To reduce the consumption of single-use plastics, we practice the Bring Your Own Bottle (BYOB) concept at all internal events, where participants are encouraged to bring their own water bottles, containers, and cutlery.

Since 2017, we saw a 70% reduction in the purchase of single-use plastic bottles. In our malls, the Metal Straw Campaign was launched as part of the effort. Shoppers received a set of metal straws when they spent a minimum of RM100 in two receipts mall-wide. A total of 75,551 metal straws were given out.

Textile dye and microplastics from synthetic clothing pollute water bodies, thus endangering aquatic life and ultimately human health. In an effort to combat this, Kloth Cares bins are installed across several of our properties.

In 2020, we managed to collect and recycle 24,876 kg of used textiles. Fabrics that are collected will be donated to charitable organizations and exported to developing countries to be reused as industrial wiping cloth or converted into fuel and energy.

Several of our hotels and theme parks actively repurpose used cooking oil into biodiesel to minimize cooking oil waste. In partnership with FatHopes Energy, a social enterprise that produces biodiesel in Malaysia, this initiative helps prevent drains from getting clogged and reduces reliance on fossil fuels, thus eliminating GHG emissions.

A proportion of the used cooking oil generated by the Group’s six participating hotels is collected weekly by FatHopes Energy to be converted into biodiesel.

In 2020, we managed to collect 9,950 kg of used cooking oil. The biodiesel produced emits 88% fewer carbon emissions compared to fossil diesel, saving 26.4 tonnes of CO2.

In 2019, we invested in a compost machine designed to process up to 500 liters of food waste every day, hence saving 180,000 liters of food waste from landfills every year. Food composting machines installed in Sunway City Kuala Lumpur reduce up to 80% of food waste within 24 hours by transforming it into bio-organic compost. In 2020, the machine processed approximately 15,030 kg of food waste and produced 8,803 kg of compost, which were then made available for free to the public at the mall’s compost collection spot.

In Menara Sunway, Sunway Pinnacle, Sunway Lagoon Theme Park, Sunway College, and Sunway University, food waste is stored for collection by a vendor who uses Black Soldier Fly (BSF) larvae and earthworms to break down the organic matter to form fertilizer. In 2020, 8,470 kg of food waste was collected. The BSF larvae and earthworms are fed to poultry farms and fisheries, while the organic fertilizer is used to nourish vegetable crops.

The Soapful initiative is a collaboration between Sunway Hotels & Resorts, Ecolab Sdn Bhd, Kinder Soaps Sdn Bhd, and Selangor Youth Community (SAY) aimed at repurposing used soap bars collected from the hotels. They are donated to communities in need to raise awareness of the importance of hygiene.

Since its launch in December 2018, the Soapful initiative has collected more than 1,000 kg of leftover soaps and produced more than 10,000 bars of repurposed soap.