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LEADING THE NET ZERO WAY Currently, Sunway has two townships and 33 buildings that Sunway also shares its experience in
have received green certi cations, while all developments in the decarbonisation with suppliers and
Sunway has Deeply committed to advancing the United Nations Klang Valley are certi ed green. Recognised by Malaysia’s tenants, with a green lease agreement for “All businesses, regardless of
been steadily Sustainable Development Goals (UN-SDGs), Sunway has Green Building Index as the country’s rst green integrated the latter.
township, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur is similarly deemed as a
progressing been steadily progressing towards its net zero goal of reducing low-carbon city by the Ministry of Demonstrating that sustainability starts whether they need investments
towards its net 45% of carbon emissions by 2050, by consistently maintaining Environment and Water. from the top, Sunway has listed climate or not, should embark on this
annual carbon intensity reduction targets of 3.5% to 5%.
zero goal of Sunway is also the rst corporation in change as well as ESG performances as part of its senior [sustainability] journey,
management performance evaluations and key performance
reducing 45% One of Sunway’s main thrusts in cutting emissions is via Malaysia and among the rst in Southeast indicators (KPIs) that are linked to remuneration.
of carbon transforming its portfolio of townships into low-carbon Asia, to introduce an internal carbon pricing ONG PANG YEN because it is the right thing to
sustainable cities [See ‘Greener, Sustainable Cities’ on Pages 6
emissions and 7]. framework into its businesses, a move aimed at e KPIs are then cascaded to employees within the Executive director of do and it is a company’s path
organisation, tracked and reported annually.
incentivising business divisions to innovate and
by 2050, “ e 12th Malaysia Plan identi es green and resilient town nd solutions to cut carbon emissions – or risk Chairman’s O ce, to stay relevant and
by consistently cities and townships as critical to transforming Malaysia into a being penalised nancially. “When the government says it is committed to carbon Sunway Group
neutrality by 2050, we aligned with the government’s
maintaining annual prosperous, inclusive and sustainable Malaysia in line with the Companies that embrace sustainability are obligated to ensure aspiration by establishing a roadmap to achieve net zero sustainable as a business.”
carbon intensity Shared Prosperity Vision (WKB) 2030 and 2030 Agenda,” every step along their supply chain adopts sustainability carbon emissions by 2050, because in order for the
said Sunway Group executive director Sarena Cheah.
reduction targets practices too, said Sunway Group executive director of government to deliver, it needs the participation of
chairman’s o ce Ong Pang Yen.
corporations and everyone in the nation,” said Ong.
of 3.5% to 5%. “As buildings generate nearly 40% of annual global carbon
emissions, green buildings are ideally suited to help ght Addressing Scope 3 carbon emissions – indirect GHG He likens business survival and sustainability as two sides of
climate change, and action in this decade is critical to capture emissions from upstream and downstream activities – the same coin.
their mitigation potential,” said Cheah. throughout the supply chain, Sunway introduced a Carbon storage and capture Investment in large-scale
renewable energy
sustainable procurement policy in 2021 to
Introduced in 2021, Sunway’s Green Building Policy outlines highlight sustainability commitments and
the Group’s commitment towards developing all new performance as an assessment criterion for suppliers.
townships and buildings completed from 2025 onwards to be
green-certi ed. Sunway City Kuala Lumpur is similarly deemed as a low-carbon city by the Ministry of Environment and Water.

“Sunway’s unique Build-Own-Operate
(BOO) business model enables the

company to discover solutions across
the entire real state value chain and

bring them to the market.”

SARENA CHEAH
Executive director,
Sunway Group 05
OPTIMISATION 01
PLANNING

04 Build-
LEGEND: OPERATIONS Own-Operate
BUILD (BOO) 02
OWN + OPERATE DESIGN

03
CONSTRUCTION

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