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    Wynn Resorts


    Advancing Sustainability

    With a circular approach that encompasses our entire supply chain, Wynn Resorts continuously examine ways to reduce our environmental impact as we move closer to achieving our goal of operating zero carbon, zero waste resorts. Such as:

    • Encore Boston Harbor Site Remediation: Wynn Resorts turned a polluted industrial site along Boston’s Mystic River into a thriving riverfront environment where wildlife is flourishing, giving the local community a renewed waterfront greenspace to enjoy.
    • Waste Reduction Overhauls: Operations at Encore Boston Harbor were designed to send zero waste to landfills, and Wynn Las Vegas continues to replace single-use plastics with sustainable alternatives while implementing single-stream recycling.

    Lowering Carbon Emissions

    Wynn Resorts has made commitments to several significant initiatives designed to confront the global threat of climate change, including net-zero CO2 emissions by 2050, stopping and reversing year-over-year growth of operational carbon dioxide emissions by 2030, and procuring 50 percent renewable energy by 2030. To align with the goals of the Paris Climate Accord, Wynn Resorts will build on the successful planning, implementation and expansion of its large-scale environmental projects, including:

    • Wynn Solar at Stillwater (NV): In 2018, Wynn installed one of the 10 largest corporate solar sites of the year, featuring 20 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. Wynn’s Las Vegas properties include 2 MW of rooftop solar panels, which work in concert with the Stillwater project to help supply up to 75 percent of Wynn’s peak energy needs from the sun.
    • Boston Microgrid Innovation: Encore Boston Harbor is the first integrated resort in the U.S. with an on-site microgrid that balances solar energy production, combined heat and power co-generation and battery storage.

    Strengthening Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

    Increasing Board and Management Diversity

    Wynn Resorts has established a goal of achieving 50 percent diversity among board members, and as of the 2021 Annual Meeting, Wynn Resorts’ board is 50 percent diverse, with four directors being women and one racially diverse director.

    Wynn has adopted an NFL-style “Rooney Rule” policy to include (and have any search firm it engages to include) candidates with a diverse background in race, gender and/or ethnicity when evaluating new candidates for the board.

    Engaging Diverse Suppliers and Vendors

    Wynn Resorts recognizes the vital contributions of Minority-owned and Women-owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) to the economies of the nation, the state, the community and the Company. Wynn’s supplier diversity policy objectives are to:

    • Actively and routinely seek out qualified MWBEs that can provide high quality commodities and services in a competitive market.
    • Encourage major suppliers to Wynn Resorts who are not MWBEs to support diversity in their operations.

    Seek opportunities to support the development and competitiveness of MWBEs through instruction, mentoring and other outreach activities.


    Investing in Communities

    Wynn Resorts’ legacy as an agent of change is supported and extended by the collective spirit of service in the hearts of our approximately 27,000 global employees. Wynn Resorts employees volunteered more than 37,000 hours globally in 2021. Together, they inspired Wynn’s corporate culture of giving that builds resilience in our home communities. Wynn Resorts employees in North America led in 2021 by contributing more than $620,000 to the community through the Wynn Employee Foundation. The Company matching those contributions, and additionally donated more than $2.9 million in 2021.

    Combining philanthropy with citywide economic and infrastructure development has become Wynn’s community relations calling card. And because each community the Company operates in functions with its own unique framework, Wynn Resorts design customized community-development projects to solve specific social challenges. To ensure these projects work better for more people and drive long-term inclusive growth, the Company partners with a spectrum of local civic leaders to identify financial, supply chain, and operational gaps for Wynn Resorts to fill where it matters the most. The Company relies on these essential relationships with community leaders to guide Wynn Resorts’ extensive nonprofit work to strengthen infrastructure that provides for the underserved, as well as mobilize immediate relief efforts during times of crisis or natural disaster.

    Wynn Resorts extended the international ‘Giving Tuesday’ initiative with its third annual Giving Week celebration. From Nov. 30 to Dec. 7, 2021, Wynn hosted 10 fundraising and volunteer events in support of community partners, including Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada, Three Square Food Bank, USO Nevada, Project 150 and the Wynn Employee Foundation.

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    Wynn Scholarship Programs

    The Wynn Employee Foundation’s Scholarship Program was extended to Encore Boston Harbor employees and their families in Fall 2019. One of the first recipients awarded in Spring 2020 was Zhihua Zhu, a freshman at the University of Massachusetts Boston majoring in computer science. Zhihua’s father, Bin Zhu, is an assistant chef at Encore’s Red 8 restaurant. The scholarship program provides up to $7,500 per year for tuition and expenses to employees or their children.

    Wynn Resorts also gave $250,000 to the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ International Gaming Institute Leadership Diversity Initiative Fund, which includes support for the Young Executive Scholars Hospitality & Tourism Program. Each summer, rising stars in the Clark County School District are invited to participate in the four-week summer program to discover managerial and executive-level career opportunities in the global hospitality tourism industry.


    Responsible Leadership

    Protecting and Empowering Consumers

    Responsible gaming is an integral part of daily operations at Wynn Resorts. One hundred percent of Wynn Resorts properties adhere to the AGA’s Responsibility Code of Conduct. Patrons may request at any time to be removed from any promotional mailings and revocation of casino-specific privileges such as access to markers, player card privileges and on-site check cashing. The Company reserves the right to exclude a patron from gaming without a request from a patron. Wynn Resorts also makes information available to all patrons explaining the probabilities of winning or losing at the various games offered at its casinos.  

    Training Employees

    Wynn Resorts provides education to all new employees on responsible gaming and provides periodic refresher training to current employees.

    Establishing and Following Rigorous Business Standards

    Because Wynn Resorts takes pride in guest loyalty, publishing accurate and consistent information is the foundation of building trust with Wynn Resorts’ customers. Responsible marketing is part of the communication strategy across the business and is part of the Company’s commitment to responsible gaming. Wynn Resorts advertises responsibly by including a responsible gaming message and a toll-free helpline number in advertising messaging related to gaming where practical. Wynn Resorts places media where most of the audience is reasonably expected to be above the legal age to participate in gaming activity. The Company does not feature marketing designed to appeal to those under the age of 21. Wynn Resorts’ marketing practices also adhere to AGA’s Responsible Marketing Code. 

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    Combatting Human Trafficking

    Human trafficking is a global issue that requires local prevention efforts. The hospitality industry must play an important role. Wynn Resorts rallied around the issue in 2020, developing new training programs and security procedures implemented in 2021. Wynn Las Vegas drew on the program developed at Encore Boston Harbor, which partnered with My Life My Choice, a Boston-based nonprofit, to develop education for every employee upon starting employment. Encore Boston Harbor continued to provide refresher trainings to employees throughout 2020, including a webinar for supervisors on the persistence of human trafficking during the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown.

    In expanding training to Las Vegas, Wynn Resorts partnered with the nonprofit iEmpathize to develop a training program for Wynn North America employees in 2021. The purpose of the training is for employees in both guest-facing roles and back-of-house operations to develop an empathetic, victim-centric awareness of the risks of human trafficking, helping employees identify suspicious behaviors and take the quickest and safest procedures for alerting Wynn Resorts security. These procedures were put into action in early 2021, when Wynn Las Vegas participated in a Las Vegas Strip-wide search for missing minors during Super Bowl Weekend.


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