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The sphere we live on is a little like
the organism
Sphere
examines every
issue. The earth is a hugely complex
mesh of interacting living and non-living
players whose parts range from the
smallest microbes to continent-spanning
climatic events.
The same goes for the many elements
that make up our family of companies
and people. For example, it may appear
as if ports simply move cargo around. But
when you look closer, you get a sense of
the intricate interplay of how ports really
function; people, artificial intelligence,
complex machinery, gigabytes of data and
millions of tons of goods interact every day.
Think of the 52 ports Hutchison operates in
and it becomes hard to imagine the scale of
operations.
Mastering that complexity has transformed
millions—even billions—of lives on every
continent.
Likewise, developing the complex beings
that are humans—from wee children to
university graduates—is a complicated
undertaking with transformative impact
on societies. Hutchison enables positive
change through its community support
programmes detailed in these pages.
Sometimes the complexity can be
made a little simpler, a little easier
to grasp. Investors cheered the new
corporate structuring of Cheung Kong
and Hutchison Whampoa, in part
because it simplified previously more
complex corporate holdings.
From ports to human development to
corporate structuring, all of these hugely
complicated endeavours have at their
heart the Hutchison family of people
around the globe. Sometimes, finding the
simplicity in this complexity is as easy as
listening to the stories of the colleagues
around you.
Mastering complexity has transformed
billions of lives on every continent.
WELCOME
Sphere
Magazine #37
March 2015
Cover Illustration
Don Mak
Mastering complexity,
delivering simplicity
Ports are integral to civilisation,
supporting vibrant communities.
Artist Don Mak brings this vitality
to life using containers’ brilliant
colours in a creative design
reminiscent of children’s building
blocks. The focal point is the port,
where the goods arrive to supply
our wants and needs. Schools,
hospitals, homes and businesses
are all made possible by the
materials that arrive container by
container every day in our ports.
A hugely complex global supply
chain provides our daily bread;
Hutchison is at the heart of it.
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