Reducing our carbon footprint

As a leading player in catering, Sodexo is doing everything it can to reduce its carbon footprint. Target: to cut carbon emissions by 34% by 2030. This is reflected in a wide range of measures across all our business sectors and trades. Among our strategic decisions, we have opted for greener energy and reduced the use of single-use plastic packaging. 

Our “Zero single-use plastic” strategy is based on three pillars:

• Prevent the use of disposable products. 

• Switch to reusable products. 

• Ensure that any remaining disposable products come from a sustainable range. 

To support this strategy, we have developed a procurement guide. This guide aims to reduce the environmental impact of our packaging while ensuring regulatory compliance and consumer safety and meeting operational requirements.  

In recent years, we have implemented a number of initiatives to support our strategy. 

• Ecoboxes against single-use items: We have adopted this concept for takeaway sales in our restaurants. Developed by the Ministry for the Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development and SuperDrecksKëscht, Ecoboxes combat single-use packaging in the catering industry by means of a deposit system. 

• Recycled and recyclable plastic: In some situations, plastic containers are still indispensable: water bottles sold in vending machines and takeaway sushi trays, for example. For these uses, we favour RPET containers, given their circular potential: the plastic is recycled and becomes its own resource. 

• Recycling paper towels: At one of our main sites, we have implemented the Tork Paper Circle® program. This enables hand towels to be collected and recycled into new paper products and is a key program for reducing our volume of waste, improving our carbon footprint and contributing to the circular economy.