NewWorld Development Company Limited
CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
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CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY
To achieve sustainability, NewWorld Groupworks tomaintain a balance between
business growth and its social and environmental responsibility. As a community
builder, the Group delivers quality developments and promotes social harmony.
Management Approach to Corporate Sustainability
Adopting a three-tier approach ensures that sustainability messages are
properly communicated vertically and laterally within the Group. Chaired by Dr.
Adrian Cheng, Executive Vice-chairman and Joint General Manager, the Group
Sustainability Steering Committee sets policies and directions for the Group’s
sustainability programmes and initiatives. Each business unit has its own
sustainability committee to devise programmes catered to operational needs.
A Group Sustainability Taskforce has also been set to facilitate working level
communications and sharing of best practices.
Role Model in Sustainability Reporting
Transparency is an integral part of the Group’s corporate sustainability and
its second sustainability report has been published in December 2014 in
accordance with the latest international reporting framework – Global Reporting
Initiatives (G4 Core). The Group’s three listed subsidiaries have also published
their first sustainability reports around the same time in accordance with the
said framework and all reports were independently verified by third parties.
The following sections highlight the Group’s key sustainability initiatives and
programmes. For more details, please download a copy of New World Group
Sustainability Report 2014 at
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