ShanghaiApril 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — On April 22, the LEED Award Ceremony and Sustainable Industry Insights Sharing Session was successfully held at the “Hongqiao Hub Salon,” a multifunctional office space within Shanghai Livat. Six Livat projects under Ingka Centres were officially awarded LEED certification plaques. The ceremony coincided with the significant occasion of World Earth Day, celebrating the projects’ important achievements in green operations while gathering guests from various sectors to discuss cutting-edge trends and practical pathways in green development. Simultaneously, Ingka Centres launched a series of “Sustainability Month” activities. Through diverse interactive formats, the initiative extends the concept of sustainability from spatial operations to everyday life scenarios, comprehensively creating green and sustainable gathering experience spaces for customers.
Six Livat projects under Ingka Centres officially receive LEED certification plaques
A Green Milestone, Witnessing Achievements in Sustainable Operations
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded LEED certification plaques to six Livat projects under Ingka Centres. Among them, Wuxi, Beijing, Wuhan, and Changsha Livat received LEED Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings Gold certification; Xi’an Livat and Shanghai Livat Complex received LEED Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings Platinum certification. This certification marks the achievement of a phase in the projects and collectively reflects Ingka Centres’ continuous investment and accumulated practice in the field of green operations.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) awards LEED certification plaques to six Livat projects under Ingka Centres
Ms. Cindy Zhu, Country President of Ingka Centres China, stated: “Ingka Centres has always adhered to a sustainable development strategy, continuously advancing the construction of a sustainable operation system. This successful re-certification for Operations and Maintenance for our six Livat projects is not only high recognition of our ongoing commitment to green practices throughout the entire lifecycle but also full affirmation of our long-term sustainable development strategy. Our continuous deepening of green operations and local innovation in the Chinese market is not only about fulfilling our corporate sustainability commitments but also a proactive response to China’s direction of high-quality development and green transformation. In the future, we will continue to deepen local innovation, collaborating with the government, industry organizations, and partners to jointly create healthier, more efficient, and more regenerative commercial spaces.”
“The achievements of Ingka Centres not only demonstrate its firm commitment to continuously promoting carbon reduction and resource optimization during the operational phase of existing buildings but also reflect a long-term practice oriented towards full lifecycle management,” said Ma Lie, Managing Director of USGBC North Asia, while presenting the LEED certification plaques to Ingka Centres. “Ingka Centres is driving its green buildings from individual projects towards scaled application, providing the industry with a demonstrative practical pathway.”
As a partner deeply involved in the LEED O+M certification projects for the six Livat projects across six cities as the advisory team, Mr. Kevin Li, Managing Director of East China at Cushman & Wakefield, said: “Over the past year, addressing six cities and six different operational statuses, we have established a collaborative system with Ingka Centres in each city featuring unified standards and localized implementation, ensuring the smooth progress of the project certifications. In the future, we look forward to continuing our collaboration with Ingka Centres and LEED, starting from green building operations, to promote the genuine implementation of sustainability concepts across more dimensions.”
The event invited representatives from the U.S. Green Building Council, Cushman & Wakefield, and tenant representatives to attend, engaging in in-depth exchanges and discussions on cutting-edge topics in green development. During the sharing session, representatives shared their practical experiences and industry insights on topics such as the panorama of embodied carbon and Scope 3 emissions in Chinese commercial real estate, LEED and green shopping malls, and green retail.
Strengthening the Foundation of Daily Operations, Co-creating Green Experiences
Ingka Centres consistently integrates the concept of sustainable development deeply into its business strategy. Combining the IKEA vision, partner innovation, and local community insights, it creates unique green gathering experiences for customers in a more practical, human-centric, and daily-life-integrated manner. At Livat, sustainability is not a slogan but a tangible lifestyle accessible in every consumption and interaction. By creating more comfortable spatial environments, richer and more diverse experiential content, and green interactions with greater participation, customers can easily practice sustainable living concepts while enjoying their gathering time.
During the “Sustainability Month,” Ingka Centres continuously launched diverse activities integrating sustainability concepts into the customer experience. Shanghai Livat Office also actively encouraged corporate partners to participate in sustainable practices, calling on tenants to join the Earth Day “Lights Off for One Hour” activity and hosting sustainability-themed sharing sessions at the Hongqiao Hub Salon, including this year’s Shanghai Climate Week “Future Food Theme Forum.” Beijing Livat collaborated with universities and social organizations to create the immersive accessible experience space “Walk with ‘EYE'” charity exhibition, focusing on the daily needs of the visually impaired community and promoting warm, inclusive sustainable communities. Changsha Livat launched the “One Planet Livat Green Planet” sustainable living exhibition, presenting diverse green scenarios covering clothing, food, housing, transportation, and daily use through immersive interactive experiences, encouraging the public to start from daily actions to adopt a more environmentally friendly lifestyle.
Furthermore, the “Livat Green Energy” initiative, themed “Awakening Green Life, Making Goodness More Sustainable,” was rolled out nationwide at Livat centers, bringing creative online and offline interactive experience scenarios. Customers can participate in six sustainable activity experiences on-site, visit green markets, and collect green energy points through check-ins to complete a loop, fostering green consumption and lifestyle habits through fun participation. Currently, the first batch of sustainable tenant names has been announced in the “Livat Green Energy” mini-program, encouraging and supporting more people to practice sustainable consumption and lifestyles. The mini-program has already attracted over 310,000 members, fully reflecting customers’ proactive response and high recognition of the green lifestyle concepts consistently advocated by Ingka Centres.
Ingka Centres simultaneously launches Sustainability Month activities
In all aspects including energy management, resource utilization, and waste handling, Ingka Centres continuously drives the transformation of commercial spaces towards higher efficiency and lower carbon emissions, constantly improving spatial quality and operational efficiency. This not only brings a more comfortable visiting experience for customers but also helps partners attract customer groups with stronger value alignment through green consumption trends, achieving a win-win situation for commercial performance and sustainable value. This is not only a matter of responsibility but also key to gaining the trust of society and consumers and achieving high-quality development.
It is worth mentioning that Ingka Centres is also continuously expanding the boundaries of industry collaboration. Recently, it announced the co-founding of the Sustainable Retail Index Association (SRIA) with Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) to promote the application of the Sustainable Retail Index (SRI) tool within the industry. The aim is to help consumers understand the sustainability performance of retail brands and assist shopping centers in gaining comprehensive insights to enhance industry transparency, strengthen industrial collaboration, and guide consumers towards more sustainable retail brands. This initiative has already received support from independent partners, with Good On You responsible for brand-level analysis as a professional institution, and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) France providing professional support at the methodological level.
From spatial operations to public engagement, Ingka Centres is continuously deepening its commitment to sustainable development through multi-dimensional practices. In the future, Ingka Centres will continue to be driven by innovation and responsibility through refined operational management. Centered around the three strategic pillars of healthy and sustainable living, circular and climate-friendly business, and fairness and equality, it will deepen its green operation system. By joining hands with consumers and partners, it will jointly build healthier and more vibrant gathering spaces, injecting long-term momentum into urban sustainable development.