The Jollibee Group has beefed up environmental protection and preservation efforts across its supply chain to build a more sustainable business.
The measures are consistent with Jollibee’s global sustainability agenda dubbed Joy for Tomorrow that aims to treat the planet more responsibly and help build a sustainable future for people and communities.
The planet pillar of the Jollibee Group’s agenda is focused on improving packaging sustainability improving packaging sustainability across its operations, reducing food loss and waste in both its manufacturing process and store operations, reducing energy and water consumption in the manufacturing process, and executing energy-saving initiatives to reduce energy consumption across its stores.
“For 45 years, we at the Jollibee Group have dedicated ourselves to excellence and innovation. We are taking this commitment a step further by making more deliberate efforts to become a more sustainable business,” said Jollibee Group chief sustainability officer and public affairs officer Pepot Miñana. “Our environmental sustainability efforts are part of our commitment to future generations to preserve and improve natural resources from which they can benefit.”
In 2022, the Jollibee Group manufacturing sites in the Philippines achieved 38 percent reduction in food loss and waste versus a 2020 baseline, with over 50 percent of its organic waste now going to bioremediation process. The company’s efforts helped reduce food loss and waste by 5,566 metric tons, driven by initiatives such as container upsizing, shift to reusable palette wrapping, and recovery and recycling measures through third-party collectors, among many others.
In terms of energy efficiency, the company delivered 21.5 percent reduction in energy use ratio versus a 2020 baseline, where a total of 5,589 metric tons of greenhouse gases has been avoided for release. This gain was due to measures such as equipment optimization, preventive maintenance, and installation of new equipment to reduce electricity and fuel consumption.
The Jollibee Group has also started to use solar panels in selected stores in the Philippines. At the store level, each solar panel installed reduces about 3-7 percent of consumption from the grid.
“We continue to explore and evaluate new technologies that reduce consumption and optimize the energy efficiency programs to be implemented across our business units,” Miñana said.
Nurturing a behavior of shared responsibility for the environment is also a part of the company’s commitment to environmental sustainability. Just recently, nearly 4,000 Jollibee Group stores and facilities across the Philippines, North America, China, and Europe, Middle East, and Asia (EMEAA) participated in the Earth Hour.
Jollibee, Chowking, Greenwich, Mang Inasal, Red Ribbon, Burger King Panda Express and Yoshinoya branches in the Philippines simultaneously turned off their non-essential lights, signages, and billboards from 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on March 25, 2023 in support of the global environmental movement.
The company’s commissaries and offices across the globe, including international brands Smashburger; Yonghe King, Hong Zhuang Yuan, and Tim Ho Wan restaurants in China; and international branches of Jollibee, Chowking, and Red Ribbon also turned their lights off during Earth Hour in their respective time zones.