by Lacey Pfalz
Last updated: 9:55 AM ET, Thu August 1, 2024
Leading hotel company IHG Hotels & Resorts has partnered with global NGO Action Against Hunger in a multi-year agreement that will help the organization combat food insecurity and hunger around the globe.
One in three people around the world are uncertain where their next meal is coming from, due to poverty, conflict, climate change and lack of food. Action Against Hunger has worked for decades to prevent, detect and treat hunger around the world, from East Africa to Europe and the Americas.
IHG will support and fund the organization’s nutrition and screening programs and grow awareness for the issue by providing IHG One Rewards members an opportunity to donate their points to the cause. 10,000 One Rewards points is enough to screen 124 children for malnutrition, and 7,500 points is enough to feed a malnourished child for six weeks.
IHG’s True Hospitality for Good program already supports training and tools to prevent food waste, No Kid Hungry in the U.S., OzHarvest in Australia and Too Good To Go in Europe.
“Food sits at the heart of our hotels and hospitality, nourishing people and communities, and yet sadly we know it remains in desperately short supply for millions of people, despite enough being produced to feed everyone on the planet,” said Eli Maalouf, CEO of IHG Hotels & Resorts.
“This is a problem the world can solve if societies, organizations and businesses work together,” Maalouf continued. “IHG Hotels & Resorts is proud to partner with Action Against Hunger on their life saving work, in addition to the many other long-standing partnerships we have with incredible charities in local markets. Collectively we want to help create lasting change in a world where people are nourished, always welcome, and always respected.”
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