D I SASTER RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS We address the life cycle of crisis management by supporting infrastructure initiatives that equip our regions to handle adversity, providing immediate relief when issues occur and serving as a partner for long-term recovery efforts. AT A GL ANCE P I L L AR Communities APPROACH Disaster Response and Preparedness Disaster Response Mobilize quickly with critical resources to minimize impact Crisis Preparedness Help communities get ready for and recover from emergencies Our work in disaster response and recovery primarily centered around ongoing pandemic developments as Macao faced another COVID-19 outbreak this past year; however, we also continued supporting general crisis preparedness activities through funding for emergency response planning in Asia and the United States. Our balance between providing relief and investing in preparedness helps ensure communities are appropriately resourced for challenges and ready when crises occur. Accomplishments Disaster Response: In response to Macao’s COVID-19 summer 2022 outbreak, Sands China provided space and operational support for a testing center at The Venetian Macao’s Cotai Expo as part of the government’s mandatory testing drives. Team Members also volunteered at two outside testing stations. Cumulatively, Sands China Team Members contributed 116,579 service hours for testing efforts in 2022. Sands China also supplied space and operational support at the Sheraton Grand Macao Hotel and The Parisian Macao for mandatory quarantining during 2022, with Team Members entering closed-loop systems that encompassed significant volunteer time beyond their work shifts. During the outbreak’s peak, more than 6,000 hotel rooms were used for quarantining, with 2.4 million service hours contributed by Sands China. 116,579 Volunteer hours for Macao COVID-19 testing stations 2,418,672 Team Member service hours for quarantine hotel operations In addition to testing and quarantine operations, Sands China Team Members assisted Macau Red Cross in packing emergency response kits with sanitization materials and COVID-19 tests for distribution to vulnerable groups. Crisis Preparedness: In 2022, Sands’ support was instrumental in expanding Americares’ emergency response hub in Asia, allowing the organization to exceed its three-year goal to recruit and train 150 emergency response roster members. Funding also helped Americares execute response efforts for Super Typhoon Odette, procure and pre-position thousands of supplies in its Asia hubs, place emergency roster members and supplies at its Bangladesh hub, and hold a simulated disaster response exercise. In Las Vegas, Sands committed $500,000 over two years for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Reality Based Training Center, which provides law enforcement and first responders with the nation’s most sophisticated realitybased training for de-escalation tactics, active shooter incidents and natural disasters using live simulations. Sands is supporting construction of the facility’s first building, which spans more than 50,000 square feet and has capacity to train 240 officers. Finally, Sands Team Members continued contributing to preparedness efforts through the annual Sands Cares Global Hygiene Kit Build with Clean the World, assembling 57,000 kits containing soap and other amenities for distribution to people facing hardship and disaster situations. Team Members in Macao and Singapore also participated in blood drives for local providers to help themmaintain their supply for people in need. PROV I D I NG CR I T I CAL REL I EF I N MAL AYS I A In December 2021, heavy downpours battered the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia, devastating communities and displacing 400,000 people. Declared a once-in-acentury disaster, the floods left parts of the coast under nearly 13 feet of water, and many families lost their homes. Working with The Food Bank Singapore and other Malaysian nonprofits, Marina Bay Sands donated 700 home furnishing items, such as mattresses, beds, lamps and sofas, to support struggling families. Repurposed from ongoing hotel upgrades, these items were collected, sorted and transported by Marina Bay Sands and The Food Bank Singapore to Malaysia, putting furnishings to good use and avoiding waste going to landfill. APPENDIX GOVERNANCE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT OUR PERFORMANCE INTRODUCTION OUR STRATEGY 35 CLOSING
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