Hotel Chain Partners

 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. is one of the leading hotel and leisure companies in the world with over 1,100 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.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. believe that economic growth and the well-being of society are inextricably tied to the health of the environment. Accordingly, we embrace our responsibility for environmental stewardship and are committed to integrating leading environmental practices and sustainability principles into our core business strategy and operations.  To further imbed our commitment to the environment and to our stakeholders, in 2009, Starwood announced an ambitious public goal to reduce energy usage by 30% and water usage by 20% by 2020 over a 2008 baseline across all of our owned, managed and franchised properties. 

Starwood supports and encourages all of our properties to achieve a third party certifications or ratings whenever possible.  It is through Starwood’s support for our properties to achieve excellence, our EAME Division (Europe, Africa and Middle East hotels) with partnership of Green Key, will actively work to reduce the environmental impact of our business activities and continually improve and innovate best practices aimed at:

•             Conserving natural resources

•             Minimizing waste and pollution

•             Enhancing indoor environmental quality

•             Establishing and reporting on key environmental performance indicators

•             Raising environmental awareness among our associates, guests and communities

We strongly believe that partnering with Green Key is key to our success in achieving our goals.