- link Copy Url - [ Share on twitter ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Photos Show the Power of Soap – Vote for Hilton Worldwide and the Global Soap Project for Best Partnership Award https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/31031?absolute=1&via=3blnews "link to 3 B L Media's Twitter") - [ Share on linkedin ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/31031?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Linkedin") - [ Share on facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/31031?absolute=1 "link to 3 B L Media's Facebook") - [ email Share via email ](mailto:?subject=Photos Show the Power of Soap – Vote for Hilton Worldwide and the Global Soap Project for Best Partnership Award&body=ESG News from Hilton Worldwide https://www.3blmedia.com/markdownify/node/31031?absolute=1 "Share via email") [Responsible Production & Consumption](/CSR-News/responsible-production-consumption-0) # Photos Show the Power of Soap – Vote for Hilton Worldwide and the Global Soap Project for Best Partnership Award Oct 11, 2012 10:00 AM ET Campaign: [Vote for Soap! Hilton Worldwide and Global Soap Project are Finalists for Best Partnership Award](/news/campaign/vote-soap-hilton-worldwide-and-global-soap-project-are-finalists-best-partnership) ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/GSP1_0.jpg "As part of Hilton Worldwide’s Travel with Purpose commitment to live sustainably and reduce our waste output by 20 percent by 2014, we partner with the Global Soap Project, to collect partially-used bars of soap from our hotels, reprocess them into new bars and give them to populations at risk of sanitation and hygiene-related disease. Credit: Global Soap Project") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/dksoapinbox_HR.jpg "Derreck Kayongo, Global Soap Project founder, inspects a box of repurposed soap. In its first year of the partnership, Hilton Worldwide expects to repurpose and distribute more than one million new 4-ounce bars of soap to people in need. Credit: Global Soap Project") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_2x/s3/images/GSP5.jpg "To-date, Hilton Worldwide and the Global Soap Project have recycled more than 17,000 pounds of soap which have been reprocessed into over 68,000 bars. In addition to donating soap from across the company’s global portfolio of hotels, Hilton Worldwide is investing $1.3 million over the next three years and providing its operational expertise and understanding of global supply chains to help expand the Global Soap Project’s processing and distribution capabilities. Credit: Global Soap Project") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/GSP1_0.jpg?h=8d604eeb "As part of Hilton Worldwide’s Travel with Purpose commitment to live sustainably and reduce our waste output by 20 percent by 2014, we partner with the Global Soap Project, to collect partially-used bars of soap from our hotels, reprocess them into new bars and give them to populations at risk of sanitation and hygiene-related disease. Credit: Global Soap Project") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/dksoapinbox_HR.jpg?h=4521fff0 "Derreck Kayongo, Global Soap Project founder, inspects a box of repurposed soap. In its first year of the partnership, Hilton Worldwide expects to repurpose and distribute more than one million new 4-ounce bars of soap to people in need. Credit: Global Soap Project") ![](https://3blaws.s3.amazonaws.com/styles/carousel_thumbnail_x2/s3/images/GSP5.jpg?h=8d604eeb "To-date, Hilton Worldwide and the Global Soap Project have recycled more than 17,000 pounds of soap which have been reprocessed into over 68,000 bars. In addition to donating soap from across the company’s global portfolio of hotels, Hilton Worldwide is investing $1.3 million over the next three years and providing its operational expertise and understanding of global supply chains to help expand the Global Soap Project’s processing and distribution capabilities. Credit: Global Soap Project") [Hilton Worldwide](http://www.hiltonworldwide.com/) and nonprofit partner, the [Global Soap Project](http://www.globalsoap.org/), are finalists for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center’s [Best Partnership Award,](http://3blmedia.com/Corporate%20Citizenship%20Awards) in honor of their collaboration to reduce waste and address disease prevention by repurposing and redistributing hotel soap. As part of the partnership, Hilton Worldwide is providing channels for its more than 3,900 global properties to donate partially-used soap, while also investing $1.3 million over the next three years and providing its operational expertise and understanding of global supply chains to help expand the Global Soap Project’s processing and distribution capabilities. The Partnership Award winner is selected through an [online public voting](http://bclc.uschamber.com/program/citizens-awards) campaign until 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on October 28th on the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Business Civic Leadership Center website. 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