June 5 AKA World Environment Day reminds us to stay engaged in our efforts to protect Earth, through eco-friendly initiatives and our operations. A more sustainable world needs our efforts – today! 🌱
Honorable mentions, regarding #WestlifeGoesGreeninitiatives we’ve been successful at:
1,09,000* kg of plastic recycled in FY2023
✓ Our customer-facing packaging is made of biodegradable corn starch and FSC®-certified paper. We replaced single-use plastic with wood, PLA (fermented plant starch), and paper alternatives.
✓ We use EZ delivery reusable bottles to deliver cold beverages.
✓ The coffee beans we use are Rainforest Alliance Certified, thereby supporting sustainable coffee and cocoa farming practices.
✓ RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) Mass Balance certified palm oil is sourced for our operations.
✓ We’ve explored futuristic agricultural technologies like hydroponics, wherein plants are grown using a water-based nutrient solution to moderate finite land use. Crop rotation is promoted for soil freshness.
✓ We’ve pioneered the use of converted bio-diesel in our transportation. Pooled used oil from restaurant locations is converted into bio-diesel for use in our trucks!
1,05,00,000* units of electricity saved in FY2023
✓ We have running Energy Management Systems in our restaurants.
✓ Temperature cloud controllers that help create the desired control temperature while maintaining air-conditioning, using auto on/off functions. Similar auto on/off controllers power high energy-consuming kitchen equipment in our restaurants.
✓ Evaporative air-cooling kitchen systems and economizers help us ventilate fresh, filtered, clean, and cooled air into our spaces.
✓ Solar roof top panels are installed in some McDonald’s restaurants.
✓ Motion sensors control lighting consumption wastage in our stores’ back areas.
✓ Reduced carbon footprint.
✓ We follow the best international practices for biosecurity.
2,13,00,000* liters of water saved in FY2023
✓ Installing waterless urinals + low-flow aerator sprays in our restaurants helped reduce our water consumption.
✓ Reverse osmosis (RO) reject water is repurposed for use in our restaurants’ rest-rooms.
✓ We use a high-recovery Reverse osmosis (RO) water purification system.
✓ The farmers we work with are encouraged to implement drip irrigation to help plant productivity.
Replace, Recycle, Reuse, Reduce
Sustainability, led by environment-friendly initiatives, must encourage us all to consider our impact on the planet! Say, the next time you order from us through the McDelivery® website and McDelivery® App, you can choose the option to not send cutlery. 🍴 If you’re visiting our stores with the McDonald’s App on hand, choose an e-bill instead of a physical copy. No Go Green initiative is too little! 💚
*Source – Westlife Foodworld Annual Report FY2023
