248 CapitaLand properties across Asia and Europe will turn out their lights during Earth Hour on 23 March 2013
The Group supports Earth Hour’s call to create long-lasting environmental impact through its year-long sustainability initiatives including raising indoor air-conditioning temperature and minimising resource usage as part of its standard operating procedures
Singapore, 15 March 2013 – CapitaLand Limited (CapitaLand) is pleased to announce that 248 of the Group’s properties across Asia and Europe will be participating in World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Earth Hour 2013 on Saturday, 23 March 2013. The Group has also reiterated its support for Earth Hour, pledging to go ‘beyond the hour’ with year-long sustainability initiatives. This is the sixth year that the Group is participating in the annual global sustainability movement to show its commitment towards protecting the environment.
This year, CapitaLand properties in 20 countries such as Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, China, France, Georgia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Philippines, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Thailand, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam will be playing their part in environmental protection. Participating properties will be turning off their façade lights and non-essential lighting for extended hours throughout the night, beginning 8.30pm (local time) on Saturday, 23 March 2013. Emergency lighting and security systems will function normally to ensure that safety and security are not compromised.
Mr Tan Seng Chai, Group Chief Corporate Officer, CapitaLand Limited, said: “As one of Asia’s largest real estate developers with business presence in more than 110 cities in over 20 countries, CapitaLand is joining the efforts to raise awareness among corporations that the degradation of the earth’s natural environment is a real and eminent threat to the sustainability of the global business community. CapitaLand is pleased to support Earth Hour for the sixth consecutive year with 248 of our properties worldwide turning off their façade lights and non-essential lighting throughout the night. We are also engaging the wider community, as end-users of the Group’s properties, to be inspired by our effort to go ‘beyond the hour’ through our year-long environmental initiatives.”
Mr Francis Wong Hooe Wai, Chairman of CapitaLand Green Committee, said: “Reducing energy, water and resource consumption, recycling and reusing of materials are key components of the CapitaLand Environment Management System with key performance indicators showing that it is integral to our company’s business. We believe that no effort is too simple or too small to contribute towards the environment.”
In Singapore, 38 CapitaLand office buildings, serviced residences and CapitaMalls will be taking part in Earth Hour 2013. CapitaLand is also a venue sponsor for the WWF Singapore’s Earth Hour roadshows this year. These venues include CapitaMalls such as ION Orchard, The Star Vista, Bugis Junction and Tampines Mall, as well as CapitaLand’s office buildings such as Capital Tower, Six Battery Road, One George Street, Twenty Anson and Wilkie Edge.
In conjunction with Earth Hour, Clarke Quay and Funan DigitaLife Mall will host an interactive state-of-the-art augmented reality exhibition from 23 March 2013 to spread the message of sustainability for a greener future. This collaboration is with Singapore Polytechnic and ETH Zurich’s DAW International (Digital Art Weeks). Called “I play green, and you?”, shoppers can use their smart phones to activate augmented reality animations of CapitaLand’s green mascot, CapitaFrog, which will interact with them and share tips on saving the environment.
In Malaysia, The Mines shopping mall in Selangor has begun its ‘Spread The Green’ plant adoption drive where funds collected will be donated to the chosen charity, Dignity For Children Foundation. CapitaFrog will also be making a special appearance at The Mines every weekend in March to spread the green message among shoppers. In Kuantan, East Coast Mall has also started its ‘Green Love’ campaign, which encourages members of the public to reuse and reduce wastage of books and toys by donating their pre-loved items to benefit children in need. The public can also submit their eco ideas at East Coast Mall’s ‘We’re Greenagers Contest’ to win weekly prizes for the month of March.
In China, CapitaMalls Asia has planned a series of exciting activities leading up to Earth Hour 2013 to draw shoppers and rally them towards the environmental cause. The line-up includes ‘live’ unplugged performances and an eco knowledge quiz at CapitaMall Xizhimen, Beijing and the “Night without lights” event at CapitaMall Aidemengdun, Harbin where shoppers can immerse themselves in eco-themed poetry appreciation. Hongkou Plaza, Shanghai will also be holding a design competition and exhibition of artworks created using recyclable materials while CapitaMall Wusheng, Wuhan will be launching a social media campaign to promote green awareness. In addition, Raffles City Shanghai and Raffles City Ningbo will be giving away free eco-friendly shopping bags to shoppers on 23 March 2013.
Ascott will be organising various activities for its residents and staff in 20 countries to help spread the message of conservation on 23 March 2013. These range from a tree planting event in Vietnam, a screening of the documentary film about global warming in China, to an eco-friendly tea light party in the United Kingdom.
Beyond the hour, whole year long
CapitaLand will continue its commitment to conserving energy with its ongoing Wear Less Day and Wear More Day initiatives. Wear Less Day was inaugurated in Singapore in 2011 in conjunction with Earth Hour and has become a monthly event at all CapitaLand offices in Singapore and Ascott serviced residences worldwide. Every first Friday of the month, CapitaLand staff play their part in conserving energy by ‘wearing less’ or ‘wearing more’ as air-conditioning and heater temperatures in participating CapitaLand properties are adjusted to consume less energy. As part of its ISO 14001 certified Environment Management System (EMS), CapitaLand has standard operating procedures to raise the indoor air-conditioning temperature to 24°C daily for public spaces at its malls and office buildings as well as to minimise resource usage.
Ascott has implemented a series of year-long initiatives as part of its ‘Go Green @ Ascott’ global sustainability drive. As the world’s largest service residence owner-operator, Ascott’s vision is to be the leading green serviced residence company. The initiatives include offering long-stay residents the option to play a part by reducing the frequency of housekeeping, and providing recycling bins and reusable eco-bags or shopping trolleys that reduce the use of disposable grocery bags. Ascott is also adopting the use of green products such as bamboo or engineered wood flooring, energy-saving light bulbs, biodegradable laundry bags, FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)-certified paper and bathroom amenities with recyclable packaging to reduce wastage at its properties.
On recycling, the Group takes effort to ensure recycling bins are available and easily accessible to home owners, office and retail tenants, shoppers and serviced residence guests at its properties. In Singapore, an average of over 100 tonnes of recyclable waste are collected at 30 CapitaLand properties every month. CapitaMalls Asia has also extended its recycling activities to include light bulb tubes at CapitaMalls in Singapore for its tenants to reduce wastage of resources during store renovation and asset enhancement initiatives.
More information on CapitaLand’s commitment towards sustainability can be found in Appendix A and a complete list of participating CapitaLand properties for Earth Hour 2013 is available in Appendix B.
About CapitaLand Limited
CapitaLand is one of Asia’s largest real estate companies. Headquartered and listed in Singapore, the company’s businesses in real estate and real estate fund management are focused on its core markets of Singapore and China.
The company’s diversified real estate portfolio primarily includes homes, offices, shopping malls, serviced residences and mixed developments. The company also has one of the largest real estate fund management businesses with assets located in Asia. CapitaLand leverages its significant asset base, real estate domain knowledge, product design and development capabilities, active capital management strategies and extensive market network to develop real estate products and services in its markets.
The listed entities of the CapitaLand Group include Australand, CapitaMalls Asia, Ascott Residence Trust, CapitaCommercial Trust, CapitaMall Trust, CapitaMalls Malaysia Trust, CapitaRetail China Trust and Quill Capita Trust.
Issued by: CapitaLand Limited (Co. Regn.: 198900036N)
Date: 15 March 2013
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APPENDIX A
CapitaLand’s commitment to sustainability
CapitaLand strives to be an environmentally-sustainable real estate developer and aims to be at the forefront of the industry in terms of green buildings and environmental awareness. As part of CapitaLand’s efforts towards environmental sustainability, the Group has set a long-term target to reduce energy and water usage by 20% per square metre (for all the properties that it operates) by 2020, using 2008 as the benchmark. An environmental tracking system is also used to monitor the Group’s properties worldwide to ensure that it is on track to meet this target.
On green buildings, CapitaLand has set a goal to achieve at least the Singapore Building & Construction Authority’s (BCA) Green Mark GoldPLUS status for all Singapore projects and green certification and above by local authorities or organisations approved by the World Green Building Council for all its projects overseas. For its commitment to green buildings, CapitaLand was accorded the Green Mark Champion Award during BCA Awards 2012. To date, CapitaLand has received 72 BCA Green Mark awards including 10 BCA Green Mark Platinum projects and several other foreign green building ratings including six LEED, two Green Star, one LEED India, one China Star, one CASBEE, and one BREEAM for its projects in Singapore, China, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam and United Kingdom.
CapitaLand’s robust sustainability framework has also been recognised by various international accolades. CapitaLand was ranked in the 2013 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World (Global 100) by Corporate Knights. It is also listed in the Sustainability Yearbook 2013 by RobecoSAM, an investment specialist in Sustainability Investing, and KPMG International. CapitaLand is listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) 2012/2013 and Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index 2012/2013 and named the Asian Sector Leader in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) Report 2012. CapitaLand also won the ASEAN Award for Most Admired Enterprise for CSR (Large Company), and Outstanding Corporate Citizen in China by Corporate Citizen Committee of China Social Workers last year.
Adding to its significant achievements in sustainability, CapitaLand also achieved ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certifications for its Environmental, Health and Safety Management System across countries with its investment properties. It is the first and largest real estate company in Asia to achieve such certification across 15 countries in Asia Pacific and Europe. The Group expanded its scope of ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certification last year to include Belgium, Germany, Indonesia and Spain.
CapitaLand’s GRI Level B+ Sustainability report can be found at www.capitaland.com/csr/sustainabilityreport. The report is externally verified by an independent professional body and has been checked by GRI to be consistent with an Application Level of B+ which demonstrates a valid representation of the required disclosures as described in the GRI G3.1 Guidelines.
APPENDIX B
248 Properties Participating in Earth Hour 2013
Singapore
Ascott Centre for Excellence
Ascott Raffles Place Singapore
Bedok Residences and Bedok Mall
Bugis Junction
Bugis Village
Bugis+
Bukit Panjang Plaza
CapitaGreen
Capital Tower
CapitaLand Institute of Management and Business
Citadines Mount Sophia Singapore
Clarke Quay
d’Leedon showsuite
Funan Digitalife Mall
Golden Shoe Carpark
HSBC Building
IMM
ION Orchard
JCube
Junction 8
Lot One Shoppers’ Mall
One George Street
Plaza Singapura
Raffles City Singapore
Rivervale Mall
Sembawang Shopping Centre
Six Battery Road
Sky Habitat showsuite
Somerset Bencoolen Singapore
Somerset Liang Court Singapore
Somerset Orchard Singapore
Tampines Mall
Technopark@Chai Chee
The Atrium@Orchard
The Star Vista
Twenty Anson
Westgate
Wilkie Edge
Australia
350 Wellington Road, Melbourne
352 Wellington Road, Melbourne
Church Street, Melbourne
Citadines on Bourke Melbourne
Freshwater Place, Melbourne
Somerset on Elizabeth Melbourne
Twenty8, Melbourne
Somerset St Georges Terrace Perth
Somerset on Salamanca Hobart
Somerset on the Pier Hobart
Civic Tower Building, Sydney
Gateway Building, Sydney
Henry Deane Building, Sydney
Qantas Building, Sydney
Rhodes Building A, Sydney
Rhodes Building B, Sydney
Rhodes Building C, Sydney
Rhodes Building D, Sydney
TNT Building Mascot, Sydney
Bahrain
Somerset Al Fateh Bahrain
Belgium
Citadines Sainte-Catherine Brussels
Citadines Toison d’Or Brussels
China
CapitaMall Beiguan, Anyang
Ascott Beijing
Ascott Raffles City Beijing
CapitaMall Crystal, Beijing
CapitaMall Cuiwei, Beijing
CapitaMall Taiyanggong, Beijing
CapitaMall Wangjing, Beijing
CapitaMall Xizhimen, Beijing
La Capitale, Beijing
La Foret, Beijing
Orchid Garden, Beijing
Raffles City Beijing
Somerset Grand Fortune Garden Beijing
Somerset ZhongGuanCun Beijing
The Pines, Beijing
CapitaMall Yuhuating, Changsha
CapitaMall Jinniu, Chengdu
CapitaMall Shawan, Chengdu
Raffles City Chengdu
Somerset Riverview Chengdu
The Loft, Chengdu
CapitaMall Jiulongpo, Chongqing
CapitaMall Shapingba, Chongqing
Somerset JieFangBei Chongqing
CapitaMall Peace Plaza, Dalian
Somerset Harbour Court Dalian
CapitaMall Deyang
CapitaMall Dongguan
Beau Residences, Foshan
Riverside Ville, Foshan
The Riviera, Foshan
Ascott Guangzhou
Ascott IFC Guangzhou
Beau Monde, Guangzhou
Dolce Vita, Guangzhou
Springdale Serviced Residence Guangzhou
CapitaMall Aidemengdun, Haerbin
CapitaMall Xuefu, Harbin
Imperial Bay, Hangzhou
I-World, Hangzhou
Citadines Ashley Hong Kong
CapitaMall Saihan, Huhhot
CapitaMall Kunshan
CapitaMall Maoming
CapitaMall Fucheng, Mianyang
CapitaMall Chengnanyuan, Nanchang
CapitaMall Guicheng, Nanhai
Raffles City Ningbo
Summit Residences, Ningbo
CapitaMall Quanzhou
CapitaMall Rizhao
Ascott Huai Hai Road Shanghai
CapitaMall Qibao, Shanghai
Citadines Biyun Shanghai
Cloud Nine Shopping Mall, Shanghai
Hongkou Plaza, Shanghai
Innov Tower, Shanghai
Minhang Plaza, Shanghai
Oasis Riviera, Shanghai
Raffles City Shanghai
Somerset Xu Hui Shanghai
The Metropolis, Shanghai
The Paragon, Shanghai
The Pinacle, Shanghai
Westwood Green, Shanghai
Somerset Heping Shenyang
Ascott Maillen Shenzhen
Somerset Garden City Shenzhen
Citadines Xinghai Suzhou
Somerset Emerald City Suzhou
CapitaMall TianjinOne, Tianjin
Somerset International Building Tianjin
Somerset Olympic Tower Tianjin
Somerset Youyi Tianjin
CapitaMall Weifang
CapitaMall Minzhongleyuan, Wuhan
CapitaMall Wusheng, Wuhan
Citadines Zhuankou Wuhan
The Lakeside, Wuhan
CapitaMall Wuhu
CapitaMall Xindicheng, Xi’an
Citadines Central Xi’an
Citadines Gaoxin Xi’an
Citadines Xingqing Palace Xi’an
CapitaMall Hongqi, Xinxiang
CapitaMall Yangzhou
CapitaMall Yibin
CapitaMall Taohualun, Yiyang
CapitaMall Zhangzhou
CapitaMall Zhanjiang
CapitaMall Zhaoqing
CapitaMall Jinshui, Zhengzhou
CapitaMall Zibo
France
Citadines Centre Mériadeck Bordeaux
Citadines Croisette Cannes
Citadines Genève Ferney-Voltaire
Citadines City Centre Grenoble
Citadines City Centre Lille
Citadines Part-Dieu Lyon
Citadines Presqu’île Lyon
Citadines Castellane Marseille
Citadines Prado Chanot Marseille
Citadines Antigone Montpellier
Citadines Buffa Nice
Citadines Promenade Nice
Ascott Arc de Triomphe Paris
Citadines Austerlitz Paris
Citadines Bastille Gare de Lyon Paris
Citadines Bastille Marais Paris
Citadines La Défense Paris
Citadines Montmartre Paris
Citadines Montparnasse Paris
Citadines Opéra-Grands Boulevards Paris
Citadines Place d’Italie Paris
Citadines Porte de Versailles Paris
Citadines Prestige Les Halles Paris
Citadines Prestige Opéra Vendôme Paris
Citadines Prestige Saint-Germain-des-Prés Paris
Citadines République Paris
Citadines Suites Louvre Paris
Citadines Tour Eiffel Paris
Citadines Trocadéro Paris
Citadines Kléber Strasbourg
Citadines Wilson Toulouse
Georgia
Citadines Freedom Square Tbilisi
Germany
Citadines Kurfürstendamm Berlin
Madison Hamburg
Citadines Arnulfpark Munich
India
Citadines Richmond Bangalore
Forum Value Mall, Bangalore
Somerset Greenways Chennai
The Celebration Mall, Udaipur
Indonesia
Ascott Jakarta
Somerset Berlian Jakarta
Somerset Grand Citra Jakarta
Somerset Surabaya Hotel and Serviced Residence
Japan
Vivit Minami-Funabashi, Chiba
Chitose Mall, Hokkaido
Citadines Karasuma-Gojo Kyoto
Citadines Shinjuku Tokyo
Olinas Mall, Tokyo
Somerset Azabu East Tokyo
Malaysia
Ascott Kuala Lumpur
Somerset Ampang Kuala Lumpur
Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur
Wisma Technip, Kuala Lumpur
East Coast Mall, Kuantan
Citadines Uplands Kuching
Gurney Plaza, Penang
Queensbay Mall, Penang
The Mines, Selangor
Quill Building 1 (DHL 1), Cyberjaya
Quill Building 2 (HSBC), Cyberjaya
Quill Building 3 (BMW), Cyberjaya
Quill Building 4 (DHL 2), Cyberjaya
Quill Building 5 (IBM), Cyberjaya
Philippines
Ascott Makati
Somerset Millennium Makati Somerset Olympia Makati
Qatar
Ascott Doha
Somerset West Bay Doha
South Korea
Somerset Palace Seoul
Spain
Citadines Ramblas Barcelona
Thailand
Ascott Sathorn Bangkok
Citadines Sukhumvit 11 Bangkok
Citadines Sukhumvit 16 Bangkok
Citadines Sukhumvit 23 Bangkok
Citadines Sukhumvit 8 Bangkok
Somerset Lake Point Bangkok
Somerset Park Suanplu Bangkok
Somerset Sukhumvit Thonglor Bangkok
Vic3 Bangkok
United Kingdom
Ascott Mayfair London
Citadines Barbican London
Citadines Prestige Holborn-Covent Garden London
Citadines Prestige South Kensington London
Citadines Prestige Trafalgar Square London
Citadines St Marks London
The Cavendish London
United Arab Emirates
Ascott Park Place Dubai
Vietnam
Somerset Grand Hanoi
Somerset Hoa Binh Hanoi
Somerset West Lake Hanoi
Somerset Chancellor Court Ho Chi Minh City
Somerset Ho Chi Minh City
Somerset Vista Ho Chi Minh City
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