Results - 2007
 



ECONOMIC
PROSPERITY

PROJECTS

2007

2007 YTD Results

Governance 

IHG Control Self Assessment

96%

95.3

Sarbanes Oxley Act compliance

100%

 100%

Economics

Consumption reduction

Electricity ('000 kWh)


Gas ('000 cubic feet)

 

Water consumption (gallons)

 

6 830

 

 

 
210

 


33800

 

8’087 (87.7 kWh per occupied room) We are higher due to the increase of business by 5% and heating degree day increase of 10% + the opening of a new restaurant). The Willard uses 100% electricity to heat the building.

 

243 (2.63 cubic feet per occupied room) We successfully remained near current levels by strategic power conservation used with the opening of a new restaurant in 2007.

 
295,719 gallons  (3.21 gallons per occupied room) We are over due to new restaurant and increase in occupancy.

 


SOCIAL
RESPONSIBILITY

PROJECTS

2007

2007 YTD  Results

Project CARE

Community service actions

(Number of community hours-number of staff)

1000 - 60

- 197 hours  community
- 274 hours park clean up
- 2066 hours outside of hotel
- 110 volunteers for Pershing Park

 

Project COMMUNICATE

Communication to clients

2 eNewsletters
to 10000 clients

Two SD articles in newsletters to clients.

Two e-News letters to vendors.

Project EDUCATE

Conservation tips booklet

Booklet distributed to all rooms and employees

80% complete

Pastry cooking lessons to children

15 children Dinner organized at Hard Bargin farm in Accokeek, Maryland for 15 children

HAWDC Reads! program 

10 participants

 Two staff completed in 2007

Corcoran painting program

10 children

- 5 sponsored children for Eloise in the Park
- 10 children in non sponsored Hillary Knight art classes
-“Painting the Willard” class – 10 children

Project Health

Willard Road Runners
(miles run/walked)

Employee Extreme Make Over
(N
umber of participating employees-weight lost-quit smoking)

 

450

 

20-100lbs-5

4,251 miles

 

23-168lbs-2


ENVIRONMENT 

PROJECTS

2007

2007 YTD  Results

Project GREEN

Switch to wind energy

- 10% on Jan 01

- 100% on June 01

Done

Done

Waste consumption (tons)Recycled materials (tons)Composting

790
110
0

864 Tons
123  tons
17 tons 

Sustainable Food & Beverage (F&B) offerings

- Five Sustainable menus in Catering

- SD offering In all F&B Outlets

- Green Meeting launch

complete

 
Goes into effect 2008


First quarter
2008

Improve environment friendly hotel room concept in a city hotel

 

- 1 sample room by May 31

- 1 floor by Dec 31

 Change of strategy: Renovation of rooms 2009/2010

 

 

Reduction of paper consumption (recycled letter-size copy paper consumption)

300 cases

 327 cases including 220 cases of recycled paper

Support National Park Foundation planting of Cherry trees in DC

 

Done

Increase green products purchasing (gallons)

1200

Housekeeping: 57 Gallons of Green Chemicals

Laundry: 1,407.5 Gallons of Green chemicals

Adopt Pershing Park

Cleaning minimum once/month

100%

15 days

Project BLUE 

Create a water conservation fund and develop local, national, international initiatives 

Partner with a sustainable local mineral water company to increase water conservation fund

Support of Anacostia river cleaning


Restore water

Done

Done