The New Coronavirus outbreak is causing unprecedented heartbreak, disruption and uncertainty throughout the world and certainly everywhere that the Swire group does business.
With the scale of the human costs and global economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to unfold, Swire group operating companies have been working hard to find ways in which they can help.
Swire Pacific Chairman, Merlin Swire, and John Swire & Sons Director, Sam Swire, took part in the World Economic Forum held at Davos in Switzerland in January.
See the latest board change of the Swire group.
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In January, Sino-Ocean Taikoo Li Chengdu was awarded a 'triple' LEED EBOM v4.1 Platinum certification by the US Green Building Council.
In December, The Middle House in Shanghai hosted an UrbanLab Demo Day, bringing together 12 tech companies as part of Mainland China's first corporate property technology accelerator.
On 30th January, the Coral Sea Hotels Group hosted an event for the business community in Mount Hagen to launch the new Highlander Hotel Conference Centre.
In January, HAECO Xiamen celebrated a milestone 1,000th aircraft input from the Cathay Pacific Group.
In January, Cathay Pacific named its new ChangeMakers for 2020.
In March, HAECO Group announced its acquisition of Jet Engine Solutions LLC, an aero-engine MRO company based in Dallas, Texas.
Swire Coca-Cola USA has installed solar panels on its new sales centre at Yuma, Arizona.
United States Cold Storage has installed a new refrigeration system at its warehouse at Turlock, California, that is unique amongst its 42 cold store locations.
Finlays has joined the Tea Advisory Committee of the Global Tea Initiative for the Study of Tea Culture and Science.
The China Navigation Company's first 2,400 TEU newbuild vessel, MV Changsha, entered service in March.
On 18th February, the China Navigation Company named and launched its new bulk carrier, MV Singan, at Hakodate, Japan.
Swire Blue Ocean has signed a contract with Swedish energy company, Vattenfall.
In February, Swire Pacific Offshore's Pacific Wrangler rescued three fisherman lost at sea while supporting Japan Drilling's semisubmersible rig, Hakuryu 5, off Natuna, Indonesia.
A variety of Vespa models were on display at the 2020 Taipei International Auto Show.
Swire Properties won a total of six awards at the Hong Kong Management Association's Hong Kong Sustainability Awards 2018/2019, held in November.
In November, Swire Coca-Cola China won the Excellent Organisation & Employee Health Award at the 2019 Best Employer of Excellent Workplaces Awards.
In December, Swire Pacific Offshore was presented with a safety award by Reliance Industries Ltd.
A group of five seafarers from CNCo joined a coastal conservation exercise at Sarangani Bay in the Philippines in November.
Steamships has been funding Spacim Pikinini Incorporation since June 2019.
To achieve its goal of eliminating the use of Single Use Plastic water bottles on board CNCo's ships.
Earlier this year Australia experienced its worst bushfire season to date.
One of the Swire Group Charitable Trust's key missions is to create positive change through art.
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