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World Oceans Day 2024: Sands Pursues a Variety of Initiatives to Protect Ocean Health
Las Vegas Sands NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 18, 2024 / On June 8, the United Nation...
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[{"type":"text","content":"World Oceans Day 2024: Sands Pursues a Variety of Initiatives to Protect Ocean HealthLas Vegas SandsNORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESSWIRE / June 18, 2024 / On June 8, the United Nations observes World Oceans Day 2024, which aims to raise global awareness of the benefits humankind derives from the ocean and individual and collective responsibility to use its resources wisely.The observance underscores the importance of ocean health in preserving the Earth's environment and essential resources for all life. According to the UN, the ocean produces at least 50% of the planet's oxygen, is home to most of the Earth's biodiversity, and provides the main source of protein for more than a billion people around the world. Moreover, the UN notes that the ocean is key to the world economy, with an estimate that 40 million people will be employed by ocean-based industries by 2030.\"Protecting ocean health is an essential component of our global sustainability program,\" Katarina Tesarova, senior vice president and chief sustainability officer, said. \"Our initiatives are focused on both conservation, as well as education, with our resorts leading the charge to reduce our impact and promote greater understanding of the need to address ocean health.\"World Wide Fund for Nature PartnershipOne of the central components of Sands' efforts to protect ocean health is Marina Bay Sands' work with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the leading organization focused on wildlife conservation and endangered species. Since 2015, the partnership has helped ensure the resort's supply chain addresses ocean health through guidance from WWF on seafood sourcing, supplier engagement, verification of data and traceability, and chef education.In 2017, Marina Bay Sands extended its work with WWF further into the supply chain by investing more than $400,000 in WWF's efforts to strengthen ocean resiliency and champion responsible seafood production in the Asia-Pacific region. Through this effort, Marina Bay Sands has underwritten the participation of nine farms and one fishery in WWF's aquaculture and fishery improvement programs, with Sankina Aquaculture becoming the first shrimp farm in Malaysia to receive Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.In Macao, Sands China also has fostered partnerships to protect ocean waterways in its region. Since 2020, Sands Chin...