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This Report contains the activity and main results of NH Hotel Group in the 2015 financial year. This tenth
edition of the Annual Report describes the Group’s economic, environmental and social performance, in
line with the areas that are relevant to the Company and its commitments towards its stakeholders.
The Report presents information on the performance of NH Hotel Group in 2015, broken down by Business
Units and the countries in which the Company operates. The financial data covers the entire Group.
The Report also includes specific data on new acquisitions in Colombia and Chile, where recognized
measurement systems are presently available.
Criteria
The contents of this tenth Report are compliant with the Materiality Analysis made in 2015, which is
included in this document.
The following Corporate Responsibility standards have been used in preparing this Report:
• The G4 Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), with the Materiality Disclosures Service for
the Core option. For NH Hotel Group this means that the contents of the Report focus on the material
aspects, i.e. those that are critical to its activity and main stakeholders, on the basis of the new Materiality
Analysis made by the Company in 2015.
• The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact and the Progress Report presented by NH Hotel Group,
with the commitment of using these principles as a reference framework for a respectful and responsible
behaviour.
• The UN Sustainable Development Goals. NH Hotel Group is committed to supporting the goals related
to Tourism (8, 12, 14), which emphasize the industry’s capacity to create jobs and promote local culture
and products, as well as the protection and responsible consumption of natural resources, and those
areas in which the Company has greater impact (sustainable cities and communities, gender equality
and reduced inequalities). Based on this commitment, the Company is conducting an internal review in
order to implement the SDGs in its daily activities.
This Report and the previous ones are published in digital format and are available at
CONTENTS
GRI G4-17; G4-18
