This report accommodates details about Hilton’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) technique and efficiency. It has been ready in accordance with the World Reporting Initiative (GRI) Requirements and integrates the suggestions of the Sustainability Accounting Requirements Board (SASB) and the Taskforce on Local weather-related Monetary Disclosures (TCFD).
Along with the data discovered on this report and on our web site, we externally report on our Journey with Function technique, packages and progress towards our 2030 Objectives in Hilton’s Type 10-Okay, Annual Report and Proxy Assertion. We get hold of third-party assurance over chosen knowledge disclosed on this report, as indicated in our 2022 Assurance Assertion. All monetary figures indicated on this report are in U.S. {dollars}, until in any other case famous.
Message from our CEO
Hilton was based greater than 100 years in the past on the assumption that journey might make the world a greater place. This perception continues to information us at present, inspiring the methods by which we create environmental and social progress whereas persevering with to ship our signature hospitality around the globe.
In 2022, we continued advancing our Journey with Function technique and our 2030 Objectives—however we additionally noticed a possibility to lift the bar primarily based on rigorous evaluation and the most recent info obtainable. We launched new, extra bold environmental and social targets that are laser-focused on paving the way in which to a net-zero future and creating an engine of alternative within the communities the place we dwell, work and journey. These ambitions come to life throughout our enterprise and are built-in in all the pieces we do, from sustainable operations to accountable sourcing and inclusive hiring practices.
OUR JOURNEY TO REDUCE EMISSIONS
As local weather science has developed, our environmental targets and method have, too. Pushed by knowledge, we’re main the {industry} with bold 2030 targets validated by the Science Primarily based Targets initiative (SBTi) on our journey towards decreasing emissions throughout our total international portfolio whereas creating higher working efficiencies.
In partnership with our homeowners, we diminished single-use plastic facilities in our motels, expanded our alternative of conventional gentle bulbs with extra energy-efficient LEDs, supplied friends on-property electrical car charging, and supplied lower-emission decisions with carbon-neutral choices for our conferences and occasions prospects. We additionally opened what we consider to be the primary net-zero lodge in america: Resort Marcel New Haven, Tapestry Assortment by Hilton. Moreover, in 2022 we made a strategic funding in Fifth Wall’s Local weather Tech Fund to assist its work to ship revolutionary decarbonizing applied sciences to the true property {industry}.
OUR CULTURE OF RESPONSIBILITY
Hilton is without doubt one of the world’s largest hospitality corporations, and with greater than 7,000 motels across the globe, we acknowledge our duty to be a pacesetter as an inclusive office and to be a pressure for good within the communities the place we function. As a enterprise of individuals serving folks, we’re centered on making a tradition that serves our Staff Members—from empowering them to deliver their full selves to work to creating alternatives for all in our communities.
When the battle in Ukraine unfolded, we shortly deployed sources to guard our Staff Members and friends within the area. We additionally partnered with American Categorical to donate room nights to assist Ukrainian refugees and humanitarian aid efforts throughout Europe.
To additional affect our communities, by the Hilton World Basis, we granted greater than $2M to organizations that advance our Journey with Function Objectives, together with awarding 39 Motion Grants for motels to guide affect initiatives of their communities. Lastly, all year long, our workforce additionally expanded {our relationships} with native and numerous suppliers around the globe.
OUR TEAM DEDICATION
On the coronary heart of all of those unimaginable efforts are our greater than 400,000 Staff Members, who’re working in 1000’s of communities globally to share our signature hospitality and make the world a greater place. Because of their great dedication, we additionally earned recognition for our environmental and social efforts from many main benchmarking organizations, together with being named:
- A worldwide sustainability chief on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the sixth consecutive 12 months
- A Gold Medal designee by EcoVadis
- The #1 firm for ESG by DiversityInc, and a member of its Corridor of Fame
- The #2 World’s Greatest Office by Nice Place to Work Institute and Fortune Journal, and the one hospitality firm on the checklist
I’m so happy with all that we completed in 2022—thanks to our Staff Members, lodge homeowners, friends and companions around the globe. Collectively, we’re proving that hospitality is really an unstoppable pressure for good.
Christopher J. Nassetta
President and Chief Government Offic
About Hilton
Hilton (NYSE: HLT) is a number one international hospitality firm with a portfolio of 18 world-class manufacturers comprising greater than 6,800 properties and greater than 1 million rooms, in 122 international locations and territories. Devoted to fulfilling its founding imaginative and prescient to fill the earth with the sunshine and heat of hospitality, Hilton has welcomed greater than 3 billion friends in its greater than 100-year historical past, earned a high spot on the 2021 World’s Greatest Workplaces checklist and been acknowledged as a worldwide chief on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for 5 consecutive years. In 2021, along with opening multiple lodge a day, Hilton launched a number of industry-leading expertise enhancements to enhance the visitor expertise, together with Digital Key Share, automated complimentary room upgrades and the power to ebook confirmed connecting rooms. By means of the award-winning visitor loyalty program Hilton Honors, the almost 128 million members who ebook straight with Hilton can earn Factors for lodge stays and experiences cash cannot purchase. With the free Hilton Honors app, friends can ebook their keep, choose their room, test in, unlock their door with a Digital Key and take a look at, all from their smartphone. Go to newsroom.hilton.com for extra info, and join with Hilton on Fb, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and YouTube.
