{"id":47600,"date":"2026-06-26T01:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/47600\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T01:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T01:11:08","slug":"hilton-provides-update-on-travel-with-purpose-goals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/47600\/","title":{"rendered":"Hilton Provides Update on &#8216;Travel With Purpose&#8217; Goals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilton announced continued progress on its <a href=\"https:\/\/lodgingmagazine.com\/hilton-shares-progress-toward-2030-travel-with-purpose-goals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Travel with Purpose<\/a> strategy and progress from the Hilton Global Foundation, with its 2025 report highlighting strong momentum toward its 2030 goals. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThrough Travel with Purpose, we\u2019re making meaningful, measurable progress across our people, our hotels and our communities\u2014 strengthening the experiences we deliver to guests while driving long-term value for our business,\u201d said Katherine Lugar, executive vice president, corporate affairs, and president, Hilton Global Foundation. \u201cFrom investing in our award-winning culture to advancing more sustainable stays and supporting communities around the world, this work reflects how purpose is embedded in how we compete, grow, and lead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hilton\u2019s Progress Towards Its 2030 Goals<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilton continues to make measurable progress against its climate goals (2008 baseline):<\/p>\n<p>50.9 percent reduction in carbon emissions intensity (managed hotels)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>36.0 percent reduction in emissions intensity (franchised hotels)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>37.1 percent reduction in water intensity\u00a0(managed operations)<\/p>\n<p>64.7 percent reduction in landfill waste intensity (managed operations), exceeding its 2030 goal ahead of schedule\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ongoing alignment with science-based targets and global ISO standards<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the same time, Hilton is expanding its social impact, reaffirming its commitment to its team members and communities:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>686,000+ learning and career opportunities created in 2025\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 2.5 million community members impacted\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More than 1.8 million volunteer hours logged globally<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability and Community Impact<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilton is embedding sustainability into hotel operations, reducing emissions, water use, and waste.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Hilton Garden Inn Brussels Airport, which opened in 2025, sustainability is built into the design, with geothermal energy, 600+ solar panels, and 100 percent renewable electricity. The property has earned BREEAM Excellent, WELL Gold, and DGNB Gold certifications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025, Hilton also launched its inaugural\u00a0Travel with Purpose Awards\u00a0to recognize 40 hotel teams delivering measurable environmental and community impact to their guests and communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through the Hilton Global Foundation, Hilton is scaling its community impact worldwide. Since 2019, the Foundation has awarded $22M+ in grants to support opportunity, resilience, and sustainable travel destinations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2025 alone:<\/p>\n<p>2.3M+ meals distributed\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2.4M+ pounds of food donated\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2.1M+ pounds of waste diverted\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>995K+ community members impacted\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wildfire Response: During the Los Angeles wildfires,\u00a0Hilton provided 20,000 complimentary hotel nights, supporting more than 7,000 people and mobilizing teams across 80 hotels to assist affected communities.<\/p>\n<p>Advocacy<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hilton continues to lead efforts to combat human trafficking. In 2025, the company worked with industry peers and Protect All Children from Trafficking (PACT) to launch an updated, survivor-informed training\u2014made available free across the industry to strengthen prevention efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hilton announced continued progress on its Travel with Purpose strategy and progress from the Hilton Global Foundation, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47601,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[4750,7164,32920,12448,8,18391,32921,151,2298,6613,32922,32923],"class_list":["post-47600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-kyoto","tag-4750","tag-hilton","tag-hilton-global-foundation","tag-industry-news","tag-japan","tag-june","tag-june-2025","tag-kyoto","tag-may","tag-sustainability","tag-sustainable-travel","tag-travel-with-purpose"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47600\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}