SANDS CHINA LTD. SUSTAINABILITY STOCK CODE: 1928 REPORT UNFORGETTABLE EVENTS Experience Sustainability meets Sustainable the runway ENVIRONMENTALLY Events RESPONSIBLE OPERATIONS Exploring solutions to tackle waste This Sustainability Report is printed on recycled paper using soy ink OVERVIEW EXPERIENCE CONTENTS SUSTAINABLE EVENTS 1 28 Message from Our Community President and Chief Sands Cares The Sands Macao Fashion Week 2018 (“SMFW18”) Operating Officer took place in October, highlighting top brands showcased by celebrity runway models. In addition to promoting local designers, we also 2 30 communicated with attendees that keeping in 2018 Sustainability Governance stride with the latest trends should not be at the Highlights Responsible Business cost of the environment. The exhibition “Fashion Rejuvenation – Exhibition of Eco-Friendly and Responsible Employer Functional Fashion,” exclusively presented by the Macao Fashion Gallery, inspired local 4 fashion designers to use recycled fabrics to give Sands China garments a new lease on life. For more on the at a Glance SMFW18, please see the section, Green Meetings and Events. 6 Environment Sands ECO360 Strategy 38 Going to Work About our on Waste Sustainability Report Our Targets MATERIALITY PROCESS AND TOPICS Environmental PERFORMANCE HKEX ESG · Green Buildings Reporting Guide · Environmentally GRI INDEX Responsible Operations ESG DATA · Green Meetings and Events · Stakeholder Engagement 24 Sands Macao Fashion Week Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in our 2018 Annual Report. In case of any inconsistency between the English version and the Chinese version of this report, the English version shall prevail. Shoppes at Venetian Sands China Ltd. 2018 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE APPENDIX Welcome to our 2018 Sustainability Report Message from Our President and Chief Operating Officer Dear Stakeholders, was sourced from within a three-hundred- I am pleased to present Sands mile radius to avoid unnecessary emissions. While many challenges remain to achieve China’s 2018 Sustainability a full zero waste to landfill event, we are Report, our account on the committed to working with our suppliers to progress and achievements made find solutions. over the past 12 months. Our sustained efforts would not be possible without the dedication, loyalty and continued At Sands China Ltd. (“Sands China” or the hard work of our team members. In Macao we “Company”), we integrate sustainability compete for a limited labor supply, posing a into all that we do, from renovations and potential long-term risk to our business. That procurement, to housekeeping and special said, nearly a third of our workforce has now events. Our award-winning Sands ECO360 been with us more than a decade, with an Global Sustainability Strategy was established additional 6,200 team members celebrating in 2010 and pushes us to reach our vision their 10-year anniversary with the Company of leading the way in sustainable resort in 2018. Seeing this trend gives me a great operations. In the first three years of the most source of pride, knowing that our team recent five-year reporting cycle, I am proud to members are satisfied with the progression of in the FTSE4Good Index Series. In addition, see all the achievements we have made. their careers with Sands China. The Venetian Macao has been awarded the Macao Green Hotel Platinum Award, In 2018 alone, we saved 26.3 million kilowatt In 2018, we released a formal policy to prevent becoming the first and only hotel in Macao to hours ("kWh") of energy through 14 projects. discrimination and sexual harassment in earn this designation. We have been working on reducing our the workplace, the first of its kind amongst energy consumption for several years now and Macao’s integrated resorts. Paired with I am confident in the future of Macao. We nearly all relatively simple and low investment training that will be delivered to all team will be investing over US$2.2 billion into new upgrades have been completed. We must members, this policy ensures that team projects over the next three years. This comes now look to new innovations in order to meet members have the right to be treated as at a time when the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao our 2020 targets. This year, we began piloting equal and with respect when at work. We also Bridge creates new opportunities for the a hybrid energy technology that can reduce introduced a new healthy lifestyle program: Greater Bay Area. I look forward to expanding the amount of fuel needed to heat water by myFITNESS. Team members are encouraged to our networks, and exchanging innovative as much as 60%, minimizing both energy “go green” every Monday with a choice of six ideas and technologies with our close consumption and greenhouse gas ("GHG") meat-free choices in our team member dining neighbors. emissions. In the future we will continue to rooms. This not only encourages healthier explore new technologies to further reduce eating habits, but can also reduce carbon On behalf of the Board and Management, our impact on the environment. emissions. we invite you to read more about our commitment to sustainability and our Hosting large scale events puts into Our sustainability performance and progress during the 2018 reporting year. We perspective the amount of waste generated commitment to transparency have gained welcome your feedback and thoughts on in the most unexpected areas. To minimize us international accolades. Las Vegas Sands this report and look forward to a bright and the environmental footprint of two of our key Corp. (“LVS”) (NYSE: LVS), our parent company, sustainable future. events, The Sands Macao Fashion Week 2018 was included in the prestigious Dow Jones and The Sands Supplier Excellence Awards, Sustainability North America Index, as well as DR. WILFRED WONG we piloted zero waste initiatives as part of our recognized by CDP, the leading environmental President and Chief Operating Officer and signature Green Meetings program. Where disclosure organization, on its A Lists in both Executive Director of Sands China Ltd. possible, we avoided single-use items with the water and climate change categories. Sands aim to reduce our waste. Additionally, food China was selected as a constituent company | 1 OVERVIEW 2018 SUSTAINABILITY HIGHLIGHTS AWARDS AND Through the year, we strengthened our efforts to CERTIFICATIONS minimize our impacts on the environment and extend 2018 AWARDS support to the local community. LEED1 Silver® for Building Design and Construction (The Parisian Macao) Macao Green Hotel Platinum Award (The Venetian Macao) Macao Green Hotel Gold Award (The Parisian Macao and Four Seasons Hotel Macao) ISO20121 Event Sustainability Management System (The Venetian Macao and The Parisian Macao) ASHRAE Technology Award – Global Honorable Mention Award Note 1 The U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® green building program is the pre-eminent program for the design, construction, maintenance, and operation of high-performance green buildings. Learn more at https://new.usgbc.org/leed. 2 | Sands China Ltd. 2018 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE APPENDIX 26.3 MILLION kWh 35,000 HYGIENE KITS of energy saved through LED built in 2018 for Clean the World installations and optimization of during the fifth year of our partnership. temperature control. 100% of The Parisian Macao’s bus fleet running on low-emission compressed natural gas ("CNG"). 90 168,072 COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES TEAM MEMBER ACTIONS supported in 2018, including Fuhong aiming to protect the Society of Macau’s “Happy Market” and environment taken. response to Typhoon Mangkhut. 125,000 CLEAN PLATES RETURNED during the Clean Plate Challenge, reducing food waste. 14 TWO ZERO WASTE SIGNATURE RESTAURANTS TO LANDFILL EVENTS PILOTED across our resorts offering including The Sands Macao Fashion Week meat-free dishes, in addition to green 2018 and The Sands Supplier Excellence menu available for meetings, incentives, Awards 2018. conferences and exhibitions (“MICE”) clients. 4,613 TONS OF WASTE DIVERTED through recycling in 2018. | 3 OVERVIEW SANDS CHINA AT A GLANCE Sands China, a subsidiary of LVS, owns and operates The entertainment venue, the Cotai Arena; and one of the major Venetian Macao, Sands Cotai Central, The Parisian Macao, high-speed ferry companies operating between Hong Kong The Plaza Macao and Sands Macao. We also own CotaiExpo, and Macao, Cotai Water Jet. one of the largest exhibition centers in Asia; Macao’s largest SANDS COTAI CENTRAL THE PARISIAN MACAO SANDS MACAO Opening: 2012 Opening: 2016 Opening: 2004 Team members: 6,083 Team members: 5,741 Team members: 2,746 Rooms and suites: 6,246 Rooms and suites: 2,541 Rooms and suites: 289 https://www.sandscotaicentral.com https://www.parisianmacao.com https://www.sandsmacao.com/ MACAO GREEN LEED SILVER® FOR MACAO GREEN HOTEL AWARD – BUILDING DESIGN AND HOTEL AWARD – GOLD 2018 CONSTRUCTION SILVER 2018 MACAO GREEN HOTEL AWARD – GOLD 2018 4 | Sands China Ltd. 2018 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT OVERVIEW ENVIRONMENT COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE APPENDIX As of December 31, 2018, we offered to our guests and We are also the largest private sector employer in the region, visitors 12,341 rooms and suites, 151 restaurants, 2.1 million with more than 28,304 full-time team members. square feet of retail malls, 1.7 million square feet of MICE space, 4 permanent theatres, a 15,000-seat arena and some Last year, our properties attracted a combined total of 99.3 of the world’s largest casinos. Taken together, the integrated million visitors or approximately 272,000 visitors each day, resorts maintain and operate the highest room and bringing some 990,000 visitors to Macao specifically for MICE convention space in Macao. events throughout the year. Our resorts operations are served by our CotaiLimo service and our CotaiShuttle bus service, while our high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service connects our Macao properties to the transportation hubs in Hong Kong.