CASE STUDY 2
The Hotel:
Hilton Abu Dhabi
The leader:
Evangelos Karakoulias, environment, health, safety and hygiene manager
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Objective:
Hilton Worldwide set itself the goal of reducing overall waste across the group by 20% in five years, as well as a 20% cut in CO2 emissions and 10% in water usage, with all of Hilton Worldwide’s hotels, across 91 countries, having signed up to the programme since 2012.
Strategy:
As part of the strategy, Hilton launched the worldwide LightStay programme, a global platform to help the group respond to the challenges of managing natural resource constraints, as well as empowering property owners and operators with tools that improve economic and sustainability performance at all levels.
Results:
After three years, until the end of 2011, it had managed to cut CO2 by 10.9% and water use by 7.5%, both on track to hit targets, which will potentially save the company more than AED 540 million ($147 million). Also as a result of the programme, the company has retained its ISO 14001 certification for Environmental Management Systems.
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