March 16, 2021 /3BL Media/ - The Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report focuses on our sustainability and community betterment efforts, while also emphasizing our governance practices. In this latter category, the report details the composition of our Board of Directors, our community safeguard efforts through Sands Project Protect and our commitment to the health, safety and well-being of our Team Members and guests.

In November 2020, Sands announced an initial $400,000 investment in Las Vegas community organizations working to empower minority and ethnically diverse groups, as part of the company’s commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). The investment comes by way of Sands Cares, the company’s community engagement and charitable giving program, and focuses on removing barriers through two focus areas: education and mentoring to propel youth and promote workforce development; and social justice advancement and advocacy.

Nevada Succeeds launched the InspirED Global Fellowship with partner Sands in July 2020 ­to help transform education in Nevada’s public schools, by looking to Singapore’s education system—one of the most internationally respected systems in the world—for lessons to d­­­evelop comprehensive, real-time innovations to implement in Nevada. Initially conceived as an in-person, immersive learning opportunity, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated a different approach.

Sands has received a score of 85 out of 100 on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Foundation’s 2021 Corporate Equality Index (CEI), the United States’ foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ workplace equality. Responding to the survey for the first time this year, Sands joins 1,142 major U.S. businesses ranked in the 2021 CEI.