New program to offer meeting planners a
meeting impact report and access to select carbon offset
projects
BETHESDA, Md., Oct. 21,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Marriott International, Inc.
(Marriott) today announced the launch of Connect Responsibly with
Marriott Bonvoy Events (Connect Responsibly), a program designed to
help meeting planners embed sustainability into their events at
participating hotels in the Marriott Bonvoy portfolio. Connect
Responsibly plans to offer meetings and events customers access to
detailed Meeting Impact Reports to measure the environmental impact
of their events and select options to purchase carbon credits. The
program is anticipated to go live at managed and franchised
properties from participating brands globally by the end of
October.
"There is nothing like connecting in person, and doing so
responsibly makes it that much better. With the Connect Responsibly
program, we are giving our meetings and events customers options to
better understand the impacts of their meetings as we collectively
strive to create a more resilient future for travel," said
Erika Alexander, Chief Global
Officer, Global Operations, Marriott
International.
Fueled by growing demand for meeting solutions that address
sustainability and informed by research and consumer insights from
its global pilot program, Marriott is focused on offering a Meeting
Impact Report through the Connect Responsibly program. Available
following an event, the user-friendly Meeting Impact Report is
intended to capture event details, property-specific sustainability
practices implemented for the event, and the event's carbon and
water footprints, calculated through established hospitality
industry methodologies. Marriott expects the Meeting Impact Report
to be available in 11 different languages based on location.
In collaboration with South Pole, a carbon asset developer and
climate consultancy, Marriott plans to offer meetings and events
customers the ability to access select carbon offset projects.
Through the Meeting Impact Report, these customers will have the
option to utilize the South Pole online shop to choose from a range
of carbon offset projects – verified by independent third-party
organizations – that can be purchased as part of their event.
"Meetings and events are important business for Marriott. Our
customers are eager to participate in sustainability efforts.
Connect Responsibly expands ongoing initiatives and strengthens our
efforts focused on sustainability in hospitality," said
Tammy Routh, Senior Vice President,
Global Sales, Marriott International. "We are excited to build on
our sustainability reporting capabilities to provide our meetings
and events customers with detailed Meeting Impact Reports and offer
access to a select portfolio of verified carbon offset projects,
through our collaboration with South Pole."
This announcement is part of Marriott's efforts to reduce
greenhouse gas emissions at properties and in the supply chain. As
of April 2024, Marriott is the
largest global hospitality company to receive approval from the
Science Based Targets initiative for both near-term and long-term
science-based emissions reduction targets (SBTs). To drive progress
toward its SBTs, Marriott launched the company's Climate Action
Program (CAP), which includes property-level carbon reduction goals
and actions.
Connect Responsibly supports Marriott's Sustainability and
Social Impact Platform, Serve 360: Doing Good in Every Direction.
For more information on the company's Serve 360 initiatives, visit
http://www.marriott.com/Serve360.
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ABOUT MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC.
Marriott International, Inc. (Nasdaq: MAR) is based in Bethesda, Maryland, USA, and encompasses a
portfolio of approximately 9,000 properties across more than 30
leading brands in 141 countries and territories. Marriott operates
and franchises hotels and licenses vacation ownership resorts all
around the world. The company offers Marriott Bonvoy®, its highly
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