COVID relief

Swire Coca-Cola donates beverage products to frontline workers combatting the virus in Shanghai.

In Shanghai, which has been particularly hard-hit by a new outbreak of the Omicron variant, John Swire & Sons (China) and Swire Properties have jointly donated RMB 2 million to the Shanghai Medical and Health Development Foundation, to thank medical workers and fund healthcare in the city through the Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Jing’an District Health Commission and Ruijin Hospital.

Swire Coca-Cola has so far donated 240,000 bottles of Coca-Cola products to frontline workers combatting the virus in Shanghai; Since January, an additional 515,000 bottles of water and other Coca-Cola beverages have been provided to local communities by Swire Coca-Cola bottlers across the Chinese Mainland.

In Xi’an, Swire Properties has donated RMB 1 million to fund COVID-19 relief initiatives in Shaanxi’s capital city, including supporting the Xi’an municipal government and health authorities in pandemic prevention and the procurement of medical, hygiene and essential supplies.

In Hong Kong, Swire Properties offered rental relief to its retail tenants when the city was hardest hit; in some cases, providing a full rental waiver to tenants who were required by pandemic mandates to close their premises during the fifth wave. The company has offered selected hotels for use as community isolation and quarantine facilities. Swire Properties has also funded the Hong Kong Council of Social Services to make 20,000 Rapid Antigen Test kits available to children in special residential care.

Swire Properties provides funding to local authorities in Xi’an to procure essential supplies.

Cathay Pacific plays a role in transporting COVID-19 vaccines and Rapid Antigen Tests.

By early March, Cathay Pacific Catering Services had delivered over a million meals to 10 government quarantine sites in Hong Kong.

Cathay Pacific has been maintaining the flow of essential goods and getting medical supplies to where they were needed most. By March, the Cathay Pacific Group had transported more than 190 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines around the world and delivered over 13 million Rapid Antigen Tests to Hong Kong. Cathay Pacific Catering Services has meanwhile been contracted to provide catering to 10 government quarantine sites.

Swire Trust partners with NGOs and social enterprises to distribute food supplies to vulnerable groups.

Swire Coca-Cola HK has directly, or in partnership with local social enterprises, donated up to 500,000 beverages to healthcare workers, hospital patients, underprivileged families and people isolating in quarantine facilities.

The Swire Group Charitable Trust (Swire Trust) has donated a further HK$15.5 million through its TrustTomorrow initiative to help vulnerable groups get through these challenging times. This brings Swire Trust’s total donation for COVID-19 pandemic relief to HK$48 million. TrustTomorrow’s COVID-19 response initiatives have so far reached over 388,000 people in Hong Kong.