Our Environment
| Hopewell Supported “Energy Saving Charter” Again | | | 29 May 2014
Hopewell Holdings Limited (“Hopewell”) supported the “Energy Saving Charter” launched by the Environment Bureau and the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department again, with Hopewell Centre, Wu Chun House and E-Max pledged to maintain an average indoor temperature between 24 and 26 degrees Celsius from June to September 2014.
The Energy Saving Charter on Indoor Temperature has been well received by many shopping malls, shops, office premises and offices since its launch in 2012. This year, the Government is extending the charter scheme to residential buildings and housing estates. |
| Hopewell Sponsors Hong Kong Tree Planting Day 2014 | | | 12 Apr 2014
Hopewell Holdings Limited (“Hopewell”) sponsored the Hong Kong Tree Planting Day 2014 held on Saturday, 12 April 2014 at Tai Tong, Yuen Long. This event organized by the Hong Kong Tree Planting Day Organizing Committee is the largest annual tree planting event in Hong Kong. It targets to promote green Hong Kong and raise public awareness on environmental protection, hill fire prevention and tree preservation.
Build a greener environment
Around 60 HH Social Club volunteers comprising Hopewell staff, their families and friends, joined together with the volunteers of various government departments, organizations and companies to take part in planting tree seedlings. Under the guidance of the staff from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, HH Social Club volunteers planted around 500 tree seedlings of various species at the assigned tree planting area in Tai Tong to build a greener environment.
Raise public awareness on environmental protection
All participants including 600 members of the People’s Liberation Army Hong Kong Garrison and 350 volunteers planted around 8,000 tree seedlings in Hong Kong Tree Planting Day 2014. |
| Hopewell Sponsors WWF Earth Hour for the Third Consecutive Year | | | 29 Mar 2014
Hopewell Holdings Limited (“Hopewell”) sponsored WWF Earth Hour in Hong Kong for the third consecutive year. To support this global event, six major properties of the Group, including Hopewell Centre, QRE Plaza, GARDENEast, E-Max, Panda Hotel and Panda Place, switched off their exterior decorative lights for an hour, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on 29th March 2014. In addition, Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Company Limited’s joint venture companies, Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Zhuhai Superhighway Company Limited and Guangdong Guangzhou-Zhuhai West Superhighway Company Limited, also encouraged their staff members to switch off the lights at the staff dormitory buildings in Guangdong province during the Earth Hour.
Earth Hour, the world's largest collective environmental action, aims to promote sustainable future by resources saving and reduction on ecological footprint. Hopewell will continue to reinforce our commitment on sustainability and address climate change by reducing carbon emissions.
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| Hopewell and Ten Subsidiaries Awarded in the Caring Company Logo | | | 28 Feb 2014
Hopewell Holdings Limited (“Hopewell”) and ten of its subsidiaries have been awarded the Caring Company Logo 2014/2015 by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service in recognition of their contributions to the community, the employees and the environment.
Among these, Hopewell Holdings Limited, Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited, Hopewell Real Estate Agency Limited, Hopewell Property Management Co., Limited, Hopewell Centre Management Limited and KITEC Management Limited have received the honours for more than five consecutive years, while Panda Hotel has been awarded the honour for more than ten consecutive years and received the accolade of ‘10 Years Plus Caring Company Logo’. It demonstrates Hopewell’s commitment to sustainable development.
It is the largest number of Caring Company awards garnered by Hopewell at any one time which proves sustainability has been effectively spread to different subsidiaries and business units. |
| Hopewell Centre, KITEC and Panda Place Obtained “the Hong Kong Smoke-Free Leading Company Awards 2013 – Certificate of Merit” | | | 18 Feb 2014
Hopewell Centre, KITEC and Panda Place obtained “the Hong Kong Smoke-Free Leading Company Awards 2013 – Certificate of Merit” by Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH) as recognition of their commitment on creating a smoke-free atmosphere and supporting smoke-free corporate culture.
“Hong Kong Smoke-free Leading Company Awards 2013” aims to encourage businesses to promote smoke-free messages to their stakeholders including employees, customers and the general public on a continuous basis. COSH, partnering with various smoking cessation service providers, assists businesses in setting smoke-free guidelines and internal policies, organizing smoke-free activities and providing different smoking cessation services to encourage smokers to kick the habit.
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