GlobeSt.com Joins Hilton to Assemble Hygiene Kits
Hilton's corporate responsibility strategy, called Travel with Purpose, hopes to redefine and advance sustainable travel globally.
CHICAGO—GlobeSt.com recently joined Hilton representatives in Chicago to assemble 100 hygiene kits that were donated to the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless. Hilton’s corporate responsibility strategy, called Travel with Purpose, hopes to redefine and advance sustainable travel globally.
Hilton was the first in the hospitality industry to make a commitment of this kind to soap recycling, and its program with Clean the World remains the largest in the industry—the company plans to double its social impact and reduce its environmental footprint in half by 2030.
In 2016, Hilton’s All Suites hotels, which include Embassy Suites, Homewood Suites and Home2 Suites, became the first in the industry to make participation in a soap recycling program a brand standard. Two of the Focused Service brands, Hilton Garden Inn and Hampton Inn, will be kicking off a similar standard in early 2019.
To date, working with Clean the World, Hilton has diverted millions of pounds of waste from landfills and distributed nearly 7 million bars of recycled soap in 38 countries across the globe. The remanufactured new soap has gone to homeless shelters and medical facilities in impoverished communities both in the US and around the globe.
With more than 4,600 properties and 758,000 rooms, Hilton Worldwide sets a shining example of corporate social responsibility at a high volume in the hospitality industry. Partnership with Clean the World is another way Hilton places emphasis on that social responsibility. Clean the World has more Hilton affiliates than any other hospitality flag.
“The success of Clean the World hinges on the support of great partners like Hilton,” said Shawn Seipler, founder and CEO, Clean the World.