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RESTAURANTS
One of our first steps is identifying where we
currently stand with our restaurants. We have
begun holding BURGER KING Green Sessions
for employees, members of our supply chain
and key third-party partners who understand
BKC operations best and who are passionate
about making a difference. These sessions help
us to identify our biggest opportunities for
improvement and develop a realistic tactical plan
for making positive changes going forward.
BKCs Return on Capital (ROC) building design has a smaller footprint than our traditional
facilities, which allow for reduced materials and energy and lower heating and cooling costs.
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WASTE
Packaging
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Water Conservation
BKC has established global guidelines for water
quality and safety that are fully compatible with
standards developed by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency and the World Health
Organization. Water conservation and efficiency is
vital, and in many BURGER KING restaurants
we have installed flow-restricting faucets.
Emissions
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Rainforest Policy
Globally, BKC has committed to purchase beef from suppliers that source only beef that has been
raised in environmentally responsible ways. As a result, none of our beef comes from recently
deforested tropical rainforests.
BKC has strict policies to ensure that our rainforest guidelines are followed. All beef raw material
suppliers to the BKC system are individually audited for approval. All of those suppliers are expected
to follow our Rainforest Guarantee, which prevents them from selling any beef to BKC from cattle
that grazed on land recently designated as a rainforest. The beef suppliers that supply finished beef
products to the BKC system may only purchase beef raw materials from those plants that BKC has
approved. The beef from our suppliers is required to have country of origin identification and come
from sources previously approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and BKC.
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