全方位推進可持續發展

表現備受肯定

Enriching Lives by

Embracing Sustainability

作為企業公民，領匯相信以人為本的發展方針，對推動可持續發展不遺餘力。繼今年三月獲納入富時社會責任指數後，最近傳來另一則令人鼓舞的消息，憑藉實踐企業社會責任的佳績，領匯已躋身道瓊斯可持續發展指數亞太指數，是首家也是香港唯一納入該指數的房託，肯定我們團隊所奠下的良好基礎。

領匯業務營運不斷推陳出新，除了有利營造更合顧客心意的購物體驗，亦為上述持份者群組帶來更多正面影響。對於社區的持續發展，一直透過特惠租金、場地贊助等方式作出援助，而今年一月成立的「愛‧匯聚計劃」，則突破原有援助模式，除直接捐助之外，更強調員工參與，深化對社區發展的支持。經過嚴謹的項目甄選，該計劃八月公布十個由非牟利機構籌辦的項目將獲得逾千萬港元的捐助總額。這些項目針對兒童與青少年及長者的不同需要，主題廣泛，包括捐贈食物及玩具予基層家庭、以街舞凝聚青年族群，以至設置流動遊樂場及疾病護理等，照顧社區內各類需要。

我們深信，可持續發展與業務營運相輔相成，因此對社區的支持亦不限於金錢及物資，還會利用我們最寶貴的資源─熱心積極的員工及廣泛的商戶網絡，攜手回饋社區。領匯員工將會身體力行參與「愛‧匯聚計劃」贊助項目的推展工作，積極為夥伴機構提供支援，務求讓項目取得最大的成效。同樣地，去年成立、以提倡運動及健康生活為目標的「領匯社區體育學院」，不單由我們贊助課程費用及訓練場地，旗下商戶亦有響應號召，為參加者提供各式購物餐飲優惠。

商戶是重要的持份者及業務夥伴，我們－向視推動其持續發展為己任。零售行業不斷革新，消費者的喜好和口味持續轉變，藉著舉辦推廣活動帶動商場人流、營商技巧工作坊、商場提升工程等，協助他們提升營運，與時並進，把握商機。

員工方面，我們近年積極加大對員工培訓及福利方面的資源投放，如推出員工購股計劃、員工加油站、商場管理行政文憑課程、神秘顧客計劃、侍產假以及生日休假等，充分體現成為理想僱主的決心。

外界對領匯可持續發展表現的肯定，給予我們團隊莫大的鼓勵，我們定當繼續竭盡所能推展良好企業公民責任，與各方持份者共同成長，實現提升社群生活質素的抱負。


王國龍
行政總裁│2013年11月


People are at the heart of everything we do as a business. The well-being of our tenants, employees and the community at large is critical to our success. That is why we place great importance on being responsible corporate citizens and embracing sustainable development.

We are proud to announce that The Link REIT has recently been placed on the Dow Jones Sustainability Asia Pacific Index (DJSI Asia Pacific) 2013/2014, providing further international recognition of our efforts towards sustainability following our inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index Series earlier this year. We are the first and only Hong Kong REIT to be added to the DJSI Asia Pacific, demonstrating the strong foundations our team has put in place towards building a sustainable future.

The initiatives and innovations we bring to our business operations have not only enhanced the shopping experience of our customers; they have also brought about positive changes for our stakeholder groups.

In our pursuit of community sustainability, we have, for a long time, offered concessionary rent and venue sponsorship. In January, we took this a step further with the launch of our “The Link Together Initiatives” programme which makes direct donations and encourages employee participation to enhance our role in supporting the community. After careful consideration, we selected 10 community projects to receive more than HK$10 million in donations. These ranged from a project that helps underprivileged families through food and toy donation, to dance training for youngsters, to initiatives involving mobile playgrounds and health services. Between them, these represent a rich and diverse collection of projects aimed at helping the elderly, children and young people.

We firmly believe that sustainability and business development go hand in hand and mutually reinforce each other. That is why our support for the community goes beyond money and assets, and strongly involves our most important resources – our employees and tenant network. We encourage our team members, and our tenants, to join us in giving back to the community. Our employees will participate in our “The Link Together Initiatives” to help maximise their results. Similarly, under “The Link Community Sports Academy” – a community programme we set up a year ago to promote sports and health – we have invited tenants to join in by making shopping and dining offers available to participants.

Our tenants are amongst our key stakeholders and our most important business partners. We appreciate how they have to deal with the fast-changing retail sector and constant shifts in customer preferences. We are therefore striving to promote their sustainable development and help them capture new business opportunities by organising promotional events that boost their footfall, arranging workshops to enhance their business skills, and upgrading our centres through asset enhancement works.

Our determination to be an employer of choice is reflected in our efforts to improve employee sustainability in recent years. We have stepped up our investment in employee training and welfare, with measures such as the Employee Unit Purchase Plan, the launch of a Staff Work-Life Balance Centre, an Executive Diploma Programme in Shopping Mall Management, a Mystery Shopper Programme, and paternity and birthday leave.

The global recognition we have received for our efforts to improve sustainability helps drive us forward to greater achievements and initiatives. We are committed to continuing to do what we can to be good corporate citizens and to do everything in our power to improve and enrich the lives of our tenants, our employees, and everyone we come into contact with through our work.


George Hongchoy
Chief Executive Officer │ November 2013

領匯
可持續
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Sustainability
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