Corporate Bits | Sands China procures more from local smes

Sands China Ltd is expanding its support of local Macau businesses in 2016 through its Local Supplier Support Programme. The company is expanding its list of products and services to be procured from local suppliers to 353 items for the second phase of the program.
The long-term initiative focuses on three types of local businesses as identified in collaboration with the Macao Chamber of Commerce: small and micro companies, “Made in Macau” companies, and Macau young entrepreneurs.
Since the launch of its Local Supplier Support Programme last year, Sands has purchased products from 49 new local suppliers of the three aforementioned types, totalling nearly MOP20 million, states a press release from the company. From more than 160 connections made with potential new suppliers through the program, nearly one third have resulted in successful purchases.
Sands China and the Macao Chamber of Commerce jointly announced the launch of the program in July 2015.

pepsi reducing reliance on colas for sales

PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said yesterday the company is reshaping its product lineup to better reflect the growing interest in healthy eating and noted it has reduced its reliance on colas for sales.
The maker of Frito-Lay snacks, Mountain Dew, Naked juices and Quaker Oats now gets less than 25 percent of its global sales from soda, Nooyi said. And she said just 12 percent of global sales come from its namesake soda.
The remarks underscore PepsiCo’s recent shift in tone as the world’s biggest soda brands have been pressured by intensifying competition and a bad image for fueling weight gain in markets such as the U.S.
With soda consumption continuing to decline domestically, PepsiCo and Coca-Cola have been trying to push up sales by weaning people off cheaper options like 2-liter bottles and toward single-serve options or snazzier mini cans and aluminum bottles that fetch more per ounce.

cem opens registration for macau energy saving contest

Organized by CEM and the Energy Sector Development Office, the annual Macau Energy Saving Contest aims to promote energy conservation in the hotel and property management industry.
This year, CEM will continue to hold the contest to increase awareness of energy conservation among citizens, hotels and property management companies.
Since its launch in 2009, the Macau Energy Saving Contest has encouraged savings of over 116.4 million kWh of electricity in seven years, according to a press release.
Co-organized by the General Residents Association of Macau, the Macau Property Management Business Association and the Macau Hoteliers & Innkeepers Association, the six-month contest is now open for registration and includes two categories: “Public Building Facilities Group” and “Hotel Group.” Comparisons will be based on the six consecutive billing months of electricity consumption from May to October 2016, which is the same period of time used in 2015.