Environmental Impact

We are working to reduce our impact across our value chain to preserve our planet for future generations.

We use LightStay, our award-winning corporate responsibility performance measurement platform, to manage and report our environmental impact across our global portfolio of nearly 5,300 hotels. Since LightStay’s launch in 2009, we are proud to have saved over $1 billion by operating sustainably and carefully managing our energy, carbon, water and waste. LightStay enables us to drive efficiencies and continuous improvement across our portfolio, providing value for our owners, a better experience for our guests, and a lighter environmental impact in our local communities.

Energy & Carbon

We are committed to reducing our energy consumption and our carbon footprint.

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Energy Reduction

We have reduced our energy consumption by 18.6% since 2008.

Certified Performance

Our entire portfolio of 5,200+ hotels is certified to ISO 50001 (Energy Management), the largest certified portfolio in the world.

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Carbon Management

We have reduced our carbon emissions by 24.2% since 2008.

Water

We are committed to water stewardship across our value chain, and we work to make every drop count in our global operations.

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Water Reduction

We have reduced our water consumption by 18.4% since 2008.

Stewardship Commitments

In 2017 we launched our 2025 Global Water Stewardship Commitments and signed on to the UN’s CEO Water Mandate.

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Global Risk Assessment

We worked with our partner World Wildlife Fund to undertake a water risk assessment across our global portfolio, and targeted high-risk regions for water stewardship pilot programs.

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Waste

We identify new and innovative ways to reduce and repurpose waste.

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Waste Reduction

We have reduced our waste output by 29.4% since 2008.

Soap Recycling

We are proud to have the industry’s largest soap recycling program, through which we have distributed over 6 million bars of recycled soap in 38 countries.

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Food Waste Reduction

We conducted 34 food waste reduction pilot projects around the world, to understand our opportunity to reduce food waste across our global portfolio.

Responsible Sourcing

We engage our value chain to provide sustainable options.

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Sustainable Seafood

We partner with World Wildlife Fund and have announced multi-year sustainable seafood goals.

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Responsible Sourcing Policy

We introduced a Responsible Sourcing Policy outlining the standards expected of Hilton suppliers.

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The Better Buying Lab

We are part of the Better Buying Lab, an initiative the World Resources Institute created to help turn big ideas into sustainable action to preserve our natural resources.

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