How BSI Kitemark
certification helps to build
sustainable standards into
property development

Wanda Group is a major Chinese
multinational. It is a Fortune Global 500
company with interests in many sectors.
Through its subsidiary, Wanda Commercial
Management Group, it has developed over370 Wanda Plazas. Their Plazas integrate
retail, leisure, hotel and residential space
into a single fully-functional complex.
BSI Kitemark certification has supported
Wanda’s goal of integrating sustainable
development and smart-city operations
into its Plazas.

Sustainability is integral to Wanda Group’s businessmodel. It strives to align with the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) and sets
itself targets in areas ranging from environmental andsocial standards to health and wellbeing and supply
chain sustainability.

The ethos behind Wanda Plazas is to create a balance
between business and society by improving a city’scommercial property quality, creating new jobs andenriching local consumer demand.

By supporting Wanda’s sustainability goals andproviding Kitemark certification, BSI demonstrates its
commitment to enabling all of the UN SDGs through its
focus on SDG 17, partnership for the goals.

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To help it meet these challenges, Wanda Groupchose BSI to provide independent certification to theglobally-recognized standards ISO 37101, sustainable
development in communities, and ISO 37106, smart
city operating models for sustainable communities,
using the BSI Smart Cities and Communities Kitemark
certification. BSI kitemark certification supports
the Group in aligning with the UN SDGs, as well asachieving its own sustainability targets, and meetingits commercial objective of making Wanda Plazassustainable communities. The Kitemark provides Wandawith a recognisable symbol of best practice and trust.

”Our alignment with the UN SDGs andour commitment to sustainability targets
help us achieve our commercial aims, andBSI Kitemark certification proves ourcommitment to making Wanda Plazas
smart and sustainable communities.”

Wanda Group’s sustainability challenge
Wanda Group’s ambitious business strategy includes
reaching 1,000 Wanda Plazas by 2030 – approximately
six new developments every month. It intends thelatest, ‘fourth generation’ Plazas to offer an enhanced
experience for tenants and end-users. They seek toachieve sustainable and smart spaces by ensuring highquality design, natural and healthy spaces for public use
and intelligent buildings using data to monitor and trackthe environment.
In support of its commercial aims, Wanda has set
new ‘green’ targets for the next five years, coveringthe ‘six purposes of sustainability’ from ISO 37101:
Attractiveness; Preservation and Improvement ofEnvironment; Resilience; Responsible Resource Use;
Social Cohesion; and Wellbeing.

Impact of BSI’s solution
Certification to ISO 37101 demonstrates that thecompany has considered the following 12 sustainabilityissues that relate to the ‘six purposes of sustainability’:1 Governance, Empowerment and Engagement
2 Education and Capacity Building
3 Innovation, Creativity and Research
4 Health and Care in the Community
5 Culture and Community Identification
6 Living Together, Interdependence and Mutuality
7 Economy and Sustainable Production andConsumption
8 Living and Working Environment
9 Safety and Security
10 Community Infrastructures
11 Mobility
12 Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
These sustainability issues can be a powerful tool toenable progress towards all 17 of the UN SDGs alongsidespecific performance measures that reflect the contextof each individual Plaza.
Wanda uses the BSI Kitemark for Smart Cities andCommunities certification to demonstrate they have amanagement framework in place capable of developing
their fourth generation plazas in line with their corporate
strategy and sustainability aspirations. The BSI Kitemark
also contributes to assure third parties’ trust in thesustainability credentials of the Wanda strategy.

Why BSI?
”There aren’t any organizations that have BSI’s history asa leader in standards. It has such a strong reputation andthey are real professionals that we can always rely on.”Landson Li

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Landson Li
Chief Engineer, Wanda Commercial
Management Group