CapitaLand Limited is pleased to announce that 230 of the Group’s properties worldwide were participating in World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Earth Hour 2014 on Saturday, 29 March 2014. The Group has reiterated its support for Earth Hour, pledging to go beyond the hour with year-long sustainability initiatives. This is the seventh year that the Group is participating in the annual global sustainability movement to show its commitment towards protecting the environment.
This year, CapitaLand Group properties in 20 countries “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 “ were played their part in environmental protection. Participating properties was turning off their facade lights and non-essential lighting for extended hours throughout the night, beginning 8:30pm (local time) on Saturday, 29 March 2014. Emergency lighting and security systems will function normally to ensure that safety and security are not compromised.
In China, 98 CapitaLand Group properties was taking part in Earth Hour. Going beyond the hour, Raffles City developments and CapitaMalls across China have lined up a series of activities to rally shoppers to jointly champion the environment cause. For instance, shoppers at Raffles City Chengdu and Raffles City Ningbo will receive reusable eco-friendly shopping bags. On 29 March, CapitaMall Wusheng in Wuhan will set up stationary bicycle stations for shoppers to have an opportunity to light bulbs with electricity generated from cycling. The activity is meant to raise awareness of clean energy and promote cycling as a means of green transportation. Over in Dalian, CapitaMall Peace Plaza is staging an eco-awareness exhibition until 20 April, on top of organizing a mask design competition aimed at drawing attention to the hazards of air pollution. Highlighting another form of pollution “C light pollution “. C is a photo exhibition at CapitaMall Crystal, Beijing, held in conjunction with Lomography, which was ran until 30 March. At CapitaMall Jinniu in Chengdu, young shoppers were given pots of plants to help cultivate a respect and love for nature among children growing up in the city.
Ascott China was organizing several green events for its serviced residence guests in 13 cities on 29 March 2014. Trash to Treasure activities was held in 10 properties across Beijing, Wuhan, Chengdu and Xi’an where serviced residence guests were tapped their creative juices to turn unused items into “treasures”. Candlelight dinners and environmental movie screenings was held in six Ascott properties in Shenzhen, Tianjin and Dalian. In Shanghai, three Ascott properties were invited serviced residence guests to a cooking lesson where they were prepared vegetarian meals while Ascott Guangzhou is organizing a visit to the Southern China Botanical Garden for long stay guests and their families.
CapitaLand China’s township developments in Chengdu, Shenyang and Wuxi were participated in Earth Hour for the first time.
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CapitaLand Limited is pleased to announce that 230 of the Group’s properties worldwide were participating in World Wide Fund for Nature’s (WWF) Earth Hour 2014 on Saturday, 29 March 2014. The Group has reiterated its support for Earth Hour, pledging to go beyond the hour with year-long sustainability initiatives. This is the seventh year that the Group is participating in the annual global sustainability movement to show its commitment towards protecting the environment.
