Partnering to amplify our impact.

Supporting voluntary principles to address child trafficking and exploitation

In 2011, Hilton Worldwide became the second U.S. hotel company to sign ECPAT's Tourism Child-Protection Code of Conduct supporting its voluntary principles to prevent child sex tourism and trafficking. As a subscriber to ECPAT's Code, Hilton Worldwide implements policies that condemn child trafficking and exploitation and provides training to help team members identify and report illicit activities. We also look for ways to raise awareness about ECPAT and the Code among customers and other stakeholders.

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Developing tomorrow's global leaders in our backyard

Global Kids is an educational organization that works to ensure urban youth have the knowledge, skills, and experiences they need to succeed in school, participate effectively in the democratic process, and achieve leadership in their communities and on the global stage. Through Global Kids, young people examine global issues, make local connections and create change through peer education, social action, digital media, and service-learning.

Hilton Worldwide partners with Global Kids to help support global education and develop the next generation of youth leaders for the global stage in the backyard of our global headquarters in Washington, D.C. Our partnership directly impacts Heights Educational Campus and Friendship Collegiate Academy Public Charter School, The Academies at Anacostia, and Maya Angelou Public Charter School (MAPCS) and Evans High School through a range of programming. We are also serving hundreds more students through special trainings and peer education.

To further our work and help spread the light and warmth of hospitality, Hilton Worldwide team members support Global Kids through volunteer career mentoring and service learning projects with students throughout the community.

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Reduce, reuse, repurpose

As the world's largest online donation marketplace, Good360 leverages the latest technological and social networking developments to create new and engaging online solutions that strengthen nonprofits and expand corporate citizenship. By providing product resources that help nonprofits fulfill their mission while helping companies give back to the communities where they live and work, Good360 keeps unsold products and excess inventory from going to landfills and instead, gives them a second life with those who need.

Hilton Worldwide's partnership with Good360 helps us live sustainably and work toward achieving our 20 percent waste reduction goal by connecting our hotels with opportunities to donate gently-used and surplus goods to organizations in need. By using LightStay™, Hilton Worldwide's proprietary sustainability performance system, each of our more than 3,900 hotels are able to enter goods available for donation into a tracking system that links to Good360's online product donation marketplace. After a product is listed, more than 22,000 charities have the opportunity to claim items as needed.

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Awarding and supporting sustainability awareness

The Sundance Institute is a global, nonprofit organization dedicated to the discovery and development of independent artists and audiences in film and theater. As part of Hilton Worldwide's efforts to educate and engage our guests about sustainability, we are partnering with the Sundance Institute to support the Hilton LightStay™ Sustainability Award.

The Award, named after LightStay™, our proprietary system of sustainability performance, supports the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, and awards grants on an annual basis to up to five documentary film projects focused on sustainability. The winning films have the potential to be showcased on Hilton Worldwide's in-room channels and websites, and to reach the 250 million guests who pass through our hotels each year.

The 2012 LightStay™ Sustainability Award winners, Island President and Solar Mamas, were chosen from more than 1,500 feature-length documentaries and 5,000 short film entries submitted to the Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, and showcase the connections between sustainability, economic growth, and community development.

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Powering our properties, empowering our future

The EPA Green Power Partnership is a voluntary program that supports the organizational procurement of renewable power by offering expert advice, technical support, tools, and resources. Partnering with the EPA helps organizations lower the transaction costs of buying alternative sources of power, reduce carbon emissions, and communicate leadership to key stakeholders.

Electricity generation can be one of the largest impacts associated with an organization's operations, especially one as large and diverse as ours. Buying renewable energy is important to drive critical mass from a supply and technology standpoint as we work to manage both energy demand and efficiency. Hilton Worldwide is also leveraging LightStay™, our proprietary sustainability measurement system, which can track our hotels' purchases from sources of alternative energy.

Hilton Worldwide has been a member of the EPA partnership for the last few years and purchased over 300 million kWh of renewable power in 2012, the equivalent to the annual carbon dioxide emissions from electricity use of over 42,000 passenger cars and nearly 27,000 average American homes. Currently, Hilton Worldwide is ranked in the Top 10 purchasers of sustainable power in the United States, and is purchasing enough renewable power to meet 94% of our electricity use.

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Empowering young people to CARE for the planet

The Arbor Day Foundation is one of the world's largest nonprofit tree-planting organizations, with nearly 1 million members planting 7 million trees per year. Founded in 1972, the organization works to advance the celebration of Arbor Day, the United States' oldest environmental holiday. Arbor Day is celebrated in all 50 states and reaches around the world.

For more than a decade, DoubleTree by Hilton has worked with more than 5 million grade school students in more than 200 communities, creating initiatives that get kids involved in making the world a better place. Together with partners such as the Arbor Day Foundation, we've planted more than 300,000 trees and created the "Exploring Trees Inside and Out" traveling museum exhibit designed to connect more than one million visitors with the wonders of nature.

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The business of a better world

BSR works with its global network of nearly 300 member companies to build a just and sustainable world. From its offices around the world, BSR develops sustainable business strategies and solutions through consulting, research, and cross-sector collaboration.

In 2012, BSR and Hilton Worldwide launched the Center for Sustainable Procurement to help global business procurement managers integrate sustainability into their purchasing decisions—providing a unique set of research and information that will help make sense of the increasingly available product sustainability data. The Center will develop research, case studies, and surveys on topics such as incentives for category managers; metrics analysis that focuses on integrating sustainability into existing approaches such as "total cost of ownership"; educational guidelines, webinars, and web content for companies to share with internal sourcing teams; and one-on-one and collaborative consulting projects for a small group of BSR members to examine current purchasing processes, develop solutions for integrating sustainability into decisions, and share lessons collectively.

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U.S Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC)

The U.S Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce (USPAACC) is the oldest and largest national, nonprofit, non partisan organization representing all Asian American and Asian American-related groups in business, sciences, the arts, sports, education, public and community services.

National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED)

The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) is solely dedicated to developing American Indian economic self–sufficiency through business ownership. NCAIED's work contributes to leadership, small business, and economic development for American Indians.

Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC)

The Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) is the largest third-party certifier of businesses owned, controlled, and operated by women in the United States. WBENC is the nation's leading advocate of women-owned businesses as suppliers to America's corporations.

Asian Business Association (ABA)

The Asian Business Association (ABA) represents Asian American business owners, and creates business opportunities for its members and their diverse communities. ABA works towards bringing together divergent groups spanning the Asian business community on issues that mutually affect their business interests.

Latin Business Association (LBA)

The Latin Business Association (LBA) serves as the unifying voice for Latino businesses, advocating for opportunities and services that set business owners at a higher class of competitiveness. The LBA serves as a dedicated resource for Latino owned company entities and support for minority owned businesses.

International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA)

The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association is a leading global organization in the LGBT tourism industry. The IGLTA seeks to create value for LGBT travelers and expand LGBT tourism globally by demonstrating its significant social and economic impact.

American Resort Development Association (ARDA)

The American Resort Development Association (ARDA) is a trade association representing the vacation ownership and resort development industries (timeshares). ARDA has extensive experience in shared ownership interests in leisure real estate.

American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF)

The American Hotel & Lodging Educational Foundation (AH&LEF) is the charitable-giving, and fund raising affiliate of the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA). The AH&LEF has been the primary source of financial support for industry-related scholarships and research. In recent years its mandate has expanded to include school-to-career and workforce development initiatives in order to attract and retain more employees to the industry.

The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC)

The National Minority Supplier Development Council ® (NMSDC ®) provides a direct link between corporate America and minority-owned businesses. The NMSDC provides increased procurement and business opportunities for minority businesses of all sizes.

National Council of La Raza (NCLR)

The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States that works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans. NCLR conducts applied research, policy analysis, and advocacy, providing a Latino perspective in five key areas — assets/investments, civil rights/immigration, education, employment and economic status, and health.

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is one of the largest student-governed organizations in the country. The organization is dedicated to the academic and professional success of African-American engineering students and professionals. NSBE offers its members leadership training, professional development, mentoring opportunities, career placement services and more.

National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA)

The National Association of Black Accountants, Inc. (NABA) seeks to shape the future of the accounting and finance profession through national and local programs designed to provide support and create opportunities in the fields of accounting and finance. Goals of the association include developing the professional skills, expanding the profession, bridging relationships, and representing the interest of minority accounting professionals.

National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC)

The National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC) is the business advocate between lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) business owners, corporations, and government, representing the interests of LGBT businesses and entrepreneurs. The NGLCC is committed to promoting economic growth and prosperity of the LGBT community.

National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA)

The National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA) is the dedicated to building and advancing Hispanic leadership through graduate management education and professional development. The NSHMBA seeks to increase the number of Hispanics graduating from master's business degree programs, enhance career management opportunities for Hispanic MBAs and to be a preferred partner for organizations seeking to hire Hispanic talent.

Human Rights Campaign (HRC)

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) is the largest civil rights organization working to achieve equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans. HRC advocates on behalf of LGBT Americans, mobilizes grassroots actions in diverse communities, invests strategically to elect fair-minded individuals to office and educates the public about LGBT issues.

National Business & Disability Council (NBDC)

The National Business & Disability Council (NBDC) is the leading resource for employers seeking to integrate people with disabilities into the workplace and companies seeking to reach them in the consumer marketplace. The NBDC has played a major role in helping businesses create accessible work conditions for employees and accessible products and services for consumers.