Singapore casino resort Marina Bay Sands gave an update on its 2024 corporate social responsibility (CSR) work in its latest annual review of the property’s operations.
The complex said among the highlights were: 74 community events organised and supported in 2024; over 49,800 beneficiaries; and close to SGD4.6 million (US$3.4 million) raised for local charities through Sands For Singapore Charity Festival 2024.
Sands Global Ambassador, former footballer David Beckham (pictured, centre), and actor Anthony Mackie were among celebrities who engaged with young adults in Singapore through Sands Cares in 2024, said the update.
The 2024 initiatives included: supporting 30 persons with disabilities from Bizlink Centre to receive vocational training at the newly launched Enabling Business Hub in Lakeside, Singapore; and funding 20 lower primary students with mathematics bursaries through the Dyslexia Association of Singapore, to help with their learning challenges.
Marina Bay Sands said it also helped in “bringing festive cheer to seniors through a fun-filled Lunar New Year celebration”; and via donating SGD500,000 “to support emerging art forms and innovative creators in the local arts scene” through the Sands Innovative Arts Fund.
The update said Marina Bay Sands’ team members contributed more than 13,000 volunteer hours in 2024, bringing the total volunteer hours contributed since the opening of the property in 2010, to close to 120,000 hours.
Also, more than SGD39 million had been raised through Sands For Singapore Charity Festival since its inception in 2013, added the 2024 review
Marina Bay Sands – one half of Singapore’s casino duopoly – is run by Marina Bay Sands Pte Ltd, a unit of Las Vegas Sands Corp.
Marina Bay Sands said in its 2024 review, that the resort “remained deeply invested in creating positive impact to advance Singapore’s social needs across each of the four Sands Cares pillars”.
The parent says that the Sands Cares strategy integrates “corporate giving, non-profit capacity building and Team Member volunteerism to address the priorities we’ve identified in our communities”.
In Singapore in particular, that involved during 2024 “hardship relief”, in the form of support for communities in need, ranging from low-income families, seniors and youths to persons with disabilities: and “education,” via initiatives such as the US$1 million Sands Hospitality Scholarship programme.
There was also support for “cultural and natural heritage” efforts last year, including “promoting and preserving Singapore’s unique identity showcased through the arts, music and more;” and “disaster response and preparedness,” through equipment and support for community crisis planning, including 30,000 hygiene kits assembled in 2024 for vulnerable communities in Singapore and the Philippines.
