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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. Joins Urban Land Institute Greenprint Center for Building Performance - 27.11.2012
WASHINGTON (November 27, 2012) -- The Urban Land Institute (ULI)
Greenprint Center for Building Performance, a worldwide alliance of leading
real estate owners, investors and financial institutions committed to reducing
energy consumption and carbon emissions across the global property industry,
has announced the addition of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. as
a new member.
“At Starwood, we believe that economic growth and the well-being of society are
inextricably tied to the health of the environment,” said Frits van Paasschen,
chief executive officer for Starwood Hotels & Resorts. “As one of the
leading hospitality companies in the world, we have an obligation to be good
stewards to the planet, as our guests choose our hotels both for what is on the
inside as well as to experience the communities in which they exist.It is not
only good for our environment, guests, associates, partners and shareholders,
it also has well-proven economic rationale.”
Simon Turner, president of Global Development for Starwood Hotels &
Resorts, has been appointed to Greenprint’s Advisory Board. “We are delighted
to join forces with the ULI Greenprint Center to help advance our common goal
of creating environmentally sustainable communities across the globe,” Turner
said. “As a company, we are committed to integrating leading environmental
practices and sustainability principles into our core business strategy, and we
leverage our people, brands, and global reach, while working closely with our
hotel development partners and suppliers, to achieve these goals. We encourage
other hotel management and ownership companies to join this effort and work
with us to collectively improve the sustainability of the hotel and real estate
sector around the globe.”
Long known as an industry innovator, for the past five years, Starwood has
reported and publicly disclosed its carbon footprint through the Carbon
Disclosure Project Survey (CDP) for all its hotel and corporate office
operations. Additionally, in 2011, Starwood also began reporting critical
water-related and supply chain related data to the CDP. The company is
committed to reducing the environmental impact of its business and creating a
company culture committed to sustainability. To that end, Starwood is
working towards its goal of reducing energy consumption by 30% and water
consumption by 20% by the year 2020.
Starwood joins existing Greenprint members Aetos Capital; AvalonBay; Beacon
Capital Partners; BlackRock; Blackstone Group; CalPERS; Commonwealth Pacific;
Equity Office Properties; First Washington Realty; GE Capital Real Estate; GI
Partners; General Investment and Development Advisors, Inc.; GID Investment
Advisors LLC, GLL Real Estate Partners; Grosvenor; Hines; Jones Lang LaSalle;
LaSalle Investment Management; Miller Capital Advisory, Inc.; Paramount Group;
PATRIZIA Immobilien; Prologis; Prudential Real Estate Investors; RREEF, a
member of the Deutsche Bank Group; Silverstein Properties; Sonae Sierra; Thomas
Properties; TIAA-CREF; Tishman Speyer, and UDR.
About the ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance
The ULI Greenprint Center’s mission is to lead the global real estate industry
towards improved environmental performance, focusing on energy efficiency and
reduced carbon emissions. Greenprint is a member-driven organization that
achieves its goals through measurement, action and education. The Greenprint
Foundation, founded in 2009, was acquired by ULI in 2012 to form the ULI
Greenprint Center for Building Performance.
Greenprint’s flagship product is the Greenprint Performance Report™.The
international scope and size of the report makes it one of the real estate
industry’s largest, most transparent and comprehensive environmental
benchmark.The report is a consolidated view of participating properties,
detailing their energy, water and waste performance by geography and asset
class.For additional information, visit www.greenprintfoundation.org.
About the Urban Land Institute
The Urban Land Institute (www.uli.org) is a
nonprofit education and research institute supported by its members. Its
mission is to provide leadership in the responsible use of land and in creating
and sustaining thriving communities worldwide. Established in 1936, the
Institute has nearly 30,000 members representing all aspects of land use and
development disciplines.
About Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and
leisure companies in the world with 1,128 properties in nearly 100 countries
and 154,000 employees at its owned and managed properties. Starwood is a fully
integrated owner, operator and franchisor of hotels, resorts and residences
with the following internationally renowned brands: St. Regis®, The Luxury
Collection®, W®, Westin®, Le Méridien®, Sheraton®, Four Points® by Sheraton,
Aloft®, and ElementSM.The Company boasts one of the industry’s leading loyalty
programs, Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG), allowing members to earn and redeem
points for room stays, room upgrades and flights, with no blackout dates.
Starwood also owns Starwood Vacation Ownership, Inc., a premier provider of
world-class vacation experiences through villa-style resorts and privileged
access to Starwood brands. For more information, please visit www.starwoodhotels.com.
