Environmental impacts
Whitbread's most significant environmental impacts are listed below:
1. Carbon emissions associated with:
- Energy use in our buildings;
- Fuel to power our company car fleet;
- Refrigerant leakage from air conditioning systems in our buildings;
- Production of waste; and
- Water consumption.
Mains gas 23.17%
LPG 1.23%
Fuel oil 0.27%
Electricity 66.09%
Refrigerants 0.71%
Car fleet 1.56%
Waste 5.67%
Water 1.00%
Other car travel 0.30%
2. Production of waste associated with the preparation of food and drink in our outlets
The following charts show the main waste streams produced by our businesses:
Details of how much waste we produce and how this has changed year on year, can be found in the 'Waste, recycling and packaging' section of this report.
General waste 15%
Glass 27%
Plastic 12%
Food waste 25%
Cardboard 21%
Costa waste stream
General waste 36%
Cardboard 47%
Plastic 3%
Coffee grounds 14%
3. Water consumption associated with:
- Preparation of the food and drink served in our restaurants and coffee shops;
- Hotel bedrooms; and
- Washroom facilities.
4. Indirect impacts
The business has an indirect impact on the environment through its third party Supply chain. Steps have been taken to address this impact, by:
Establishing a training programme for our procurement teams in responsible purchasing practices.
Asking our suppliers to register with SEDEX, 'Supplier Ethical Data Exchange'. This enables companies to manage the ethical and responsible practices of their suppliers. It focuses on four pillars: Labour Standards, Health & Safety, Environment and Business Integrity.
Whitbread has 127 food suppliers and to date 17 of these have joined SEDEX and linked with Whitbread.
