Sands China's 9th straight
year participating in global LVS initiative
MACAO, Dec. 21,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Local community group volunteers
joined Sands China team members at The Venetian®
Macao Dec. 12 to assemble 28,500 hygiene kits for Clean
the World. The international social enterprise helps prevent
the spread of disease worldwide by distributing hygiene supplies
essential for good health to populations in need around the
globe.
The annual hygiene kit build is an initiative of Sands China's
parent company, Las Vegas Sands Corp. (LVS), and helps Clean the
World distribute emergency response hygiene kits to assist with
on-the-ground, immediate needs in times of crisis and disaster. In
2014, Sands China became the first integrated operator in
Macao to launch such an event. The
company and its community partners have assembled more than 328,000
kits in the nine consecutive years since 2014.
Each hygiene kit contains soap that has been collected from
hotels at Sands China's integrated resorts and recycled through
Clean the World's process of sterilising and remanufacturing soap.
The kits also contain shampoo, conditioner, bath gel, a toothbrush
set, and an encouraging message from Sands China and Clean the
World.
Dr. Wilfred Wong, president of
Sands China Ltd., said: "Clean the World continues to be one of our
valuable partners in giving back to society as we carry out our
corporate social responsibility. Clean the World's creative
approach to addressing a critical global health issue by recycling
soap is a natural fit for a large integrated resort operator like
Sands China that utilises supplies like soap on a substantial
scale. We are grateful for our successful long-term partnership, as
we are for the volunteer efforts of our team members and our
community partners."
Approximately 250 volunteers from Sands China and the
Association of Parents of the People with Intellectual Disabilities
of Macau worked together to build
this year's 28,500 hygiene kits at Cotai Expo. The finished kits
get sent to global charity Children International, who will then
distribute them in the
Philippines, where they will be given to families in need to
provide them with hygiene supplies that are essential in times of
crisis.
Shawn Seipler, founder and chief
executive officer of Clean the World, said: "This is the 9th
consecutive year that Sands China Limited has assembled hygiene
kits for the people and families in need across Asia. Their amazing team has put together
28,500 hygiene kits, each containing a recycled bar of life-saving
soap. Sands China's ongoing
support and incredible partnership has shaped who we are as an
organisation and this event further demonstrates their commitment
to positively impact the lives of others."
Sands China's support of Clean
the World is part of Sands Cares, the global corporate citizenship
programme of Las Vegas Sands Corp., and the Sands ECO360 global
sustainability strategy.
About Sands China Ltd.
Sands China Ltd. (Sands China or the Company) is incorporated in
the Cayman Islands with limited
liability and is listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited
(HKEx: 1928). Sands China is the largest operator of
integrated resorts in Macao. The
Company's integrated resorts on the Cotai Strip comprise The
Venetian® Macao, The Plaza® Macao,
The Parisian Macao and The Londoner® Macao. The
Company also owns and operates Sands® Macao on the
Macao peninsula. The Company's
portfolio features a diversified mix of leisure and business
attractions and transportation operations, including large meeting
and convention facilities; a wide range of restaurants; shopping
malls; world-class entertainment at the Cotai Arena, The Venetian
Theatre, The Parisian Theatre, the Londoner Theatre and the Sands
Theatre; and a high-speed Cotai Water Jet ferry service between
Hong Kong and Macao. The Company's Cotai Strip portfolio has
the goal of contributing to Macao's transformation into a world centre of
tourism and leisure. Sands China
is a subsidiary of global resort developer Las Vegas Sands
Corp. (NYSE: LVS).
For more information, please visit www.sandschina.com.
Sands Cares
A firm believer in the importance of corporate social
responsibility, Sands China Ltd. engages with the local
Macao community as a part of Sands
Cares – the charitable giving programme of parent company Las Vegas
Sands Corp. Sands Cares integrates the company's philanthropic work
worldwide in four key areas: financial giving, community problem
solving and collaboration, in-kind donations, and team member
volunteerism.
Key areas of Sands Cares in Macao include the Sands Cares Ambassador
programme for volunteering in the local community; charitable
contributions to NGOs and community organisations; and sponsorship
of community events.
For more information, please visit
www.sands.com/sands-cares/
About Clean the World
Clean the World is a social enterprise dedicated to WASH (water,
sanitation and hygiene) and sustainability. It operates soap
recycling centres and offices in Orlando, Montreal, Las Vegas, Hong
Kong, Amsterdam, London, and Punta Cana and leads a "Global Hygiene
Revolution" to distribute recycled soap and hygiene products from
more than 8,100 hotel, resort and cruise partners. Clean the
World's foundation provides WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene)
programming to benefit global communities with high pre-adolescent
death rates due to acute respiratory infection (pneumonia) and
diarrheal diseases (cholera) – which are two of the top killers of
children under the age of five. Since 2009, the foundation has
served over 15 million individuals and distributed 73 million bars
of soap and 5 million hygiene kits in 127 countries.
For more information on how you can participate in Clean the
World's world-renowned recycling program, please
visit https://cleantheworld.org/get-involved/hotel-recycling-program/.
Media contacts:
Corporate Communications, Venetian Macau Limited
Mabel Wu
Tel: +853 8118 2268
Email: mabel.wu@sands.com.mo
Jesse Chiang
Tel: +853 8118 2054
Email: jesse.chiang@sands.com.mo
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