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CapitaLand Limited
Annual Report 2015
Sustainability Management
Overview
Sustainability
Business
Review
Portfolio
Details
Corporate
Governance &
Transparency
Sustainability Commitment
CapitaLand’s sustainability strategy is aligned with
its credo of ‘Building People. Building Communities.’.
CapitaLand is committed to improving the economic
and social well-being of its stakeholders through the
execution of development projects and management of
its operations. In a rapidly changing business landscape,
it actively embraces innovation to ensure commercial
viability without compromising the environment for future
generations.
CapitaLand upholds high standards of corporate
governance and transparency to safeguard shareholders’
interests. It has in place an adequate and effective Enterprise
Risk Management framework to enhance its business
resilience and agility. CapitaLand’s proactive approach
towards environmental, health and safety management,
which incorporates universal design into its developments,
ensures that its properties are future-proof and sustainable.
Policies and guidelines are put in place to ensure the
efficient use of energy, water and other resources.
CapitaLand’s integrated human capital strategy aims to
recruit, develop and motivate employees to drive growth
for the Group. Community development is an important
component of CapitaLand’s commitment to sustainability.
It focuses on providing support to enhance the lives of
underprivileged children through corporate philanthropy
and employee volunteerism.
CapitaLand was one of the first companies in Singapore
to voluntarily publish its Sustainability Reports, before the
Singapore Exchange published its Sustainability Reporting
Guidelines. For more details of CapitaLand’s sustainability
management and performance, please refer to the upcoming
CapitaLand Limited Global Sustainability Report 2015. This
report will be based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Global 4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines and externally
assessed to the AA1000 Assurance Standard. It will cover
CapitaLand’s global portfolio including its listed real estate
investment trusts, CapitaLand Mall Trust, CapitaLand
Commercial Trust, Ascott Residence Trust, CapitaLand
Retail China Trust and CapitaLand Malaysia Mall Trust.
CapitaLand is a signatory to the United Nations Global
Compact and its Global Sustainability Report will serve as
its Communication on Progress (COP), which will be made
available at
when published.
For its efforts, CapitaLand is listed in the Global 100 Most
Sustainable Corporations in the World, Sustainability
Yearbook, Dow Jones Sustainability World Index and Asia
Pacific Index, Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark
(Regional Sector Leader for Asia, Diversified), FTSE4Good
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Global ESG Leaders Indices and Channel NewsAsia
Sustainability Ranking.
Top Management Commitment and Staff Involvement
CapitaLand’s sustainability management comes under the
purview of its Sustainability Council, comprising members
of CapitaLand’s top management. It is supported by a
Sustainability Steering Committee which oversees two
work teams to ensure the Group’s continued progress
and improvement in the areas of environment, social and
governance (ESG). The Sustainability Steering Committee
and work teams comprise representatives from all
business units.
Sustainability Steering Committee
Sustainability Council
Board of Directors
All Staff
Environment Sustainability
Work Team
Social Sustainability
Work Team
Financials &
Additional
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