How to reduce your restaurant’s carbon footprint?

What is the impact on our planet of the products served in restaurants?

While the restaurant industry strives to create unforgettable customer experiences, it inevitably has a negative impact on the environment. From emissions from animal production and water used in the food chain to food nurse database waste generated throughout the supply chain, restaurants have a significant environmental footprint.

We have developed this guide to restaurant sustainability :

• to explain the impact of the restaurant supply chain on the environment
• present examples of restaurants that manage to reduce their environmental footprint
• as well as 8 sustainable practices to implement in your restaurant to reduce your establishment’s carbon footprint

Carbon footprint: what is it? 

A company’s carbon footprint is the amount of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions produc by its activities.

Carbon footprint is typically measured in terms of annual footprint. Which takes into account the impact of all key business activities over a calendar year. But it is increasingly common for companies to report their footprint on a per-product basis.

Regardless of the measurement framework, the unit of carbon footprint is the tonne (i.e., metric tonne) of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) . Carbon dioxide is the most commonly emitt greenhouse gas by human activity, but the taiwan lists CO2e unit allows all other greenhouse gases (such as methane and nitrous oxide) to be account for by expressing them as carbon dioxide.

Carbon footprint and emissions accounting is a fairly common practice in large companies and is usually outsourced to a specialized consulting firm. However, it is possible to obtain a reasonably accurate figure internally using online tools and a spreadsheet. This figure will allow you to identify the most polluting activities in your establishment.