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Strategy and Themes

Value Creation Through Responsible Investment

As the premier lodging REIT and a sustainability leader, we are committed to creating long-term value through investing responsibly in our business, environment, people and community. Our Corporate Responsibility program is centered around the concept of responsible investment—an overarching strategy that guides our focus and actions across our three main themes of Environmental Stewardship, Social Responsibility and Governance.

We believe that a disciplined and proactive approach to addressing critical ESG topics enables us to create long-term value for our stockholders and helps us to optimize our portfolio and human capital investments while maintaining our position as a sustainability leader in the lodging REIT sector. Our management approach is driven by people, culture, policies, targets and performance monitoring to maximize the value from our investments of time, talent and financial resources. This approach directly supports Host’s business strategy and goals.

2017-2021 Return on Sustainability Investments

525

Sustainability Projects

$15M

Expected Utility Annual Savings

15-20%

Average Cash-On-Cash Returns

Environmental Stewardship

Environmental Stewardship

We are investing in solutions that conserve and restore natural capital to assist Host in mitigating climate change and biodiversity impacts, with the goal of achieving best-in-class returns.

Highlights

  • 10 LEED®-certified properties, including three LEED Gold EBOM hotels as well as Host's corporate headquarters.
  • ISO 14001-certified Environmental Management System (EMS) for entire consolidated portfolio.
  • Third green bond issuance, raising an aggregate total of $1.85 billion to support acquisitions and investments in sustainability ROI projects and LEED-certified hotels.
  • 18 LEED projects in the pipeline across 15 properties, supporting green bond strategy.
  • 90+ EV chargers installed at over 30 hotels.
  • Emissions reduction target verified by Science Based Targets initiative at the 1.5-degree Celsius level of ambition.
  • Internal price of carbon set at $100 per ton to reflect social costs of carbon and inform low carbon investments.
  • 100% of properties equipped with energy and water efficient technologies (including LED lighting and low flow fixtures).
  • Context-based water reduction target focusing on top-10 properties with high water risk.