GREEN MEETINGS PROGRAMME
SANDS ECO360
More than just a top conference destination, Sands Resorts Macao is an environmentally responsible choice. From the day you start planning your eco-friendly event, our Green Meetings Concierges will be your dedicated guide. We will use our Sands ECO360 event planning tool to realise your green meeting goals and craft a customised sustainable experience for you and your attendees. Concierges will ensure seamless integration of your environmental objectives throughout the event.
Our green meetings and events teams can provide our clients with attractive and comprehensive impact statements, as well as allow them to be recognised as sustainability leaders in local and regional markets. Comprehensive reports cover energy and water consumption, recycling rate, carbon emissions and highlights of sustainable initiatives – all in one place. Imagine the convenience of developing your own event sustainability report with the information you need right at your fingertips!
Meetings and conventions are integral to our business. First established in 2011, the Sands ECO360 Green Meetings Programme was created to support forward thinking clients in making their events more sustainable, and is now implemented as our global standard. Sands China has maintained a steady commitment to the continuous strengthening of its environmental sustainability, ensuring that it sets realistic, practical and achievable targets that will grow over the coming years. The company believes in the importance of championing the industry's best practices and demonstrating its commitment through improving its own sustainability performance.
Eco-minded initiatives like these have earned recognition for Sands China over the years. The Parisian Macao was certified LEED Silver® for Building Design and Construction*. Sands China Ltd. was continue listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, and it is now included in DJSI World Index for the first time in 2022, and was ranked in several other indices: 9th in the 7th Hong Kong Business Sustainability Index (HKBSI), 9th in the 3rd Greater Bay Area Business Sustainability Index (GBABSI), Top 20 in the 2nd Greater China Business Sustainability Index (GCBSI) and Top 10 in the 2nd Hotel Business Sustainability Index (Hotel BSI). Sands China was also a qualified constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series. The ISO 20121 event Sustainability Management Systems awarded by the British Standard Institute demonstrates our focus on conserving natural resources and improving visitor and staff health and comfort. Our efforts have also won us the IMEX-GMIC Green Supplier Award.
*Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by U.S. Green Building Council, a recognition for using less energy and water, avoiding waste, saving on maintenance costs and improving indoor air quality.
GREEN MEETINGS PROGRAMME
SANDS ECO360
More than just a top conference destination, Sands Resorts Macao is an environmentally responsible choice. From the day you start planning your eco-friendly event, our Green Meetings Concierges will be your dedicated guide. We will use our Sands ECO360 event planning tool to realise your green meeting goals and craft a customised sustainable experience for you and your attendees. Concierges will ensure seamless integration of your environmental objectives throughout the event.
Our green meetings and events teams can provide our clients with attractive and comprehensive impact statements, as well as allow them to be recognised as sustainability leaders in local and regional markets. Comprehensive reports cover energy and water consumption, recycling rate, carbon emissions and highlights of sustainable initiatives – all in one place. Imagine the convenience of developing your own event sustainability report with the information you need right at your fingertips!
Meetings and conventions are integral to our business. First established in 2011, the Sands ECO360 Green Meetings Programme was created to support forward thinking clients in making their events more sustainable, and is now implemented as our global standard. Sands China has maintained a steady commitment to the continuous strengthening of its environmental sustainability, ensuring that it sets realistic, practical and achievable targets that will grow over the coming years. The company believes in the importance of championing the industry's best practices and demonstrating its commitment through improving its own sustainability performance.
Eco-minded initiatives like these have earned recognition for Sands China over the years. The Parisian Macao was certified LEED Silver® for Building Design and Construction*. Sands China Ltd. was continue listed in the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index, and it is now included in DJSI World Index for the first time in 2022, and was ranked in several other indices: 9th in the 7th Hong Kong Business Sustainability Index (HKBSI), 9th in the 3rd Greater Bay Area Business Sustainability Index (GBABSI), Top 20 in the 2nd Greater China Business Sustainability Index (GCBSI) and Top 10 in the 2nd Hotel Business Sustainability Index (Hotel BSI). Sands China was also a qualified constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series. The ISO 20121 event Sustainability Management Systems awarded by the British Standard Institute demonstrates our focus on conserving natural resources and improving visitor and staff health and comfort. Our efforts have also won us the IMEX-GMIC Green Supplier Award.
*Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) by U.S. Green Building Council, a recognition for using less energy and water, avoiding waste, saving on maintenance costs and improving indoor air quality.
GREEN MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Our Green Meetings Concierges work closely with clients and internal operations teams to support the planning and implementation of green events. These Concierges are equipped with deep knowledge in MICE event management, green meetings, sustainability, ISO 9001 (quality management systems) and ISO 20121 (event sustainability management). Primary green measures include opting for LED displays to reduce printing collaterals, using water dispensers or re-usable container to eliminate single-use plastic products, using tablecloths without skirting to reduce water and energy from laundering, and air conditioning set to 23 degrees or above to reduce excess energy usage. After events, the team will review client feedback to improve the overall Green Meetings strategy for continuous improvement.
Macao's first carbon neutral exhibition, the 2022 MIECF (Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition) was held on December 9 to 11 at The Venetian Macao's Cotai Expo. The holding of Macao's first carbon neutral exhibition at Cotai Expo follows Sands China's memorandum of understanding with MFTA, which was signed June 1, 2022 during GED2022 (Global Exhibitions Day), marking their joint commitment to promoting and strengthening the sustainable development of the convention and exhibition industry in Macao.
Sands China's carbon footprint has seen a 32 per cent decrease in Scope I (direct) and Scope II (indirect) emissions since its baseline year of 2018, which includes the impact of the operational downturn associated with the global pandemic. The 2025 target is to reduce them by 17.5 per cent. Since 2019, Sands China's various measures have resulted in 26 Million kWh of annualized energy savings and its solar thermal hybrid system generated 275 GJ (gigajoules) of renewable energy in 2022. And to further support the production of green energy, we purchased 115,000 MWh worth of renewable energy certificates (I-RECs) in 2022 from a hydropower station and wind farm in mainland China to help offset Sands China's operational emissions.
GREEN MEETINGS AND EVENTS
Our Green Meetings Concierges work closely with clients and internal operations teams to support the planning and implementation of green events. These Concierges are equipped with deep knowledge in MICE event management, green meetings, sustainability, ISO 9001 (quality management systems) and ISO 20121 (event sustainability management). Primary green measures include opting for LED displays to reduce printing collaterals, using water dispensers or re-usable container to eliminate single-use plastic products, using tablecloths without skirting to reduce water and energy from laundering, and air conditioning set to 23 degrees or above to reduce excess energy usage. After events, the team will review client feedback to improve the overall Green Meetings strategy for continuous improvement.
Macao's first carbon neutral exhibition, the 2022 MIECF (Macao International Environmental Co-operation Forum & Exhibition) was held on December 9 to 11 at The Venetian Macao's Cotai Expo. The holding of Macao's first carbon neutral exhibition at Cotai Expo follows Sands China's memorandum of understanding with MFTA, which was signed June 1, 2022 during GED2022 (Global Exhibitions Day), marking their joint commitment to promoting and strengthening the sustainable development of the convention and exhibition industry in Macao.
Sands China's carbon footprint has seen a 32 per cent decrease in Scope I (direct) and Scope II (indirect) emissions since its baseline year of 2018, which includes the impact of the operational downturn associated with the global pandemic. The 2025 target is to reduce them by 17.5 per cent. Since 2019, Sands China's various measures have resulted in 26 Million kWh of annualized energy savings and its solar thermal hybrid system generated 275 GJ (gigajoules) of renewable energy in 2022. And to further support the production of green energy, we purchased 115,000 MWh worth of renewable energy certificates (I-RECs) in 2022 from a hydropower station and wind farm in mainland China to help offset Sands China's operational emissions.