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IHG Announces Launch of IHG Foundation

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LONDON—InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) announced the launch of the IHG Foundation, alongside details of its first beneficiaries. The IHG Foundation will run as an independent charity, and focus its activities on four key areas—helping communities to develop skills in hospitality, providing support for those impacted by disasters, facilitating local community investment and protecting the environment.

IHG has an established history of responsible business practices. The IHG Foundation will build on the hugely positive impact the company has driven through its award-winning corporate responsibility initiatives over a number of years. These include the pioneering IHG Academy program, a global collaboration between IHG hotels, local education providers and community organizations, which offers education and skills training in hospitality to local people. IHG Academy celebrated its 10th year in 2015 and now has more than 1,200 programs operating in 68 countries.

IHG’s successful group-wide sustainability program, IHG Green Engage, continues to help hotels track, measure and report their carbon footprint, energy and water consumption. It became a global brand standard in 2015. IHG’s disaster relief program, IHG Shelter in a Storm, has responded to 66 disasters in 26 countries since its launch in 2011, contributing both monetary donations and in-kind support to impacted communities around the world.

IHG Academy and IHG Green Engage will continue to be delivered in IHG’s hotels. Disaster relief activity previously activated through IHG Shelter in a Storm will be incorporated into the IHG Foundation, to provide assistance to communities impacted by disasters on a broader scale.

Go to the IHG Foundation.

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