AT A GL ANCE P I L L AR Communities APPROACH Hardship Relief Food Security Assist food relief organizations with donations and program support Homelessness Help mobilize efforts for immediate relief, lasting solutions and advocacy Disadvantaged Populations Promote quality of life and access to basic services 2025 TARGET 150,000 Volunteer hours in support of communities 202 2 PERFORMANCE 192,330 Volunteer hours in support of communities Achieved Because of our Team Members’ extensive volunteer support for COVID-19 testing efforts, we already exceeded our 2025 goal of 150,000 volunteer hours by 28%. During the mid-cycle review of our 2021–2025 ambitions next year, we plan to set a more ambitious 2025 target for Team Member volunteer hours. Accomplishments We have formed deeply committed and long-standing partnerships with community organizations that provide critical relief to people facing hardship in our regions. In 2022, we continued executing on our established paths in three primary areas of focus. Food Security: Each region has solidified a plan for providing food to people in need with engagements that generate donations to food relief organizations, combined with volunteer support to pack, process and distribute food. To strengthen our efforts, we launched the first annual Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build in 2022, demonstrating the priority on food relief in our global community engagement strategy. Team Members around the world exemplify Sands’ culture of giving through their dedicated volunteer service. Recognizing their impact, we set a goal to achieve 150,000 Team Member service hours for 2021–2025. Though this goal spans all corporate responsibility pillars, Team Members contribute substantial time to helping people facing hardship in our communities. In 2022, continuing COVID-19 lockdowns and quarantine requirements in Macao accelerated our in-kind contributions for pandemic-related activity, with Team Members providing 116,579 service hours at testing stations and 7.4 million hours for quarantine operations in our hotels. See the disaster response and preparedness section on page 35 for more information. HARDSH I P REL I EF We work with our communities to provide resources to disadvantaged people and aid them in overcoming barriers to necessities such as food and housing, with support for specific causes where we can make the greatest impact. UN I T I NG FOR HUNGER REL I EF AROUND THE WORLD In 2022, Sands regions joined forces for the first annual Sands Cares Global Food Kit Build, with events held jointly in Macao and Singapore during a 24-hour period. This newest global Sands Cares program brought together hundreds of Team Members and volunteers to build kits containing food staples for local hunger-relief organizations. In Macao, Team Members and volunteers assembled 2,600 food kits for Caritas Macau to aid people facing financial difficulty. In Singapore, more than 450 Team Members assembled 6,000 food kits for The Food Bank Singapore, and a group of Team Members delivered food kits to seniors. Secondary school students from CARE Singapore also assembled food kits with their Marina Bay Sands mentors. Combined with a second Sands Cares Food Kit Build that benefited 22 partners served by The Food Bank Singapore as part of the Sands for Singapore Charity Festival, Sands provided more than 11,000 food kits for people in need during 2022. 5 tons Food rescued and donated 11,580 Food kits built In Singapore, Marina Bay Sands supported the Food Bank Singapore as the beneficiary of its portion of the global food kit build, as well as provided ongoing food donations from catering operations (see more information in the waste section on page 14) and through collection drives on and off property. The resort also hosted the Community Chest Fu Dai event, which provided “bags of blessings” food donations to more than 8,100 seniors and vulnerable families during the Lunar New Year season. 80 More information and data on community relations can be found in the Appendix on page 80. 2022 ESG REPORT 32
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