Change and Progress in Asia Pacific

Making ACT a success means helping people understand the need to support change. A key component of ACT, as a result, is an internal communications program that educates and motivates Jones Lang LaSalle employees to make sustainable choices.

Our colleagues in Asia Pacific have developed a range of communications tools to share sustainable options with their fellow employees.

Sustainability Champions, who help deliver service innovations and support activities at the local level, have also been named for each office and service offering. A Sustainability Intranet site tracks progress, shares best practices and case studies, and identifies individuals across the company who are engaged in sustainability efforts. Our global ACT Intranet site tracks progress, shares best practices and connects individuals across the company who are engaged in sustainability efforts.

Raising Awareness

In Asia Pacific, we developed a range of interactive learning tools to help our people make environmentally-

friendly decisions. The materials include e-learning and e-quiz resources. We have also developed an E-Calculator which allows individual to determine the impact they make on the environment and identify areas for improvement.

To mark Earth Day, we turned off our screen saver and changed all computer power saving settings from 15 minutes to 10 minutes. Through this action we estimate that we saved up to 400,000 kg of CO₂ per year.

Below are specific examples of raising awareness throughout areas in the Asia Pacific region:

§        India – Jones Lang LaSalle donated old computer equipment worth $12,000 to the National Institute for the Blind and two other organizations for the under-privileged in India.

§       Thailand – Launched by Jones Lang LaSalle in 2008, the Green Future Program raises funds to help build a new library and renovate facilities at a primary school in Undon Thani.

§        China - 30 staff in Shanghai volunteered on a project to plant large mature trees to enhance the environment in the Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone. An additional team of 30 in Beijing attended the Tree Planting Day in Longmenkou County and planted 200 popular tree seedlings during the event.

§        Hong Kong - Employees participated in an annual tree planting challenge organized by Friends of the Earth.

§       Singapore - Employees collect the ring pulls from aluminum cans, which are then sent to The Prosthesis Foundation in Thailand to make prosthetic limbs for amputees.