Hilton Worldwide Holdings Inc

###### PUBLIC AFFAIRS

To advance our goals, we work closely with industry associations, shape public policies and lobby for legislation.

**WAYS WE HELPED SHAPE PUBLIC POLICIES IN 2022:**

Led advocacy efforts to stimulate leisure and **business travel, including supporting tax incentives** and funding for destination marketing

Supported policies to address our workforce needs through immigration and visa reform and expanded skills training programs

Advanced legislation that helps our hotels become more sustainable, including tax incentives for energy efficiency upgrades, EV charging stations and plastic elimination

Advocate for public policies that advance our Travel with Purpose goals [...] Actively shape legislation and regulation to advance our corporate objectives, including making progress toward our ESG goals [...] Create and partner with cross-industry networks to advance Travel with Purpose objectives [...] Build long-term relationships with organizations that help advance our enterprise objectives, including our ESG goals and advocacy efforts [...] Operate through best-in-class measurement (LightStay), governance and oversight [...] Continue board oversight with robust quarterly reporting at the committee level and annual reporting on ESG strategy to the full board [...] Ensure accountability for LightStay compliance, enterprise risk management, annual trainings, and regular reporting efforts [...] Quarterly reports on progress delivered to Executive Committee, board and key leaders across the business.

As stated in our 2021 ESG Report, Hilton conducted a strategic review of our Travel with Purpose 2030 Goals in 2021 to ensure our goals are in line with climate science and best-in-class programs. As a result of this process, we created our ESG Strategic Framework. One of the three components of the Governance pillar is the commitment to advocate for public policies that advance our Travel with Purpose Goals, which are themselves aligned with the Paris Agreement. This strategic framework focuses and drives our ESG activities across the organization, and progress toward these commitments are reported quarterly to our Executive Committee, our Board, the Board's NESG committee, and annually in our public reporting. This process ensures high-visibility and accountability to ensure our engagement activities are consistent with our overall strategy. Further, the ESG Team and the Government Affairs Team sit within the same function, reporting into an SVP who oversees both ESG and Government Affairs. The SVP also reports into the Board of Directors and the Board's NESG Committee on both public affairs and ESG issues on a quarterly basis.

Our General Counsel & Chief ESG Officer is also responsible for driving awareness of ESG programs and commitments among key stakeholders (guests, Team Members, owners, and investors) and working with policymakers and industry groups to advance our position on sustainability. [...] The Board's Nominating and ESG (NESG) Committee is tasked with overseeing and evaluating Hilton's ESG programs. The Nominating & ESG Committee assists the Board by overseeing and evaluating programs and risks associated with Board organization, membership and structure, corporate governance, government affairs and ESG programs, including environmental and community impact. [...] Our Board receives quarterly updates from the Nominating and ESG Committee and periodic updates from our CEO and our General Counsel & Chief ESG Officer on our ESG strategy and initiatives. Our Board of Directors receives quarterly reports on progress toward our 2030 Goals, reviews and assesses our ESG strategy and makes recommendations to the Board and management as appropriate. As described in the NESG Committee's Charter, the Directors who sit on the Nominating and ESG Committee are tasked with the following: "to help the company fulfil its responsibility to communities at large, periodically review and assess the Company's ESG strategy, practices and policies, and, if appropriate, make recommendations to the Board concerning the same." Our climate strategy, including the company's science-based targets, are key components of our ESG program as overseen by the Board's Nominating and ESG Committee."
"Hilton conducted a strategic review of our Travel with Purpose 2030 Goals in 2021 to ensure our goals are in line with climate science and best-in-class programs. As a result of this process, we created our ESG Strategic Framework. One of the three components of the Governance pillar is the commitment to advocate for public policies that advance our Travel with Purpose Goals, which are themselves aligned with the Paris Agreement. This strategic framework focuses and drives our ESG activities across the organization, and progress toward these commitments are reported quarterly to our Executive Committee, our Board, the Board's NESG committee, and annually in our public reporting. This process ensures high-visibility and accountability to ensure our engagement activities are consistent with our overall strategy.

Within the Board of Directors, our Nominating & ESG Committee oversees our ESG strategy and receives quarterly updates on progress towards our 2030 Goals. Similarly, the Board receives annual updates on our strategy. Our CEO and Executive Committee review progress toward those goals during quarterly business reviews, and share with other business leaders and internal stakeholders as appropriate. [...] Our global Government Affairs team engages with legislators, regulators and key government decision makers on ESG-related issues. [...] Hilton and our association partners monitor global legislative and regulatory issues related to ESG. In 2021, we participated in advocacy efforts to advance legislation related to ESG topics such as anti–human trafficking, immigration and visa reform, plastics elimination, skills training and apprenticeship programs and DE&I. [...] Hilton was named a Trendsetter in the 2021 CPA-Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Disclosure and Accountability, a recognition reserved for companies that score 90 points or higher on the index. Released annually by the Center for Political Accountability (CPA) and the Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research at The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, the index measures political disclosure and accountability policies and practices for election-related spending by S&P 500 companies, including political spending policies and board oversight.

Hilton is actively engaged in several industry associations that share common goals. We work closely with these groups to exercise industry leadership, shape public policies that advance our agenda, and lobby for legislation and regulation that supports our Travel with Purpose Goals, such as anti–human trafficking, immigration and visa reform, plastics elimination, skills training and DE&I. [...] To ensure accountability throughout our business, we hold ourselves and our partners to the highest ethical standards. We are committed to pursuing the most responsible business practices, acting with integrity, and managing risk, with appropriate Board oversight. [...] Our Board oversees our company and conducts its business through meetings and its three standing committees: the Audit Committee; the Compensation Committee; and the Nominating & ESG Committee.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]As stated in our 2021 ESG Report, Hilton conducted a strategic review of our Travel with Purpose 2030 Goals in 2021 to ensure our goals are in line with climate science and best-in-class programs. As a result of this process, we created our ESG Strategic Framework. One of the three components of the Governance pillar is the commitment to advocate for public policies that advance our Travel with Purpose Goals, which are themselves aligned with the Paris Agreement. This strategic framework focuses and drives our ESG activities across the organization, and progress toward these commitments are reported quarterly to our Executive Committee, our Board, the Board's NESG committee, and annually in our public reporting. This process ensures high-visibility and accountability to ensure our engagement activities are consistent with our overall strategy. Further, the ESG Team and the Government Affairs Team sit within the same function, reporting into an SVP who oversees both ESG and Government Affairs. The SVP also reports into the Board of Directors and the Board's NESG Committee on both public affairs and ESG issues on a quarterly basis.

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes