NET-ZERO BUILDING COMMITMENT

Our net-zero commitment has remained central to our green building and energy management strategy since we signed the WorldGBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment and reaffirmed our Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) carbon reduction goals in 2021. In this decisive decade for climate action, we continue to champion bold innovation in sustainable building design and energy efficiency, driving meaningful progress toward global decarbonisation.

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Net Zero Commitment CDL’s Commitment Action Taken Achievements

WorldGBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment

Scope of CDL’s Net Zero Carbon Commitment

New developments and 13 Singapore assets (as of February 2021)

  • 247,016 m2 total floor area
  • 15,044 tCO2e portfolio carbon emissions
  • 16,922 average kgCO2e/m2 Whole Life Carbon Footprint
  • 415 employees
The following targets have been set and endorsed by our senior management to take our green building ambitions to the next level:

  • To achieve net-zero carbon with whole-life cycle approach for wholly-owned and directly managed buildings in Singapore by 2030
  • To achieve maximum reduction of embodied carbon in new developments, compensating for any remaining residual operational and upfront embodied emissions via offsetting for new developments by 2030 and for all buildings to be net-zero carbon by 2050
Updated our interim annual targets in 2022, since SBTi’s successful validation of our carbon reduction targets in 2021.

Operationalised revised interim Future Value 2030 Sustainability Blueprint (FV2030) targets in Q3 2022, endorsed by senior management.

The FV2030 targets have incorporated more stringent SBTi-validated targets based on a 1.5°C warmer scenario, which are integrated with the Company’s carbon reduction pathways mapped under our WorldGBC Net Zero Carbon Buildings Commitment.

In 2025, the Company submitted our annual interim progress to WorldGBC.

One of over 50 global corporations commit to greater action in strengthening climate policy engagement, in line with the Paris Agreement at COP27.
By 2030, against a 2016 base year, we will:

  • Reduce Scope 1 and 2 (GHG) emissions by 63% per square metre (per m2) leased area
  • Reduce Scope 3[1] GHG emissions from purchased goods and services by 41% per m2 gross floor area (GFA)
  • Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions from investments[2] by 58.8%, including hotels managed by CDL’s wholly-owned hotel subsidiary, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels Limited (M&C)
2021: Renewed SBTi-validated targets aligned with a 1.5°C warmer scenario
2019: One of 87 pioneering signatories to the Business Ambition for 1.5°C campaign led by UNGC, SBTi, and We Mean Business coalition
2018: First real estate company in Singapore to set SBTi-validated targets based on a 2°C warmer scenario

  • Achieve net zero emissions by 2050
  • 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution: Reduce 2030 emissions to 60 MtCO2e after peaking emissions earlier3

  • The Singapore Green Building Master Plan aims to deliver three key targets of “80-80-80 in 2030”
  • As of end 2023, close to 58% of Singapore’s buildings have been greened4
The following targets have been set and endorsed by our senior management, to take our green building ambitions to the next level:

80% of Singapore’s buildings (by GFA) to be green by 2030

  • To achieve BCA Green Mark certification for 100% of the Company’s owned and managed buildings by 2030

80% of new developments to be SLE from 2030

  • To achieve SLE buildings for 80% of the Company’s owned and managed buildings by 2030

80% improvement in energy efficiency (from 2005 levels) for best-in-class green buildings by 2030

  • Asset enhancements with smart and low-carbon technologies towards BCA Super Low Energy Building (SLEB) certification
  • To continue investing 2% to 5% of the construction cost of new developments in green and healthy design and features, which have been incorporated as standard provision to maintain CDL’s leadership in green buildings
Introduced the CDL Smart, Sustainable and Super Low Carbon (3S) Green Building Framework in 2020.

Updated the 3S Green Building Framework in 2021 to include embodied carbon management. This aligns with the WorldGBC’s whole life carbon vision in the expanded Net Zero Carbon Commitment

Aligned with refreshed Green Mark 2021 standards.

In 2023, we concluded a Whole Life Carbon Assessment (WLCA) in Singapore using five existing Group assets across different typologies – residential, retail, hotel and mixed developments. This allowed us to understand the carbon footprint of an asset at different stages of their lifecycle – from construction, maintenance to operations.

In July 2024, the Company piloted the City Green Tenant Bonus (CGTB) Programme, a first-of-its-kind decarbonisation initiative aimed at tenants at our corporate office, Republic Plaza, to reduce Scope 3 carbon emissions. Building on our Green Lease initiative, this programme incentivises tenants to adopt sustainable practices and cut energy consumption.

In 2025, we also completed the installation of hybrid cooling fans at our corporate office in Republic Plaza to complement a raised air-conditioning temperature of 25°C. To support this transition, a business-casual dress code was introduced. These efforts align with Singapore’s Go 25 movement, which promotes sustainable cooling practices. As part of this initiative, the Company made a voluntary Go 25 pledge to reaffirm our commitment to balance occupant comfort with environmental and social sustainability.

Green Mark: The Company has amassed a portfolio of 130 BCA Green Mark certifications for our developments and office interiors. This makes us one of the leading private developers with the most BCA Green Mark Platinum awards since the launch of this scheme in 2005.

BCA Green Mark Platinum SLE Awards

In 2025, the Company achieved:

  • One BCA Green Mark Platinum SLE award for our residential development, Zyon Grand which was also awarded the BCA Whole Life Carbon, Maintainability, and Health and Wellbeing badges.
  • In 2025, over 130 tenants participated in the CGTB Programme with 20 achieving at least 10% energy reduction from 2024 to 2025, and were recognised at the inaugural CDL CGTB Programme Awards Ceremony.

 

[1] SBTi only requires companies’ Scope 3 targets to cover 66% of their Scope 3 emissions. For the Company, category 1 (purchased goods and services) and category 15 (investments) have reduction targets as these categories cover more than 80% of our Scope 3 emissions
[2] Investment refers to the Group’s six key subsidiaries: CBM Pte Ltd, CDL Hospitality Trusts (considered as associate of the Group from 2023 onwards), City Serviced Offices, Le Grove Serviced Residences, Tower Club Singapore, hotels owned and managed by M&C
3 Singapore Commits to Achieve Net-zero Emissions by 2050 and to a Revised 2030 Nationally Determined Contribution; Public Sector and Jurong Lake District to Lead, NCCS Singapore
4 Media Release: Initiatives to Support Transformation in the Built Environment Sector

 

CREATING BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL VALUE WITH GREEN AND HEALTHY BUILDINGS

Green and Healthy Buildings

The Company has been committed to achieving green mark certification for 100% of our owned and/or managed buildings via our FV2030 targets. Similarly, our key subsidiary, M&C, has also stepped up efforts to green our hotels in Asia, Europe, US, Middle East and New Zealand. As of December 2025, 17 of our hotels based in the United Kingdom (UK) achieved green tourism eco-labels awarded by the UK sustainable tourism authority, Green Tourism.

Green Mark SLE by 2030: Progressing towards 80% target for new and existing assets

In 2025, the Company received one BCA Green Mark Platinum SLE award for our residential development, Zyon Grand, which was also awarded the BCA Whole Life Carbon, Maintainability, and Health and Wellbeing badges. The BCA Green Mark SLE award is given to the best-in-class energy performing Green Mark building that achieved at least 60% energy savings above Singapore’s Green Mark 2005 building codes for Green Mark energy savings. As of end 2025, CDL has achieved 12 BCA Green Mark Platinum SLE Awards.

WELL Health-Safety Rating


Nine of our properties in Singapore maintained the internationally recognised WELL Health-Safety Rating (HSR) in 2025: Republic Plaza, City Square Mall, King’s Centre, Palais Renaissance, Quayside Isle, South Beach, JW Marriott, M Hotel and Grand Copthorne Waterfront.

WELL HSR is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying, and monitoring features of the built environment that impact human health and well-being. It focuses on aspects such as air quality, water quality, thermal comfort, lighting and user experience to ensure that buildings promote a healthy and supportive environment for occupants.