Oversight and Responsibilities Our global community engagement program, Sands Cares, guides our initiatives to address the health of our communities and is overseen by our senior vice president of global communications and corporate affairs. Regional and corporate Sands Cares TeamMembers are responsible for implementation of the program’s initiatives, including coordination of volunteer efforts. Policies • Charitable Contributions and Sponsorship Policy Targets and Commitments A fundamental part of Sands’ culture is the commitment to helping our regions maintain a strong quality of life and address areas of need for residents. Through Sands Cares, we focus on corporate giving, capacity building and volunteerism. For the 2021–2025 reporting cycle, we have set an ambition to contribute 150,000 TeamMember volunteer hours in support of our communities. Strategy All of our regions participate in local community engagement and development programs. We support initiatives that promote our regions’ resilience around issues of concern and crisis situations, build local business and nonprofit capability to advance their success, promote educational opportunities to create a thriving workforce of the future and preserve the unique cultural and natural heritage of our communities. During the 2021–2025 reporting cycle, we are placing emphasis on accelerating our volunteer initiatives while continuing our philanthropic giving and capacitybuilding efforts. Our TeamMember volunteer framework consists of three categories: participating in TeamMember-selected community activities to encourage an overall spirit of giving back, engaging in companycoordinated volunteer programs to address local issues prioritized by the company and lending skills-based volunteer support that leverages the talents and expertise of our workforce. Training and Communications We execute training at the global, regional and corporate levels to successfully carry out our initiatives. We ensure local communities are represented in our stakeholder engagement process by inviting nonprofit and civic leaders to participate. Evaluation and Adjustments We track various KPIs related to community contributions to understand progress against our goals and commitments. Nonprofit partners are asked to provide regular reports detailing the impact of our contributions on their causes. Additionally, surveys are conducted following volunteer events to understand and learn from the experience of participating TeamMembers. Community Contributions 2022 Cash donations $7,881,860 In-kind donations $581,392 Event and sponsorship $4,868,131 Team Member volunteer hours 137,782 Team Member hours during paid work time 131,689 Value of Team Member volunteer hours during paid work time $2,695,000 Food kits donated 11,580 Number of nonprofits supported 46 Disaster relief kits built and donated 57,800 Community engagement management overhead $1,463,000 MANAGEMENT APPROACH COMMUN I T Y REL AT I ONS Volunteer Hours 2025 2025 Target: 150,000 volunteer hours Total to Date: 192,330 volunteer hours 2025 Target: 150,000 hours 2022: 192,330 hours1 1 Extraordinary COVID-19-related volunteer hours continue in Macao in 2022, resulting in our goal being met ahead of schedule. We are looking to set a new 2025 ambition for Team Member volunteering. 2021 2022 ESG REPORT 80
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