Nice Place To Work® and PEOPLE journal have acknowledged Marriott Worldwide as one of many 2024 PEOPLE® Corporations that Care. This marks Marriott Worldwide’s (Marriott) fifth consecutive 12 months on the record and highest placement thus far at quantity 4. Marriott’s inclusion on the record is a recognition of the corporate’s give attention to its sustainability and social impression platform, Serve 360: Doing Good in Each Route.
“It’s an honor to be constantly included within the PEOPLE Corporations that Care record. This recognition is a testomony to the power of our enduring tradition and one in all our core values to Serve Our World,” mentioned Anthony Capuano, President and Chief Government Officer, Marriott Worldwide. “We’re happy with our international groups working collectively to assist make Marriott a power for good within the communities the place we do enterprise.”
In recognizing Marriott Worldwide, PEOPLE journal highlighted the corporate’s international refugee hiring commitments. In 2022, Marriott pledged to rent 1,500 refugees by 2025 within the U.S. and made an extra dedication in 2023 to rent greater than 1,500 refugees all through its European area by 2026. Since Marriott’s bulletins, greater than 1,000 refugees within the U.S. and 600 refugees in Europe have been employed. This contains cousins Ehsanullah Safi and Shah Faisal Safi, whose story was featured in PEOPLE for instance that underscores Marriott’s steadfast dedication to empower by alternative.
Along with the corporate’s refugee hiring commitments and progress, Marriott has remained centered on mobilizing within the wake of disasters. When the devastating wildfires struck the island of Maui in August 2023, the corporate labored to accommodate and feed group members, together with many associates and their households. Within the weeks that adopted, Marriott, in collaboration with The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Basis, the Marriott Catastrophe Reduction Fund, the TakeCare Reduction Fund (TCRF), resorts and Marriott Bonvoy donated roughly $5.5 million to assist reduction efforts and supply important gadgets for greater than 2,500 impacted associates and the better group. Past monetary reduction, Marriott prioritized serving to native households and restoring normalcy for the youngsters within the space. With the fires occurring simply earlier than the beginning of courses, Marriott offered each day lunches for college kids, college members, and employees throughout colleges in West Maui throughout the educational 12 months and teamed up with different corporations to provide necessities like backpacks, garments, and water bottles. Marriott has additionally supported humanitarian reduction efforts throughout different pure disasters and crises, together with the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
