The Green Performance Pledge Drives Collaboration

About GPP | Green Performance Pledge

About GPP

Officially launched in July 2022 in Hong Kong, the Green Performance Pledge (“GPP”) is a performance-based landlord-tenant partnership. Building on the basic premise of a green lease, the GPP covers the entire tenancy cycle in two core areas, fit-out and operations, focusing on creating a significant impact in terms of energy, water and waste reduction.

Through this performance-based programme, we’re empowering our tenants so they can enhance their Sustainable Development (SD) performance. The goal is to also ensure the inclusion of the GPP in all tenancy agreements moving forward.

The GPP has been very popular in both Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland, with participation spanning diverse sectors including finance, luxury, legal, information technology and beyond.

SD 2030 Strategy
Science-Based Targets

Why Do We Partner With Our Tenants?

SD 2030 Strategy

Our tenants play an important role in realising our SD 2030 Strategy. For more than 50 years, Swire Properties has been living and breathing responsible development. The Company aims to be the leading sustainable development performer in the real estate industry globally by 2030, and has developed its proprietary SD 2030 Strategy to fulfil this vision. We aim to have 50% of our office tenants – in Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland – sign the GPP by 2025*.

 

*Measured by occupied lettable floor area (“LFA”) of office portfolios at 100% basis comprising of Taikoo Place and Pacific Place in Hong Kong and Taikoo Hui Guangzhou.

Science-Based Targets

We were the first real estate developer in Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland to set 1.5°C-aligned Science-Based Targets (SBTs), paving the way to net-zero emissions by 2050. 

 

Our SBTs cover landlord operations as well as embodied carbon from development activities and tenants’ electricity consumption. To reduce carbon intensity from tenanted area by 28% per sqm by 2030#, we are working closely with tenants to support their decarbonisation goals as well.

#Compared to the 2018 baseline.

GPP Recognition Schemes

Recognition Scheme -  Seed Points
Sustainable Fit-Out & Renovations
For new tenants & renewals requiring fit-outs
  • 5 Focus Areas: Energy, Water, Waste, Materials, Wellness
  • Seed Points are awarded to tenants who adopt recommended sustainable fit-out features
Recognition Scheme - Sustainable Office Operations
Sustainable Office Operations
For existing tenants
  • 3 Focus Areas: Energy, Water, Waste
  • Encourages data monitoring & sharing
  • Green Points are awarded to tenants who share data and reach specific performance levels, such as electricity use intensity

Recognition &
Celebration

Annual GPP Forum with award presentation to recognise GPP tenants’ efforts and outstanding results
GPP Award Ceremony (2022/2023 Hong Kong Participants)
GPP Award Ceremony (2022/2023 Hong Kong Participants)
GPP Award Ceremony [2022/2023 Chinese Mainland (Guangzhou) Participants]
GPP Award Ceremony [2022/2023 Chinese Mainland (Guangzhou) Participants]
GPP Award Ceremony [2022/2023 Chinese Mainland (Shanghai) Participants]
GPP Award Ceremony [2022/2023 Chinese Mainland (Shanghai) Participants]
GPP Award Ceremony [2022/2023 Chinese Mainland (Beijing) Participants]
GPP Award Ceremony [2022/2023 Chinese Mainland (Beijing) Participants]
GPP Pilot Award Ceremony (2021/2022 Hong Kong Participants)
GPP Pilot Award Ceremony (2021/2022 Hong Kong Participants)

Our Community
100+ Tenants Have Signed Up

Ageas
AllianzGI
Alpha Sights
AtlasAir
BASF
Bayer
BCG
BCLP
Blueprint
Capgemini
CBRE
CDB AVIATION
China Overseas Holdings
CLSA
Collinson
Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong
Covestro
Cushman&Wakefield
DBS
Deloitte
Eversheds Sutherland
Freshfields
Greater Bay Airlines
Heng An
IBM
ISS Facility Services
JCDecaux
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Kennedys
Meta
MTR
Northern Trust
PineBridge Investments
Poly Auction
Prudential
Royal Bank of Canada
SFC
SMBC
Spaces
Swire
Swire Coca Cola
Swire Properties
Tiffany
Transamerica
Triton
Veolia
Zurich
Ageas
AllianzGI
Alpha Sights
AtlasAir
BASF
Bayer
BCG
BCLP
Blueprint
Capgemini
CBRE
CDB AVIATION
China Overseas Holdings
CLSA
Collinson
Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong
Covestro
Cushman&Wakefield
DBS
Deloitte
Eversheds Sutherland
Freshfields
Greater Bay Airlines
Heng An
IBM
ISS Facility Services
JCDecaux
JCDC Logo Resized (2)
Kennedys
Meta
MTR
Northern Trust
PineBridge Investments
Poly Auction
Prudential
Royal Bank of Canada
SFC
SMBC
Spaces
Swire
Swire Coca Cola
Swire Properties
Tiffany
Transamerica
Triton
Veolia
Zurich
The GPP not only provides a clear framework for us to drive environmental improvement in close collaboration with our partner Swire Properties, but also helps to create a sustainability-minded community among tenants within Taikoo Place.
Joshua Sharman - ISS Facility Services, Hong Kong
Chief Commercial Director
The GPP brings together the most passionate, engaging, supportive people in sustainability around the Taikoo Place neighbourhood. The space and energy the community co-created for challenges and best practices exchange are remarkable.
Serena Wong - Veolia
Deputy Head, Asia Purpose & Sustainability

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