Sustainability

We design, build and operate with commitment to resilience and responsibility

Sustainability Framework and Focus Areas

Our sustainability framework outlines our holistic approach to environmental responsibility, with focus areas that drive lasting impact across our buildings, communities and operations for the environment and our community.

Health and Well-being

• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Community Engagement
• Diversity Equity and Inclusion
• Biophilic Design
• Active Design
• Thermal and Visual Comfort
• Emergency Preparedness

Climate Action

• Net Zero Carbon Goal
• Waste Management and Segregation
• Promotion of Climate Action

Resource Efficiency

• Green procurement
• Recycling
• Conscious consumption of materials
• Energy efficiency and conservation
• Water efficiency and conservation

Infrastructure Resilience

• Physical integrity
• Operational continuity

Governance

• Internal governance
• Compliance with existing laws and regulations
• Business ethics
• Employee Training and development
• Sustainability advocacy and promotion

Learn more from our Sustainability Reports

Read our Sustainability Report in full to learn how we turn our commitments into measurable impact.

View the latest report

Key Commitments

We are signatories to the World Green Building Council’s Net Zero

Carbon Buildings Commitment and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Greenprint’s Net

Zero Carbon Goal. Since 2013, we partnered with AboitizPower to power our entire

portfolio with renewable energy. NEO is the world’s first portfolio to achieve the

International Finance Corporation’s EDGE Zero Carbon certification, Southeast

Asia’s first to earn the WELL Health-Safety Rating from the International WELL

Building Institute, and a pilot partner for the Philippine Green Building Council’s

BERDE and Advancing Net Zero programs.

2021

NEO achieves Net Zero Operational carbon Goal, 4 years ahead of its original 2025 goals

100%

Offsite renewable energy – 51,443,298 kWh total energy consumption of the portfolio in 2023 (0.439% onsite non-renewable emergency power)

1,718.44

Tonnes of Carbon Dioxide Equivalent in 2023, marking a 39% decrease from 2020 levels

Memberships

Partnership and collaboration have allowed us to grow and be involved in more opportunities for advancing sustainability. As the only diamond sustaining member of the Philippine Green Building Council, we have been able to contribute to setting the Philippine standard for green buildings with the NEO buildings as pilot projects under the organization’s BERDE green building rating system.s

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