Corporate bits | Sands China participates in earth hour

Sands China took the month of March to shine an additional spotlight on environmental sustainability by drawing the attention of the public and its team members to climate change through two events; Earth Hour and an in-house Climate Week.

On March 25, the company participated in Earth Hour for the ninth consecutive year, turning off lights at all its properties.

Beginning at 8:30 p.m., exterior lights and non-essential indoor lights were turned off for one hour at all Sands China properties, the gaming operator said in a statement.

Sands China then followed up this year’s Earth Hour observance with a Climate Week event, encouraging team members to take action on climate change (Twitter hashtags #ECO360 and #ChangeClimateChange).

Held from March 27-31 at employee back-of-house areas, Climate Week featured an Energy Saving Roadshow. 

The week encouraged team members to save energy at home and further support the environmental goals of Earth Hour and Sands ECO360° by changing out their homes’ incandescent and compact fluorescent bulbs for ultra energy-
efficient LEDs.

CEM announces future developments for EV charging facilities

CEM held a press conference at CEM Building on Friday to brief the media about its electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities and plans for future development.

Currently, 18 Macau public car parks are equipped with EV charging facilities. More than 70 chargers are available for EVs and
e-bikes, and cover more than 40 percent of public car parks.

CEM said in a statement that it will install more EV charging stations at eight public car parks for its next phase of development in the territory.

This move will equip 60 percent of public car parks with EV charging stations.

CEM will also increase the number of charging stations in accordance with usage status, as well as the growth of EV usage in the region.

The company will also analyze the usage patterns of various districts to optimize the distribution of different charging systems.