MONTHLY MGM SUSTAINABILITY NEWSLETTER

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We’re doing a lot behind the scenes at MGM to reduce our impact on the environment and support the people that mean the most to us, including all our employees and community. Contributing to a better Macau through our arts and culture program is also an important aspect of our approach. Through this newsletter we will share our monthly sustainability highlights with you, and hope you will join us in our sustainability programs to help us Create a Better Tomorrow Today.

Celebrating 8 great years in Macau: To celebrate 8 years of commitment to the community and the environment of Macau, MGM has released Celebration of Our Journey to Greatness, chronicling our efforts to promote the advancement of the Macau community through volunteerism, charity, environmental sustainability, the training and promotion of our local employees, sustainability and local procurement, amongst other initiatives. Click here to take a look.

Spotlighting social inclusion during the Macau Special Olympics Golf Masters: On April 26, MGM sponsored and hosted the Conference on Inclusion of Intellectually Challenged in Asia’s Modern Society, organized by the Charity Association of Macau Business Readers. The conference highlighted the importance of sport as a transformative tool that builds teamwork and acceptance, helping to create a more welcoming world for us all, where our individual differences are appreciated and respected. Among many distinguished guests and speakers, the conference welcomed the key note speaker Mr. Wilfried Lemke, the United Nations Special Advisor on Sport for Development and Peace.

This conference was held in parallel with the Special Olympics Golf Masters, which took place on April 27-29, and welcomed athletes to Macau from around the world. Several of our senior executives, including our CEO, paired up with the Special Olympics athletes to vie for the tournament trophy in the spirit of teamwork, competition, and camaraderie.

Our newest corporate gift, with a meaningful message: Mr. Leong Ieng Wai, an autistic artist who works at Macau Fuhong Society, has always had an incredible gift that went unnoticed until a staff member at Fuhong discovered a crumpled drawing of his in the bin. Recognizing his talent, Fuhong helped to nurture his gift for penned sketching and intricate works of art with art classes and coaching. MGM is honored to now have four of Mr Leong’s sketches depicting various scenes of MGM MACAU and MGM COTAI on the front of our new corporate gift notepad. We hope that with each gift shared, we can spread the message of the importance of social inclusion and breaking down social barriers and prejudices.

Thank you for your donations! Thanks to your generosity, we collected an incredible MOP230,000 in donations for Orbis Macau to help support eliminating avoidable blindness worldwide. Last month we also held our clothes donation drive and we are delighted to report that over 2,500 wearable pieces of clothing have been collected for the Salvation Army for those in need.

Our Recycling Bag Design Competition Champion is…: Last month we launched the Recycling Bag Design Competition as part of our Let's Waste Less Campaign, where we asked individuals to create a bag using items from our department that we could reduce, reuse or recycle.
Congratulations to Ring Chau from ABA, who was awarded the Recycling Bag Design Champion, receiving the most votes from our company-wide employee vote, who wowed us with his bag made from wine corks skillfully stitched together. We also had 3 other winners who were chosen by our Sustainability Committee for their incredible Let's Waste Less Masterpieces. Another congratulations to:

•	Janis Ngai, Clover Diep, Erica Yu from Front Office and Concierge who were presented the MGM Pride Bag Award for best representing our MGM brand with a bag made from our room key cards;
•	Oscar Tey, Ellen Dong and Kenny Huang from Pastry Bar who were awarded the Most Creative Bag Award for their bag made from recyclable materials that even included a live plant!
•	Lawrence Wong and Eric Fong from Cage Operations who were awarded the Most Sustainable Bag Award for a creative masterpiece made entirely from cardboard boxes, highlighting our need to recycle more paper and cardboard in our day to day activities.

Thank you to everyone for taking part, you are all winners, and have contributed to helping us to raise awareness of the importance of waste reduction at MGM in the hope of building a cleaner and greener Macau.

Health is wealth: This month, we are proud to launch our Golden Lion Health Campaign, running from May 3-13, including a range of activities such as family hiker events to enjoy outdoor exercise with our loved ones, one-to-one consultations with Chinese medical practitioners and professional counsellors, and specialist-run health roadshows and seminars. Check out MLife INSIDER for more information on these activities.

Congratulations to our all-star badminton team who represented MGM MACAU in the 2016 Gaming Industry Badminton Competition. Keith Lei, Harry Wong and Olivia Lao from Human Resources, and Leonel Lee, Chong Pou Hong from Casino Operations, teamed up to win 2nd Runner-up and 1st Runner-up prizes in both the team and singles events!

Edgar Degas comes to MGM: MGM’s love of Art is once again shining bright. The MGM Art Space is now hosting an exquisite sculpture display from Edgar Degas, the renowned 19th century French artist acclaimed for being one of the founders of Impressionism, as well as for his focus on the subjects of dancers, horses and bathing women. The Figures in Motion exhibit is free of charge and open to the public until November 20.

Art is fun for everyone: Alongside this art exhibit, MGM has launched a light-hearted photo campaign with diverse personalities, from celebrities to MGM team members, to re-create the poses depicted in Edgar Degas’ work. Take a peek at our social media pages and see who you recognize! Join the exhibition and take a selfie in our Degas-themed photo booth.

Be sure to also check out our majestic Butterfly Garden in the Grande Praça, this kaleidoscope of colorful giant butterflies hovering above young Laurel trees and giant Datura blossoms, together with our colossal aquarium, will wow you with natures beauty.