{"id":44,"date":"2011-11-24T18:31:02","date_gmt":"2011-11-24T17:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aboutresponsibletourism.com\/?p=44"},"modified":"2022-08-23T12:49:54","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T11:49:54","slug":"mari-snyder-molds-implements-marriotts-social-responsibility-strategy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2011\/11\/mari-snyder-molds-implements-marriotts-social-responsibility-strategy\/","title":{"rendered":"Mari Snyder Molds, Implements Marriott\u2019s Social Responsibility Strategy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/aboutresponsibletourism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/green-lodging-news1.png\"><\/span>Name: Mari L. Snyder<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Title: Vice President Social Responsibility &amp; Community Engagement<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organization: Marriott International, Inc.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Years with Marriott International: 12 years<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Years with current title: 4 years<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Primary responsibilities: Responsible for developing Marriott\u2019s social responsibility strategy and its global implementation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organization\u2019s most significant environment-related accomplishment so far: \u201cThe scope of our work beyond the hotel\u2019s doors [in the Juma Reserve in the state of Amazonas, Brazil and in Southwest China].\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Organization\u2019s most significant environment-related challenge: \u201cHelping to create an industry standard for measuring carbon\u2014delivering a formula that all of the industry will abide by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">BETHESDA, MD.\u2014In her role as vice president Social Responsibility &amp; Community Engagement for Marriott International, Mari Snyder says \u201cstrategy development\u201d is the favorite part of her job. In her four years in her current role, Snyder has had a lot to strategize about, as Marriott has not been shy about setting aggressive goals when it comes to environmental and social responsibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Marriott, for example, has a goal of reducing its hotels\u2019 water and energy consumption by 25 percent by 2017. Using 2007 as the baseline for improvement, Marriott has already cut energy consumption by 20 percent and water usage by 18.9 percent. The company has also reduced the volume of waste it sends to landfill by 29.2 percent. Marriott has more Energy Star certified hotels than any other chain and has a goal of 300 LEED certified hotels by 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the reasons for Marriott\u2019s environmental successes is its Global Green Council, a group Snyder helped to establish in 2007. The Council currently consists of a dozen officers from around the world. They meet at least three times a year with the goal, Snyder says, of looking at what the company\u2019s environmental opportunities and risks are.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Commitment to Southwest China<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In May 2010, Marriott launched \u201cNobility of Nature,\u201d a $500,000 commitment to help protect the source of fresh water for more than 2 billion people in Asia. Located in the mountains of Southwest China, the program helps rural communities develop sustainable businesses, such as mushroom farming and honey production, which reduce erosion and sedimentation and improve water quality downstream. Snyder says she recently visited that area of China.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe\u2019re making an investment in a local community,\u201d Snyder says. \u201cWe have created honeybee farming in two communities. We are actually selling that honeybee honey in our hotels.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">While acting as a generalist, she says, when it comes to sustainability, Snyder is also responsible for growing the company\u2019s NGO partnerships and stakeholder engagement initiatives around the world. She manages corporate contributions and associate engagement and volunteerism programs and reports social responsibility and sustainability results. In 2010, Marriott\u2019s charitable contributions totaled $34.6 million from donations of cash, in-kind and volunteer time. Marriott last published its complete sustainability report in summer 2010. This past summer an update was published. Snyder says the next complete report will be published in June 2012.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">More Than 70 Business Councils<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Snyder says what she is most proud of in regard to Marriott is the structure by which the company delivers in areas such as social responsibility, company culture, and support for government initiatives. Marriott has more than 70 Business Councils around the world. The Councils consist of hotel leaders\u2014general managers\u2014who meet to discuss how to deliver value to their local communities as part of Marriott\u2019s Spirit To Serve program. Snyder says the Business Councils have been meeting for more than 20 years.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Every now and then Snyder gets to represent Marriott on Capitol Hill. She has also contributed to the efforts of the Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Consortium to help establish criteria for creation of a new Hospitality Sustainable Purchasing Index (HSPI). The Index will include measures of corporate social responsibility, environmental and product sustainability. Product categories covered include furnishings, fixtures and equipment (FF&amp;E), and operating supplies and equipment (OS&amp;E).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advocate for Protection of Children<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Snyder is an advocate for the protection of children as part of Marriott\u2019s commitment to human rights.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThis is an important issue for our industry to address,\u201d she says. \u201cIt takes place beyond the tourism industry. We have done a lot of work in the last five or six years. We help people understand the issue. We are rolling out training for our associates. There is a root cause of any issue like this\u2014lack of education, a vulnerability, exploitation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Prior to working as vice president Social Responsibility &amp; Community Engagement, Snyder worked as director of public relations for some of Marriott\u2019s full-service brands. Before working for Marriott, she worked for M&amp;M\/MARS for nine years progressing from sales to sales management, regional operations to national trade development. She is a graduate of St. Bonaventure University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Go to Marriott International for more information.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Article taken from Green Lodging News. Read original version <span class=\"removed_link\" title=\"http:\/\/www.greenlodgingnews.com\/mari-snyder-molds-implements-marriotts-social-responsibility\">here<\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Mari L. 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