated&#13;<br \/>\npandemic response team, provision of protective equipment, and the formalization&#13;<br \/>\nof flexible work arrangements. Through our concerted efforts, we achieved <span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">zero <\/span>infection for all personnel at Heartland 66 in Wuhan. In support of the communities in which we&#13;<br \/>\noperate, we also donated RMB10 million to establish the Hang Lung Novel&#13;<br \/>\nCoronavirus Relief Fund.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>On our path to achieving sustainability&#13;<br \/>\nleadership, ESG KPIs are established across the company, which are&#13;<br \/>\ndirectly tied to our annual performance reviews and which embed sustainability&#13;<br \/>\nprinciples and practices directly in our daily work. These initiatives reaffirm&#13;<br \/>\nour commitment to instilling sustainable values, and mark important steps&#13;<br \/>\nforward on our leadership journey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Adriel Chan, Vice Chair of Hang&#13;<br \/>\nLung Group and Hang Lung Properties and the Chair of the Sustainability&#13;<br \/>\nSteering Committee, said, &#8220;Despite the uncertainties and challenges of last&#13;<br \/>\nyear, we have made significant strides forward in our sustainability efforts. Our new expression of our Vision, Mission and Values \u2013 of which&#13;<br \/>\nsustainability is an integral part \u2013 demonstrates our determination to embed&#13;<br \/>\nsustainability throughout our business lifecycle for the long-term. While creating compelling spaces that enrich lives, we&#13;<br \/>\nare also deepening our sense of responsibility to our communities and to future generations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>In addition to the key highlights and achievements mentioned above, other highlights include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The issuance, by the Boards of Directors of Hang Lung Group and Hang Lung Properties, of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanglung.com\/getmedia\/f256df3c-7bfe-4be8-9c02-900ac27d7731\/20210106_joint-boards-statement-on-esg.pdf\">Joint Statement on Oversight and Management of ESG Issue<\/a>, elaborating on the Boards&#8217; ESG management approach and strategy, and their role in reviewing progress against ESG-related goals and targets<\/li>\n<li>The development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanglung.com\/getmedia\/717992e6-0e62-4396-bd8b-931631d4378a\/20210303_sustainability-policy_en_2021_final.pdf\">Hang Lung&#8217;s Sustainability Policy<\/a>, which provides clear guidance to employees on the pursuit of sustainability leadership, including the principles and processes for implementing relevant initiatives aligned with the sustainability framework<\/li>\n<li>Achieving a 21.5% reduction of electricity intensity by construction&#13;<br \/>\nfloor area compared to 2019<\/li>\n<li>Obtaining first LEED Platinum pre-certifications for two office towers&#13;<br \/>\nat Westlake 66 in Hangzhou<\/li>\n<li>The donation of HK$25 million for a wide array of sustainable community&#13;<br \/>\ninvestment programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Recognition Earned<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>In 2020, Hang Lung Properties was included&#13;<br \/>\nas a constituent of the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index for four consecutive years, received a three-star performance rating and an A-grade&#13;<br \/>\ndisclosure rating under GRESB for three consecutive&#13;<br \/>\nyears and was selected as a constituent of the&#13;<br \/>\nHang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index and the Hang Seng (Mainland and Hong&#13;<br \/>\nKong) Corporate Sustainability Index with an &#8220;AA-&#8221; rating or above for 11&#13;<br \/>\nconsecutive years.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p>The Sustainability Reports 2020 of Hang Lung are now&#13;<br \/>\navailable for download at the links below:<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Hang&#13;<br \/>\nLung Group<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanglung.com\/en-us\/group\/media-center\/publications\/sustainability\">https:\/\/www.hanglung.com\/en-us\/group\/media-center\/publications\/sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><b>Hang&#13;<br \/>\nLung Properties<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hanglung.com\/en-us\/media-center\/publications\/sustainability\">https:\/\/www.hanglung.com\/en-us\/media-center\/publications\/sustainability<\/a><\/p>\n<p><i style=\"font-size: 1.14286rem;font-weight: 600\">\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.media-outreach.com\/news\/2021-05-13\/77910\/hang-lung-publishes-sustainability-reports-2020\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Furthering our Commitment to Sustainability with Demonstrated Resilience under the Pandemic HONG KONG SAR &#8211;\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0&#8211; 13 May 2021 &#8211;\u00a0Hang Lung Group&#13; Limited (Stock Code: 00010) and Hang Lung Properties Limited (Stock Code:&#13; 00101) today published their online Sustainability Reports 2020. 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