Our Environment
| 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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| Hopewell Awarded Green Office Awards Labelling Scheme (GOALS) Certificate from World Green Organisation (WGO) | | | 18 Dec 2013
Hopewell Holdings Limited (“Hopewell”) received Green Office Awards Labelling Scheme (GOALS) certificate from World Green Organisation (WGO) to recognize on its efforts on driving towards a low carbon and green office. In addition, Hopewell became Earth member of WGO in this year to support its environmental protection activities and join hands to advocate environmental protection. |
| Hopewell’s Volunteers Participate Coastal Cleanup Challenge | | | 16 Nov 2013
Hopewell Holdings Limited (“Hopewell”) and Hong Kong Cleanup jointly organized the Coastal Cleanup Challenge at Angler’s Bay in Tsuen Wan on 16 November 2013 for the first time. The volunteer team consisted of 140 volunteers from different organizations, including 110 HH Social Club members and 30 students and teachers from Hong Kong Tang King Po College joined hands to clean up the trash.
Around 100 kilograms and nearly 2,400 pieces of trash in total were collected in the event, including foam, plastics, metal wastes, cigarettes and ink boxes, etc. The cleanup data collected during the event were recorded.
Through co-organizing this coastal cleanup campaign, Hopewell hopes to raise the volunteers’ awareness of coastal environment protection and the importance of reducing waste. The Group also supports environmental education for school students by inviting its community partner, Hong Kong Tang King Po College, to participate in the event. The data collected is analyzed and consolidated by Hong Kong Cleanup and used to identify the sources of trash and to develop long-term solutions. |
| Hopewell Participates Walk for Nature Fundraising Event | | | 09 Nov 2013
Hopewell Holdings Limited (“Hopewell”) sponsored “Walk for Nature 2013” fundraising event held by WWF Hong Kong on 9 November 2013 to strengthen the engagement of the staff on the environmental protection.
The event allowed staff to discover and explore the natural beauty of Mai Po, experienced the joy of bird watching, learned about the importance of freshwater, wetlands and “gei wai” and increased their awareness on the damage of human activities to ecosystem. Totally 29 staff and their family members participated this event and completed the 4 km route. |
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