Marriott International
CEF Lead Executives
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DENISE NAGUIBList Item 1
CEF LEADERSHIP COUNCIL
Global VP, Sustainability & Supplier Diversity
Originally from Cairo, Egypt, Denise graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelors of Science in Geography with an emphasis on human impacts on the environment. Denise became involved with Jean-Michel Cousteau’s Ocean Futures Society, implementing environmental education programs around the world. A decade later, Cousteau’s program took her to the Cayman Islands then eventually to Washington, DC as a member of Marriott International’s global operations team. Denise and her team lead the strategy, program implementation, and reporting for both sustainability and supplier diversity for Marriott’s 8000+ hotels around the world. Naguib currently serves as Chair of the Board for WEConnect International, the global organization supporting women businesses around the world. She is also on the Boards of The Ocean Foundation, Arbor Day Foundation, and Sheridan School
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AMY BOURNE
Winner CEF Leadership Program (2018)
Director, Global Sustainability
Amy develops and manages global sustainability programs to address areas such as climate action, responsible sourcing, solid waste and food waste reduction for 8,300+ hotels in 130+ countries. Previously, she managed sustainability programs for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the General Services Administration (GSA) where she focused on high performance and healthy buildings, sustainable building operations and waste diversion. Amy sits on the Sustainability Sub-Committee of the American Hotel & Lodging Association. She holds a MA in Energy and Environmental Analysis from Boston University.
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CLAIRE CUTTINGList Item 2
CEFNext
Senior Director, Sustainability & ESG Reporting
With a background in hospitality and facility operations, Claire joined the hotel industry to further its environmental responsibilities. Working at the Sheraton New York Times Square Hotel, and as the property's Sustainability Champion, her passion for sustainability led her to Starwood Hotels & Resorts’ Global Citizenship team, where she embedded corporate responsibility programs throughout the organization. Post the acquisition of Starwood by Marriott International, Claire joined Marriott's sustainability team where she provides strategic direction, planning and execution of the company's sustainability platforms globally. Dedicated to the goal of improving sustainability within hotel operations, Claire received her degree in hotel management from Cornell University and is a certified LEED Green Associate. In her free time, Claire raises awareness and funding for Alzheimer's research and enjoys far-flung travel destinations to embrace new cultures and better understand our global challenges.
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ROBERT "ROB" BAHL
VP of Engineering & Facilities, Global/US + CAN
Rob is responsible for developing and overseeing the strategy and operations of Engineering & Facilities for both the Americas and the global market. Rob has been with Marriott for over 39 years, starting his career in hospitality as an Engineer at the Denver West Marriott in 1983. As the Vice President of Engineering & Facilities, Global/US+CAN since 2010, Rob has been instrumental in implementing several invative and strategic programs to improve building and operating efficiencies. He has also been involved in design review, planning, and opening of many Marriott hotels. Rob is a member of several professional organizations, including the World Future Society, AEE, ASHRAE, BOMI, and NFPA
Sustainability Goals
Sustainability Goals
2023 Goals
- Achieve global gender parity for executive positions (45% female representation among global executives and 21.4% representation by people of color among US executives as of year-end 2021)
2025 Goals (1-page
infographic details sub-goals)
- Reduce carbon intensity by 30%
- Reduce water intensity by 15%
- Reduce waste to landfill by 45%; reduce food waste by 50%
- Achieve a minimum of 30% renewable electricity use
- 100% of hotels will have a sustainability certification (32% as of 2021) and 650 hotels will pursue LEED certification or equivalent 245 hotels as of 2021)
- Responsibly source 95%, by spend, of its top 10 priority categories, including animal proteins (inclusive of beef, eggs, lamb, pork, and poultry), bottled water, cleaning supplies, cocoa, coffee, guest room amenities, paper products, seafood, sugar, textiles
- Achieve 25% of people of color in executive positions in the United States
- 100% of on-property associates will have completed human rights training, including on human trafficking awareness, responsible sourcing and recruitment policies and practices ( a cumulative 825,000 associates have completed training as of 2021)
- Contribute 15 million hours of volunteer service to support our company priorities and community engagement strategy
- Invest at least $5 million to increase and deepen programs and partnerships that develop hospitality skills and opportunity among youth, diverse populations, women, people with disabilities, veterans and refugees
- Enhance or embed human rights criteria in our recruitment and sourcing policies and work with our industry to address human rights risks in the construction phase
- Promote a peaceful world through travel by investing at least $500,000 in partnerships that drive, evaluate and elevate travel and tourism’s role in cultural understanding
2050
- Achieve net-zero GHG emissions no later than 2050
Latest Sustainability Reporting
Highlights
- Reduced carbon intensity by 24.6% since 2016.
- Sourced 2.1% of electricity from renewables in 2022.
- Reduced water intensity by 6.3% since 2016.
- 28.8% of hotels are certified to a recognized sustainability standard.
- 1,000+ properties participated in biodiversity-activities in 2022.
- 93% of U.S. and 100% of UK managed golf properties are Audubon certified.
- 48% of paper products were Forest Stewardship Council-certified.
- 26.5% of total egg spend was cage-free and 27% of seafood was certified.
- 47% of global executives are women, and 22% of U.S. executives are people of color.
- 62% of board directors are women and/or people of color.
- Nearly $660 million was spent with diverse suppliers in 2022.
- More than one million associates across managed and franchised properties trained on human trafficking awareness since 2016.
Recent News
2023
Hospitality Alliance for Responsible Procurement (HARP) — HARP will work to accelerate sustainable performance within the hospitality industry. It will enhance collaboration between hospitality organizations and trading partners to build transparency and scale positive impact across their value chains. HARP addresses key challenges faced by supplier sustainability programs including accelerating suppliers’ performance improvement curve, and scaling up visibility by strengthening supplier engagement rate. HARP will work with EcoVadis for its rating methodology and improvement platform. CEF member Marriott International is one of the eight founding members.
2022
NEW CORPORATE COMMITMENTS TO HIRE REFUGEES — 46 companies that are part of the Tent Partnership for Refugees committed to hire 22,725 refugees in full time positions in the U.S., helping to advance the economic and social integration of refugees across the country. This is the most significant set of business commitments in support of refugees on record. CEF member commitments include: Amazon will hire at least 5,000 refugees; Hyatt will hire 500; Marriott International, 1,500; and PepsiCo, 500, all over a three year period. The complete list of commitments is here. (Sept 2022)
More than 100 large companies and investors made a business case to the U.S. Congress and the Biden Administration last week for ambitious federal action on climate. The collective effort, called LEAD on Climate 2022 and organized by sustainability nonprofit Ceres, attracted participants—including CEF members Amazon, HP Inc, Marriott International, Microsoft, Netflix, PepsiCo, Siemens, and Unilever—that count a total of $1.6 trillion in annual revenue and $4.6 trillion in assets under management, and more than 3 million employees across all 50 states. Through two days of virtual meetings, they asked lawmakers and administration officials to (May 2022):
- Meet the urgency and scale of the climate crisis with ambitious federal investments to accelerate the transition to affordable, secure, domestic clean energy.
- Seize the economic opportunities to lead the world in clean energy manufacturing and deployment to create jobs, spur innovation, strengthen supply chains, and reduce costs and volatility for businesses and consumers.
- Tackle inequity by targeting climate and clean energy investments in disadvantaged, rural, and frontline energy communities.
2021
Sustainable Hospitality Alliance
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developing a Pathway to Net Positive Hospitality as a cohesive framework for companies to drive regenerative impact across the sector, with support from the
World Travel & Tourism Council. The alliance, a group of hospitality companies comprising 30% of the sector, includes CEF members
Four Seasons Hotels & Resorts, Hyatt Hotels, Marriott International, and
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts.
CEF member
Ecolab is an alliance partner. (Nov 2021)
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A new, first-of-its-kind
Hotel Waste Measurement Methodology was issued for the hotel industry to collect data and measure and report on waste. The methodology was developed by
World Wildlife Fund
and sustainability consulting group
Greenview along with an industry working group including
Accor, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG Hotels & Resorts,
and Marriott International.
(Sept 2021)
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2019-2020
Marriott's CEO Arne Sorensen joined others on the Board of Directors of the Business Roundtable to create a special committee to advance racial equity and justice solutions. (June 2020)
Marriott International announced plans to replace single-use plastic shower toiletry bottles with larger, pump-topped bottles across its global properties. The company has already implemented these larger bottles at about 1,000 properties in North America, and expects most of its other hotels to make the switch by December 2020. (Sep 2019)
Marriott International announced that it has now trained 500,000 hotel workers to identify the signs of human trafficking in its hotels and how to respond if they do. The company has a mandatory human trafficking awareness training program for on-property staff in both managed and franchised properties. (Feb 2019)