Sunway has built a physical and social ecosystem that fosters innovation, generates and incubates ideas to address the challenges facing humanity.
Our flagship smart sustainable city, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur, is now Malaysia’s most dynamic living laboratory and a test bed for researchers, experts and academia to generate sustainable real-world solutions for the prosperity and progress of the people and the planet.
Sprawling 800 acres, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur encompasses an enviable portfolio of more than 11,000 residential and commercial units, in addition to its multi-award-winning hospitality, retail, leisure, healthcare and education components.
With more than 150 species of flora and fauna today, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur was built on a tin-mining wasteland and is a product of outstanding rehabilitation and restoration efforts. Regarded as a safe city that serves a population of 200,000, our township is a place where community can live, learn, work and play in a safe, healthy and connected environment for generations to come.
With the establishment of three universities and 42KL, a tuition-free programming school at Sunway FutureX that is located within the township, we continuously produce and groom talent through seamless collaborative partnerships with experts of different industries while nurturing future leaders for our nation.
As a smart sustainable township, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur features all the components of a liveable city: stability, healthcare, culture and environment, education and infrastructure. Convenience is key in our township: there are electric buses running on elevated tracks, as well as a covered canopy walkway with built-in solar panels connecting various facilities and amenities including an award-winning medical centre and a host of universities within a 5km radius. In fact, the successful model of this township is replicated and remodelled in Sunway City Ipoh and Sunway City Iskandar Puteri.
Home to Sunway Clinical Medical Centre, a collaborative effort with University of Cambridge; Jeffrey Sachs Center on Sustainable Development, Jeffrey Cheah Institute on Southeast Asia, Sunway Centre for Planetary Health, Sunway Innovation Labs (iLabs), The Makerspace, three universities and Sunway’s thriving businesses, Sunway City Kuala Lumpur is the only place where one can easily tap into these resources all under one roof. These establishments work closely with one another on academic research to incubate ideas and generate solutions.
Our living lab initiatives focus on six key areas:
Disrupting conventional real-estate markets through the use of artificial intelligence, blockchain and IoT to reimagine and transform the use of space. Through technology and new innovations, we aim to build sustainable cities which are smarter and healthier, while improving convenience, connectivity and quality of life in the community.
Complementing the education landscape through impact-driven teaching and learning tools to disrupt traditional education systems, by providing peer-to-peer, gamification, problem solving and hands-on learning on our campus.
Supporting healthcare organisations to enhance the efficiency of healthcare delivery through personalised, efficient and cutting-edge medical solutions. Harnessing the power of data and in-depth analysis, we are also looking to solve problems related to preventive health conditions such as non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and deep tech in healthcare.
Addressing challenges with tech-driven solutions throughout the farm-to-fork supply chain to create impact both upstream and downstream. The need to scale clean and healthy food production in Malaysia is vital, and we are looking to build decentralised smart urban farms throughout our cities across the country, with the goal of improving Malaysia’s food security.
Empowering businesses to adopt eCommerce and digital solutions for faster growth, to reach new markets and to explore additional revenue streams. Together with our partners, we aim to build a holistic ecosystem by providing innovative solutions such as O2O enablers, logistics, omni-channel marketing, payment and security.
Through our Fintech ecosystem, we aim to enhance and automate financial processes and services in our bid to promote financial inclusion for Malaysians and small and medium enterprises (SMEs), aligned with the UN-SDG 10 of Reducing Inequalities.
Our fully owned Sunway Money is Malaysia’s first completely online and licensed remittance house. Through its e-Know Your Customer (eKYC) system, it can also be accessed at one’s convenience for banking activities such as deposits, loans, bill payments, financial products digitally.
Sunway aims to be among the five to be awarded the Digital Banking License by Bank Negara Malaysia. This license will contribute to our bid for innovative application of technology to uplift the financial well-being of individuals and businesses, fostering sustainable growth.
This report is prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. We engaged an external assurance provider to verify the report’s accuracy and reliability of data, initiatives and policies, and to provide an independent assurance statement.
Feedback from our stakeholders is vital for us to continually improve our reporting and sustainability practices. We welcome your views, comments or feedback, which may be directed to sustainability@sunway.com.my.
