THE SUSTAINABILITY INTERVIEW
“EVERYTHING THAT WE DO TO ADVANCE TRAVEL WITH PURPOSE TOWARD OUR 2030 GOALS HAS A MEASURABLE BUSINESS VALUE”
Jean Garris Hand VP, Global Head of Sustainability and Responsible Business Hilton
Travel with Purpose: Hilton’ s 2030 sustainability strategy In May 2018, Hilton launched its Travel with Purpose 2030 Goals, becoming the first major hotel company to set science-based carbon reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative. The strategy aims to cut Scope 1 and 2 emissions intensity by 75 % in Hilton’ s managed portfolio and 56 % in its franchised portfolio by 2030.
Hilton also targets halving water and waste intensity at operated hotels, creating five million learning and career growth opportunities, and meaningfully impacting 20 million community members by 2030.
“ Everything that we do to advance Travel With Purpose toward our 2030 goals has a measurable business value,” Jean explains.“ That is fundamental to what we do because if we don’ t find scalable measures or initiatives that deliver core business value, we won’ t be able to scale.”
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