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In September, Swire Pacific Limited and John Swire & Sons Limited completed the sale of 100% equity in Swire Pacific Holdings Inc. JS&S (Beverages) Inc.
In July, John Swire & Sons (H.K.) Limited Chairman Guy Bradley joined more than 30 leading members of the business community on a delegation to Southeast Asian countries.
In September, Swire companies were well represented at ReThink HK 2023 – Hong Kong's annual sustainable development forum for the business community.
Following the acquisition of the remaining interests in its flagship, retail-led Chengdu development earlier this year, Swire Properties has renamed the complex “Taikoo Li Chengdu”.
Swire Properties has listed its first public Renminbi (“RMB”) bonds (known as “green dim sum” bonds) on the Hong Kong stock market.
Swire Properties has renamed its new office tower at 28 Hennessy Road "Five Pacific Place".
Swire Properties' proprietary sustainability initiative for office tenants, the Green Performance Pledge, has entered a new phase.
Papua New Guinea conglomerate, Steamships Trading Company, recently took possession of a 38-hectare site with direct access to Port Moresby’s Motukea International Port.
On 20th September, Swire Coca-Cola broke ground for a new facility in the Kunshan Economic and Technological Development Zone in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province.
Swire Coca-Cola, The Coca- Cola Company and seven other Coca-Cola bottling partners have launched a sustainability-focused venture capital fund in partnership with Greycroft, a leading venture capital firm.
In July, Swire Coca-Cola hosted a global town hall meeting, bringing together senior figures from Swire Coca-Cola and The Coca-Cola Company to engage with staff across all operating regions.
In July, leading tea, coffee and botanicals producer, James Finlay, reached agreement to purchase the tea and yerba mate extraction assets of Paraguayan food ingredients business, Natural Instant Foods.
In September, United States Cold Storage broke ground for a 13.6 million-cubic-foot automated cold store at Hebron, Indiana, approximately 60 miles outside Chicago.
Finlays has launched a new sustainability strategy, Sustainable Future 2030, focusing on three key pillars of Climate Net Zero, People, and Sustainable Supply.
Cathay Pacific recently celebrated the graduation of its first group of cadet pilots since the pandemic.
The Cathay Group has announced it intends to purchase up to 32 single-aisle Airbus A321neo and A320neo aircraft.
Cathay Cargo and the Cathay Cargo Terminal have both achieved IATA Centre of Excellence for Independent Validators Lithium Batteries accreditation.
Cathay Cargo recently launched its first marketing campaign, since its rebranding in February.
HAECO Xiamen has celebrated its 30th anniversary with a special hangar ceremony and a banquet for over 300 guests. Established in 1993 by HAECO and local partners.
Swire Shipping's projects and heavy-lift shipping services division, Swire Projects, recently delivered 10 wind turbines from China to the port of Bluff in the South Island of New Zealand for leading renewable energy company Vestas.
In July, a team from Taikoo Motors took part in the Harley-Davidson Homecoming Festival, held in Milwaukee – the city where Harley-Davidson motorcycles originated.
Argent Fuels, part of the 100% Swire-owned Argent Energy Group, has announced a partnership with Transdev, a prominent bus operator in the North of England.
Fatty Acid Methyl Ester biodiesel manufactured in the Netherlands by wholly owned JS&S subsidiary, Argent Energy, has been used in a successful nine-month pilot to trial its use in the inland shipping sector.
An event held at ArtisTree in September celebrated all that has been achieved under TrustTomorrow – Swire Trust’s pioneering philanthropic initiative, launched in 2020 to mark the Group’s 150th anniversary of doing business in Hong Kong.
The Swire Group has launched the “Hong Kong Young Technology and Innovation Talent” programme.
An orientation day was held in June for 26 students beginning six-week summer internship programmes with Swire operating companies in nine Chinese Mainland cities.
The Greater Bay Area Youth Orchestra made its debut in August, launching a four-city tour of the region.
This year is the centenary of Taikoo Primary School in Quarry Bay.
“Quarryside”, the new harbourfront community space operated by St. James’ Settlement, was officially launched in June.
Sixteen university students from Beijing and Hong Kong visited the Palace Museum in Beijing on 22nd August as part of the two-month “Bi-city Youth Cultural Leadership Programme”.
Following on from the success of January’s free Swire Community Concert, a second concert programme, entitled “Musical Legends”, was performed during September.
In September, Swire Coca-Cola HK's volunteer team, V Group, helped sort and pack leftover fruit and vegetables following ASIA FRUIT LOGISTICA 2023.
In May, some 170 youngsters and their mentors enjoyed a 90-minute flight above Hong Kong on board a state-of-the-art Airbus A350-1000 aircraft.
Swire Properties and Swire Pacific have been included in a list of Hong Kong's "top ten" public companies compiled by Equileap, a leading organisation that reports annually on gender equality in the corporate sector.
Swire Pacific and its publicly listed operating companies, Swire Properties and Cathay Pacific, have been included in the first edition of the S&P Sustainability Yearbook (China) 2023.
Cathay Cargo has been named Sustainable Cargo Airline of the Year – Asia by global industry publication, Freightweek, in its 2023 Sustainability Awards.
Cathay Pacific is once again ranked amongst the world's Top 10 Airlines, and has also won the World's Best Inflight Entertainment in the 2023 World Airline Awards by SKYTRAX.
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