Marriott Worldwide, Inc. launched its 2024 Serve 360 Report sharing the corporate’s world environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts and progress towards its 2025 Sustainability and Social Influence Objectives. The report displays information for the calendar 12 months ended December 31, 2023.
This 12 months, the report contains an “Round The World Highlights” addendum, which exhibits ESG initiatives spanning every of the corporate’s areas—Asia Pacific excluding China; Caribbean & Latin America; Europe, Center East & Africa; Better China; and United States & Canada—and efficiency tables and appendices with key supporting info and information.
“At Marriott Worldwide, we take nice delight in our longstanding give attention to the basic ideas of caring for folks, our communities, and the planet,” stated Anthony Capuano, president and CEO, Marriott Worldwide. “We consider our efforts to be a power for good all over the world in locations the place we function can assist assist the long-term success of our enterprise and the wellbeing of associates and friends. We’re targeted on fostering a extra resilient, inclusive, and accountable world for journey.”
In assist of the United Nations Sustainable Growth Objectives, Marriott’s sustainability and social affect platform, Serve 360: Doing Good in Each Route, guides the corporate’s ESG efforts by way of 4 focus areas, or “coordinates” that embody Nurture Our World, Maintain Accountable Operations, Empower By way of Alternative, and Welcome All and Advance Human Rights.
The report outlines, amongst different matters, information on firm efforts associated to sustainable operations, variety and inclusion, volunteerism, and different ESG actions led by Marriott associates and resorts all over the world.
To give attention to local weather motion, the corporate:
- Verified its near- and long-term science-based emissions discount targets with the Science Primarily based Targets initiative (SBTi) in April 2024.
- Launched the Local weather Motion Program (CAP) to all managed and franchised properties globally, centered round constructing local weather fluency throughout the group and growing property-specific carbon discount targets to assist progress towards the corporate’s science-based targets.
- Continued to construct on the corporate’s EV charging infrastructure. At year-end 2023, greater than 7,100 EV chargers had been put in at greater than 1,800 Marriott properties all over the world.
The corporate was additionally targeted on increasing alternative and delivering on its core worth to Serve Our World, and:
- Volunteered over 3.1 million hours in native communities worldwide in 2023, with over 12.1 million affiliate volunteer hours reported since 2016.
- Responded to the devastating wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, contributing roughly $5.5 million by way of the Marriott Catastrophe Aid Fund, TakeCare Aid Fund, Marriott Bonvoy factors donations, and money and in-kind giving by resorts to assist restoration efforts and supply important gadgets for impacted associates.
- Dedicated to hiring greater than 3,000 refugees throughout the globe by 2026.
- Skilled greater than 1.2 million managed and franchised associates in human trafficking consciousness since 2016 in assist of Marriott’s purpose to coach all on-property associates by 2025.
- Launched an industry-first initiative in collaboration with the Web Watch Basis and Cisco to dam web sites with baby sexual abuse materials from visitor networks throughout practically 5,000 managed and franchised properties in the US and Canada.
Further regional highlights embody:
- Raised practically $970,000 in money and in-kind donations by Marriott’s United Arab Emirates (UAE) Enterprise Council by way of annual Street to Consciousness (R2A) biking fundraising occasions to assist organizations targeted on the vitality of kids.
- Supported the discharge of roughly 110,000 sea turtles by way of conservation packages at a number of properties throughout Mexico aimed toward defending the species and their habitats.
- Engaged with Students of Sustenance by way of 66 resorts in Thailand, Indonesia, and the Philippines to rescue over 81,000 kg (178,000 lbs.) of surplus meals, leading to greater than 340,000 meals donated to communities in want.
- Employed greater than 1,200 college students with disabilities as full-time associates all through the Better China area.
- Of whole egg spend, elevated cage-free egg spend to 56.13 % and 47.18 % for properties in the US and Canada, respectively.
