City Developments Limited: Community Outreach - Environment
As the problem of climate change becomes even more dire
globally, companies and individuals must tackle and mitigate their carbon
footprint on the environment.
Towards this cause, we continue to be
actively involved in the development and collaboration of extensive green
programmes targeted at different stakeholders.
Project Eco-Office is
amongst the outreach programmes initiated by CDL in partnership with
Singapore Environment Council
(SEC). Launched in June 2002, Project Eco-Office is targeted at the
business community to promote green resource management and the uptake of
eco-friendly habits in the office.
CDL has also been a long-standing
supporter of the
China Exploration
& Research Society (CERS)'s nature and cultural conservation
projects. Founded in 1974, CERS is a pre-eminent non-profit organisation
involved in exploration, research, conservation and education in remote regions
of China.
(8
– 10 April 2010)
As the carbon offset sponsor at Eco
World 2010 Conference and Singapore Sustainability Awards 2010 Gala Dinner, CDL
worked with the CarbonNeutral Company to measure and reduce the carbon emissions
(from delegate travel, local transport, energy consumption, hotel catering,
waste management, etc) for this event to net zero. The carbon credits that CDL
purchased to offset this event helped to fund the Guangdong Wind Power Project
in China (verified under the Voluntary Carbon Standard), which reduces
CO2 emissions by displacing
energy that would otherwise have been derived primarily from fossil fuel fired
power plants.
Actions for Earth 2010: Waste Not
Challenge
Organised by Hemispheres Foundation for the fourth year
running, "Actions for Earth" is a national school competition to promote the
awareness of climate change to combat global warming. The year, the challenge is
co-organised with North West Community Development Council with the aim of
reaching out to 80 schools from Primary to Tertiary levels. In 2009, the
challenge achieved an outreach of 1.3 million, with talks presented at 45
schools to some 72,000 students. In supporting this competition, CDL hopes to
raise greater environmental awareness amongst out youth and the community at
large.
CDL Nature Series Calendar
2010
Titled "In Harmony...Naturally – Create,
Conserve, Construct", the 13th installment of CDL’s Nature Series
Calendar features the photographs of CDL’s Managing Director, Mr Kwek Leng
Joo, and showcases CDL’s latest BCA Green Mark developments that are a
sterling testament to our philosophy of conserving natural wonders while
creating construction marvels.
