CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Hilton Athens
Travel With Purpose Hilton Athens CSR actions are aligned with Travel with Purpose, which is the corporate responsibility strategy of the Hilton chain to drive responsible travel and tourism globally.
By 2030, we pledge to: CUT OUR ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT IN HALF
DOUBLE OUR INVESTMENT IN SOCIAL IMPACT
Hilton Portfolio Performance Number to Date: 1.4M+ Volunteer hours logged since 2017
32% Reduction in carbon emissions since 2018
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1.3M+ Young people impacted to date
100% Hotels certified to environmental and energy standards
35% Reduction in landfill waste since 2018
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Sustainable goals of the Hilton chain until 2030
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Water and Energy Management at Hilton Athens Led lights
Water Flow Reducers
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Generation System
Lightstay System
In line with our commitment to reduce energy consumption, most of the hotel’s architectural lighting has been replaced with LED light technology systems. LEDs consume minimum energy and significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions. The estimated annual energy saving is 1.500.000 kWh!
Installed water flow reducers in guestrooms and public areas, reducing annual water consumption per room by 16%. The annual water saving is calculated to 16,000 m3, which is equivalent to the annual water consumption of about 65 households!
The hotel has implemented partial electricity and thermal energy production via a unified, integrated system. Better utilization of fuel results to proven decreased harmful gas emissions towards the environment, particularly of CO2, one of the most damaging constituents to the greenhouse effect.
Lightstay is the company's proprietary sustainability measurement system. Hilton Worldwide program is created to calculate and analyze environmental impact. The LightStay system measures indicators across 200 operational practices including housekeeping, paper-product use, food waste, chemical storage, air quality and transportation.
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Waste Management at Hilton Athens Recycling across hotel areas
The hotel carries out separate sorting activities for materials such as cartons, office paper, glass bottles, plastic containers and frying oils that are given to third-parties for recycling.
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Soap Recycling
Linen Recycling
Recycled bottle caps for a wheelchair
In collaboration with “Soap for all” organization, lightly used soap-bars are recycled in order to contribute to environmental protection, while offering support to socially vulnerable groups and strengthening child-institutions and families in need. More than half a ton was recycled for Hilton Athens in 2019.
Our old linen are sent to “Linens for Life”, a charity organization, which transforms them into shoe bags, that we then buy for the rooms. With this income, the charity organization manages to support people in need.
Plastic bottle caps are collected by our team members and offered to the “Association of Paraplegic and Physically Disabled” in the county of Pella, which in turn swaps each ton of bottle caps to a wheelchair for people in need.
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Environmental Footprint – Hilton Athens Energy: Cumulative Reduction Since 2015
3,154,963 KW
1,953,894 KG Carbon That's equivalent to
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72 Houses Powered
187 Cars Off the Road Water: Cumulative Reduction Since 2014
Waste: Cumulative Reduction Since 2014 276,338 KG
9,926,839 Liters
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Contribution to the Society in 2019 – Hilton Athens Actions • Blood donations by the hotel team members at regular intervals
• Participation in “No Finish Line Athens”, one of the most important charity races worldwide • Participation in “Race for the Cure Athens”, a global initiative to support women who have suffered from breast cancer • Christmas Bazaar and Easter Bazaar for “PEKAMEA”, Piraeus Association of Parents, Guardians & Friends of People with Disabilities • Hiring of two team members from the Vocational Education Center “Margarita”, which supports people with intellectual disabilities
• Charity dish in the menu of Galaxy Restaurant for 7 consecutive years to support “Alma Zois” Women's Breast Cancer Society (EUR 2 for every dish sold)
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Contribution to the Society in 2019 – Hilton Athens Actions • Participation in “Earth Hour” environmental initiative
• Donation of 15 boxes of school items and stationery to children in need to start their school year with dignity • Collected clothes and toys for “Arsis” organization and PEN nursery school in Athens • Donated used linen and hotel uniforms to “Recycom”, a local a family business which cooperates with 35 municipalities in Greece to support people in need • Team members cleaned the perimeter of the hotel on the World Environmental Day • A hotel team member celebrated the 100 year anniversary of Hilton by running a race of 100 km (from Corinth to Athens). The hotel sponsored this action by donating EUR 1.000 “Frontida”, a Greek association supporting children with cerebral palsy
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Cumulative Contribution to the Society – Hilton Athens Since 2014 the hotel:
*data as of 2012
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Certifications – Distinctions
Awarded with the Eco-label Green Key
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