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Bronze Award

“Sino Sustainability Academy” Special Award
Excellence in Environmental Sustainability in the Workplace
Sino Group

Sino Sustainability Academy
At Sino, Sustainability is integrated into all aspects of the business and operations. Over the past five decades, Sino has been operating with a vision of
‘Creating Better Lifescapes’. This vision is at the heart of what Sino does to create a wellness-oriented built environment, long-term value for stakeholders
and the broader community as it grows with sustainability and promotes positivity in the community. Sino brings this vision to life through the three
interconnected pillars of Green Living, Innovative Design and Community Spirit, incorporating wellness and sustainability principles into the design,
development and management of the Group’s portfolio.
To ensure that an ethos of championing sustainability practices permeates from the leadership to frontline staff, the Group has established a Sustainability
Academy in 2020. It is a Group-wide platform to engage with all colleagues to build sustainability capabilities throughout the business, and nurture a
sustainability mindset among employees. Throughout the year, Sustainability Academy offered programmes and webinars to continue the dialogue with
the employees with a diverse range of sustainability topics through multiple channels, including webinars, town hall meetings and green tips.
Webinars
To kick-start the Sino Sustainability Academy, the Group organized a webinar hosted by the Group’s Managements to equip its employees with a better
understanding of the Group’s ESG policies. Representatives from NGOs and other organizations attended these sessions to share their knowledge and
increase employees’ understanding of ESG market trends, low carbon living, urban biodiversity, physical and mental wellness, and social inclusion.
Town Hall Meetings
Sustainability Academy was also part of the agenda in the Corporate Town, all Meeting and Mini-Town hall to provide a two-way communication platform
for sharing the Group’s latest directives on ESG and hearing colleagues’ suggestions.
Green Tips
Sustainability Academy also communicated “Green Tips” to employees via email and pop-up messages on their screens when switching on their
computers. These messages regularly remind colleagues of the importance of green living.

Outcomes
Since the launch of Sustainability Academy, Sino is grateful to see employees have embraced sustainability further and incorporated sustainability
elements in their daily business operations. For example, the latest promotional campaigns in shopping malls and properties included sustainability-
related messages to engage the stakeholders. The member loyalty programme, Sino Club, offered artistic and green workshops to raise awareness among
the stakeholders of ways to live more sustainably.
Despite the 5th wave Covid-19 pandemic, Sustainability Academy organized more Webinars and activities under different themes compared to the same
period last year. In particular, Sino launched Diversity and Inclusion Month with a series of activities and events. These included seminars, international
culinary classes, interactive games, a costume contest and employee sharing.

Since the launch of Sustainability Academy, Sino has provided trainings to thousands of colleagues and accumulated over 4,200 training hours. As Sino
pledged to support Business Ambition for 1.5°C, Sustainability Academy will continue to play a crucial role in cascading the Group’s ESG direction to all
employees and achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

Comments from Adjudicators
A comprehensive culture building programme with a clear vision in driving ESG initiatives and nurturing sustainability mindset among employees. Highly
commendable for the strong commitment of senior management as well as high awareness across a wide spectrum of employees at all levels.
The programme has a great approach in building sustainable mindset through a variety of activities, including seminars/webinars, townhall, “Green Tips”
to promote sustainability in daily operations. Physical trainings and visits, such as the Sino Inno Lab were motivational, experimental and interactive ways
to stimulate employees into advocating sustainability into action.
On the whole, it set forth a highly admirable example with impactful results for the business community. With a well-executed, engaging and highly
integrated design and implementation plan, the Sustainability Academy programme contributed to sustainable business success.

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