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INSIGHT INTO LAS VEGAS SANDS CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY ACTIVITIES 4TH QUARTER 2019

IN THIS ISSUE

CLIMATE S.O.S! SEASO N OF SUSTAINABILITY ECOSPOTLIGHT: FOOD & BEVERAGE TAKE ON SU STAINABILITY THE YEAR IN REVIEW

RENEWABLE ENERGY Ltd. Builds Solar Thermal Plant at The Londoner Sands China Ltd. has built a large solar thermal hybrid energy plant at The Londoner Resort. The system features a 222 solar panel array combined with a heat pump system that is able to generate enough hot water for The Sheraton Grand Sky Tower including its swimming pools, spas, kitchens and all 2,000 suites. The renewable energy system completely eliminates the need for a natural gas boiler. The solar thermal panels will generate more 222 than 500 megawatt-hours of thermal energy Solar panel array annually, equivalent to providing hot water to system

3,300 households in Macao for one month. Supplies Additionally, the hybrid system improves the existing plant efficiency by over 50 percent, 100% and is expected to avoid 1,140 metric tons of hot water to The CO e emissions annually. This successful Sheraton Grand 2 Sky Tower suites, initiative will help us reduce our greenhouse swimming pools, gas emissions and increase our renewable spa and kitchens energy consumption. W ASTE Coffee, Eggshells, and Furniture? Pilot programs tackle new waste streams at The Venetian Resort Las Vegas Throwing rubbish away drains our planet of natural 2019, the property’s eggshells and leftover coffee resources and disrupts ecosystems. The Venetian grounds were sent to a local composting facility to be Resort has worked tirelessly turned into nutrient rich soil for gardening and over the years to reach and landscaping. Another significant source of waste in the maintain a recycling rate that hospitality industry are furnishings such as bed hovers around 55%. A new frames, lamps and artwork. To address this issue, The composting pilot program will Venetian Resort launched a partnership with worldwide continue this trend, helping auction company Biddergy, to give used furnishings a extend the life of resources and second life. Thus far, the property has sent close to reduce the amount of waste 300,000 pounds (136,077 kg) of no longer needed sent to landfill. Starting in Q4 of items to the auction. SANDSECO360 QUARTERLY, P. 1

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEME NT IN THE Climate S.O.S! NEWS Environmental inspiration via visual media at the

ArtScience Museum

From September to November 2019, Closing off the season was CNN: China has the ArtScience Museum at Marina Skyscraper (The Bruges Whale), an announced a new plan Bay Sands presented Climate S.O.S 11-meter tall sculpture made from – Season of Sustainability, a recycled ocean plastic. The striking to crack down on most seasonal event focused on raising sculpture is designed by award- single-use plastics by awareness about the impact of winning architects and designers 2025

climate change on our oceanic Jason Klimoski and Lesley Chang China is tackling single-use plastic environments. This special showcase from the acclaimed StudioKCA in such as straws, bags, cutlery and draws attention to the connection New York. The plastic waste used in more. The hospitality and food & between our consumer habits and the sculpture – ranging from hangers beverage sectors can expect to see the natural world. A lineup of and kitchen bowls to toilet seats and reduction initiatives geared towards engaging climate-related films, car bumpers – was amongst five tons their industries. exhibitions and interactive programs of waste pulled from the Pacific

evoked immediate and profound Ocean in 2018. Shaped into the calls-to-action. iconic Skyscraper, it now serves as a Straits Times: Zero- stark visual reminder of the 150 The centerpiece of Climate S.O.S waste law comes to million tons of plastic polluting our was Changing Course 2019, a waters. multimedia exhibition featuring a The Resource Sustainability Bill, gallery of photographic prints which was passed in Singapore by award-winning Parliament in September 2019, will environmental journalists and make it mandatory for some large a virtual reality experience on producers of waste to re-use and the global climate crisis. The recycle more. This will allow exhibition also featured the Singapore to treat waste the way it global premiere of Arctic treats water - by wringing value Awakening, a new short film from every last drop. documentary displaying

breathtaking shots of the Arctic landscape, and the far- CDP: High Achievers reaching impact of rising sea Las Vegas Sands Corp. has once levels, altered ecosystems again received the highest possible and extreme weather. The exhibition score of A for CDP Climate was developed by Singapore-based Change and Water Security. The media company Eco-Business in internationally recognized collaboration with ArtScience organization evaluates companies Museum. on their environmental performance.

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Sands: SCL Builds 40k Hygiene Kits

A total of 350 volunteers from Sands China Ltd. and local community groups worked together this December to package 40,000 hygiene kits for Clean the World. The kits will go to those in need and help prevent the spread of disease.

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ECO SPOTLIGHT Food & Beverage and Stewarding Take on Sustainability Issac, Ricky, James and Kenny form a dynamic team at Sands China Ltd. They all are responsible for various aspects of food & beverage and stewarding operations. In this Sands ECO360 interview, we gain insight into how sustainability has become part of their daily operations. Tell us a bit about yourselves. Issac: I joined The Venetian in July 2019, after working for seven years at The Sheraton. In banquet operations, we work very closely with the culinary and stewarding team to ensure all events go smoothly. Ricky: I have been with the company for 11 years, since the grand opening. I am responsible for daily operation of the catering kitchen. We take care of large groups such as 12,000 - person buffet events and traditional Chinese seated dinners. James: I have worked for two and a half years in the banquet kitchen, helping prepare event menus with my staff. Since I have been on board, the kitchen, service and stewarding teams have always worked closely together for each and every event. Kenny: I graduated from Institute for Studies and came directly to work in stewarding for Sands. We are responsible for tableware and servicing for restaurants, Team Member dining and banquets. What are your team’s most recent sustainability efforts? Issac: I think my team’s major role in sustainability includes separating food waste and recyclables from general waste after events. Separated food waste goes to the food digester, thereby helping reduce waste sent for incineration. Reducing, reusing, and recycling helps us reduce our impact on the planet. Ricky: Our team helps create menus that use sustainable seafood and organic poultry and beef. We also incorporate environmentally friendly tableware and ensure we prepare the correct amount of food for each event. James: We constantly reevaluate our practices and make changes that reduce food waste. We also give our guests the option to choose a ‘green menu’ for coffee breaks. Kenny: Our sustainable efforts are daily and ongoing. We remove waste bins and weigh food waste before it is processed. Measuring helps us understand how we are performing over time. Sharing Food Waste What do you see as the biggest opportunity in your departments in terms of sustainability? Practices Ricky: There are many opportunities for sustainability in each of our departments. The biggest opportunity is Internationally reducing, including reducing food waste and overall Stephanie Zhao, associate director of consumption. sustainability, presented at the International Workshop on Food Loss and Waste Prevention What sustainability project are you passionate about? this October in Tokyo, Japan. The workshop was Issac: We are all very passionate about reducing food organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry waste. We recently conducted a food waste audit, which and Fisheries of helped create a baseline to measure performance. We Japan, FAO Japan look forward to applying what we have learned thus far Liaison Office, UN and continue to reduce food waste from various events. Environment and What is the most important part of your sustainability the Thünen mission? Institute Kenny: Sustainability is an important global issue, but (Germany). Her many people in our community and department are still presentation learning of its value. The most important thing we can do shared with is help more people understand what sustainability stakeholders ways means, to implement it and to save to implement food the world together. waste programs in SANDSECO360 QUARTERLY, P. 3 hotel settings.

PLASTIC REDUCTION Plucking Plastic Products The Venetian Resort Las Vegas acts on plastic The cost of plastic to our planet is becoming far too items are now provided in bulk. In laundry operations, great. The equivalent of one garbage truck full of plastic plastic items such as sleeve clips and collars were is dumped into the ocean every single minute. The eliminated to reduce unnecessary waste. Further, plastic Venetian Resort Las Vegas is focusing on reducing its hangers were replaced with single-use plastic on property by targeting food & cardboard alternatives for Team beverage and laundry operations. Together, food & Member laundry services. In beverage and sustainability were able to completely 2020, the resort will test a eliminate plastic straws in the heart of house and switch reusable garment bag to hold to a sustainable alternative upon request in all owned laundered clothing in place of the restaurants and food outlets. Further, many to-go plastic garment bag that is containers in the Team Member dining room were currently used. replaced with paper alternatives while many single-serve

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEME NT STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEME NT Conservation Hero Fifth Consecutive Graces Marina Bay Year of Clean Plate Sands Challenge at Sands “Around the world, Dr. Jane only shown us the urgent need Goodall’s work renews one of to protect chimpanzees from China Ltd. our most powerful resources: extinction; she has also Food waste not only wastes food but also all 1 hope.” On November 26, the redefined species conservation the resources that went into making it such & Convention to include the needs of local as water, nutrients and land. At the same Centre at people and the environment. time, one in nine people suffer from hunger hosted the Human-Wildlife Co- Today she travels the world, globally. Twice a year, Sands China Ltd. Existence in Asia Conference speaking about the threats hosts the Clean Plate Challenge twice a organized by Jane Goodall facing chimpanzees and year to encourage Team Members to Institute (Singapore). Following environmental crises, urging reduce food waste and inspire them to live a the conference, more then 300 each of us to take action on sustainable and healthy lifestyle. Team Members, Sands for behalf of all living things and Singapore beneficiaries and planet we share.”1 The most recent three-day activity students from Jane Goodall challenged Team Members in the dining 1 www.janegoodall.org Institute Singapore’s Roots & rooms to take only what they would eat and Shoots program were treated to return a clean plate – a challenge that was a private screening of JANE. completed a total of nearly 31,300 times. They also met Dr. Jane Goodall, Team Members were also shown how to renowned primatologist and properly separate plate waste into food 2019 Nobel Peace Prize waste and general waste bins, ensuring that nominee, in person. JANE is an any leftover food is sent to the food digester, award-winning documentary of not the incinerator. In 2019, this initiative Dr. Goodall’s resulted in more than 97,000 clean plates at ground-breaking Sands China Ltd! chimpanzee research and her efforts to revolutionize the understanding of the natural world. “Through nearly 60 years of ground-breaking work, Dr. Jane Goodall has not SANDSECO360 QUARTERLY, P.4

2019 - THE YEAR IN REVIEW Another Remarkable Year of Sustainability Meeting the One Million It’s been a year filled RAMPING UP RENEWABLE ENERGY with outstanding GLOBALLY Sands ECO360 This year, The Venetian Resort Las Vegas and Actions Goal achievements thanks Sands Expo and Convention Center partnered with NV Energy to procure enough renewable to the hard work of energy certificates to meet 100% of campus 2019 reached electricity needs. Sands China Ltd. built a large 1 million+ solar thermal plant in Macao that will our Team Members supply heating, cooling and hot actions water to The Sheraton Grand Sky and executive Tower in The Londoner. Lastly, Marina Bay Sands procured enough leadership. renewable energy credits to account for 10% of their total electricity use.

CDP & DJSI ACCOLADES MAKING ONE MILLION PUT LAS VEGAS SANDS 2018 reached AT TOP OF In 2015, we set a goal of achieving one 783,260 SUSTAINABILITY PACK million Sands ECO360 actions by 2020. With actions the help of our passionate and dedicated LVS is proud to once again be recognized as Team Members we achieved our goal one a global leader in environmental, social and year early! Our global workforce of governance performance by CDP, the Dow approximately 50,000 Team Members Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and engaged on issues ranging from hunger and FTSE4Good, some of the world’s leading hygiene to biodiversity and climate change. environmental disclosure organizations. We Activities like the Clean Plate Challenge, achieved the highest possible score for our hygiene kit packing, tree planting, film response to CDP Climate and also retained screenings and garden planting helped us our leadership position with DJSI and reach our goal. 2017 reached FTSE4Good. 520,739 actions

STARRING IN THE GREAT GREEN FOOD SINGLING OUT PLASTIC JOURNEY: MACAO The cost of plastic to our planet is becoming far “Sustainability in gastronomy goes beyond too great. Since first adding this key issue to the what you see on your plate. Prominent chefs Sands ECO360 strategy in 2018, we have hit in Macao’s famed food scene are taking some key milestones. menus back to basics for sustainability’s sake.”2 National Geographic and Macao  Sands China Ltd. replaced the annual use of Tourism Government Office teamed up to 6.5 million plastic takeaway containers, 2016 reached utensils and cutlery sets with plant-based create The Great Green Food Journey: 256,281 Macao, a video series which spotlights local alternatives. actions chefs and  More than 11 million plastic straws were restaurants eliminated or replaced with a sustainable embracing alternative in owned operations globally. sustainability.  More than 3,100 Team Members participated in a global screening of A Plastic Ocean and the Plastic Free July campaign where they LEED®(ERS) IN ASIA learned about how plastic is harming our planet. The Sands Expo and Convention Centre at Marina Bay Sands and The  The Venetian Resort took key steps to replace Parisian Macao achieved the single-use plastics in the Team Member dining prestigious LEED (Leadership in rooms and is looking to reduce plastic in Energy and Environmental Design) laundry services in 2020. certification. The Sands Expo and Convention Centre at Marina Bay  Marina Bay Sands conducted a robust single- Sands is the first MICE (meetings, incentives, use plastic life cycle assessment with the non- conferencing, exhibitions) venue in Asia Pacific to profit organization Forum for the Future that achieve LEED Platinum for Building Operations and will shape the Sands ECO360 plastic strategy Maintenance. is the first moving forward. in Macao to achieve LEED Silver for Building Design and Construction. The accolade We’d love to marks the company’s devotion to designing and operating our sustainably. hear from you Please email us your comments IN THE NEXT ISSUE or questions at: [email protected] THE YEAR IN NUMBERS SOLAR BUDDY LIGHT BUILD