Hilton, WWF partner to improve sustainability in hospitality industry

Hilton and WWF have announced a three year partnership to develop a range of different sustainability programmes. These range from water stewardship, sustainable seafood and renewable energy to improving waste reduction.

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1: All learnings from the partnership will be integrated into LightStay, Hilton’s proprietary environmental performance measurement and reporting platform, which is available to all hotels.

2: Hilton has reduced its waste output by 26.8 percent, energy use by 13.6 percent, carbon output by 20.2 percent and water use by 13.1 percent since 2009.

3: Hilton announced in April that it would commence the begin ending the use of cages for egg-laying chickens in its global food supply chain.

DIG DEEPER

1: Read the original article on Sustainable Brands.

2: Follow WWF on Twitter.

3: Read Hilton’s latest Corporate Sustainability Report.

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Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smithhttp://www.jmcsmith.com
Jeremy Smith is the editor and co-founder of Travindy. He is a writer and communications consultant working for a more responsible and sustainable tourism industry. He is the author of two books, writes a fortnightly blog on responsible tourism for World Travel Market, and provides consultancy to a wide range of companies and organisations, ranging from National Parks to individual hotels and tour operators.

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