To uphold the Group’s commitment to corporate sustainability, Hopewell Holdings Limited and Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited ("Hopewell"/ "the Group") sponsored and supported one of the largest global environmental campaigns - ‘Earth Hour’, organised by WWF. Six major properties of the Group switched off their exterior decorative lights for an hour, from 8:30 pm to 9:30 pm on 31st March 2012. These buildings include Hopewell Centre, QRE Plaza, GARDENEast, E-Max, Panda Hotel and Panda Place.

To further promote the 2012 Earth Hour campaign message – ‘Go beyond the hour, set your own energy saving target’, Hopewell distributed promotional materials to its Green Captains in each department, who in turn encouraged staff members to set their personal energy saving targets and contribute to the environment.

Managing and reducing carbon emissions

To build a more cohesive long-term relationship with our stakeholders, Hopewell has become a corporate member of WWF-HK since July 2011. Hopewell has also participated in their Low-carbon Office Operations Programme (LOOP), which commits the Group to managing carbon emissions and formulating emissions reduction strategies, involving areas such as lighting, air-conditioning, vehicle-usage, etc. Climate change is a major challenge for the whole world in the 21st century. Hopewell will continue to support and implement various measures to reduce the carbon footprint.