mari l. snyder vp, social responsibility marriott “spirit to preserve”
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Mari L. SnyderVP, Social Responsibility
Marriott “Spirit to Preserve”
Marriott’s Environmental Goals
Reduce energy and water footprint by 25 percent by 2017
Expand LEED-certified hotels across all Marriott brands and Headquarters – 10-fold over next five years
Engage Marriott’s top-tier vendors to supply price-neutral, greener products
Educate and inspire associates and guests to support the environment – “at work, at home, on travel”
Address environmental challenges through innovative conservation initiatives including rainforest protection and water conservation
Goals set and reviewed by Executive Green Council
Hotels’ Resource Conservation
Reduce energy and water footprint by 25 percent by 2017
Performance Indicators
per available room
Change from 2007
Energy 11.0% ↓
GHG Emissions 10.7% ↓
Water 8.2% ↓
Waste (U.S.) 17.0% ↓•Report annually to the Carbon Disclosure Project, including the Supplier Module
Green Hotels
Currently, Marriott has nearly 85 hotels across all brands in 5 countries that are LEED-certified or registered by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design and a standard for U.S. Green Building Council
Marriott is expanding its green hotel portfolio 10-fold over the next five years with the recent introduction of a green hotel prototype for the Courtyard brand that will be pre-certified LEED.
Saves an average of $100,000 in development costsand 6 months in design time, and up to 25% energy and water savings for its owners – a competitive advantage for Marriott.
Four other brands will have LEED prototypes within two years.
Marriott headquarters was awarded LEEDExisting Building Gold Status in April 2010
Expand LEED-certified hotels across all Marriott brands
Marriott headquarters earned
LEED-Gold for existing buildings
Greening Our Supply Chain
More than 8,400 Cintas uniforms made from recycled plastic water bottles
Eco-Smart™ pillows filled with polyester micro fiber spun from recycled water bottles
Room ready towels save 6 million gallons of water from the entire value chain
Carpeting made from 25% recycled content is now a design standard
Sustainable seafood initiative – FutureFish – rolled out globally
2010 Sustainable Supply Chain Summit for global procurement team, Avendra
Engage Marriott’s top-tier vendors to supply price-neutral, greener products
Marriott’s Social Responsibility Strategy
Customer requests for ‘greener’ meetings, green travel
Exponential growth in Sales RFP questions
Lack of industry standards for carbon calculation, ‘green hotel’.
Proliferation of green certifying/labeling bodies
Sustainability TransparencyCarbon Disclosure ProjectSustainability ReportFinal Step for Performance,
First Step in Ongoing Strategic Assessment