1. Hilton Worldwide Environmental Sustainability Policy

To ensure sustainable business practices in the countries in which we operate around the globe, we will:

• Embrace an environmental mission and strategy that encompasses each and every team member
• Focus upon our key environmental commitments: energy efficiency, CO2 reduction, water efficiency, waste reduction, renewable energy, and sustainable buildings and operations which includes building design & construction, hotel & corporate operations, chemical management, and purchasing
• Engage our team members through training, tools and active involvement
• Ensure that environmentally friendly initiatives and tactics will impact the guest experience in a positive way
• Set targets, measure, benchmark and continually improve our performance
• Share best practices and comply with relevant local, national and international legislation
• Liaise with our suppliers and business partners to improve their environmental performance
• Influence land use in harmony with nature and construction by promoting the use of environmental standards
• Support environmental initiatives within the local community
• Communicate our environmental achievements to our team members and guests
• Publish our performance against our established targets

2. Green ROOM AND MEETING Space

Listed below are some actions that the Waldorf Astoria implements to promote "green room space"

Energy Efficiency

• Staff instructed to shut off HVAC/lights when guest rooms are vacant.
• Staff instructed to shut blinds half way and to keep curtains closed when guestrooms are vacant.
• Offices/Housekeeping/T&E closets have sensor lighting installed.
• Energy efficient lighting installed in specific back of the house areas.
• PM/Midnight shift Electricians and Watch Engineers walk daily throughout the hotel with a checklist ensuring the temperatures in unoccupied meeting rooms are high during the summer months and low during the cooler months and that all lights are off.
• Hotel uses new media and electronic technology to cut down on paper use.
• Hotel promotes the use of conference web site, called POG.
• Hotel can specifically purchase recycled paper for your meeting.
• Hotel's office paper contains 10% post-consumer content.

Air Quality

• The hotel is within walking distance to major city attractions and easily accessible by public transportation.

Water Conservation

• Hotel offers and implements a towel and linen reuse program.
• Hotel's laundry company uses recycled water for bedroom linens and towels.

Waste Minimization

• YTD- we have put 82.60 tons less trash/paper/boxes in our compactor than in 2008. This is a 5% reduction.
• Hotel has implemented a recycling program to recycle glass, aluminum, plastic, paper, grease and cardboard.
• Sample diversion rate of recycling:
  • 2/18/09- Cardboard= .60, Room Waste= .59, Commingle= .71, Compactor= 5.95
  • Numbers above are in tons.
  • "Commingle" waste is glass, plastic & aluminum.
  • "Room Waste" is mostly paper products (i.e. newspaper)
  • All wet waste is delivered to the Covanta Waste to Energy Facility in Newark, NJ.
  • Jem Sanitation (Hotel's sanitation company) does not dump any waste in landfills.
  • Cardboard, paper and room waste bales are brought back to Jem's material recovery facility in Lyndhurst, NJ for processing.
• Hotel has a policy in place to reduce and reuse where possible and appropriate, and minimize paper usage.
• Hotel also has an Environmental Committee committed to continue moving in this direction.
• Hotel staff is trained to implement environmental practices.
• Hotel replaces unused amenities only when empty or requested by guest.

Environmental Purchases

• Hotel currently taking steps to purchases bathroom supplies with a minimum of 20% recycled products for hand towels and toilet paper.
• Hotel currently taking steps to purchase environmentally responsible cleaning products for carpets, floors, kitchens and bathrooms with a minimum of 50% of products used to be environmentally responsible.

3. Food and Beverage

Water Conservation

• Hotel has taken initiatives in our kitchens to reduce running water (i.e. to thaw food, rinse food, etc)

Waste Minimization

• Kitchens have a policy in place to reduce and reuse where possible and appropriate, and minimize paper usage.
• Kitchen staff is trained to implement environmental policies.
• Kitchen staffs serve juice, iced tea, coffee and water in pitchers and some condiments in bulk.
• Kitchen uses china and linen service.
• Hotel does NOT use polystyrene or Styrofoam on property.

Environmental Purchases

• Kitchen purchases locally grown and organic foods and products wherever possible and affordable.
• All our food and beverage is purchased in bulk and we work with other Hilton Hotels to purchase from a centralized location, reducing transportation emissions.