QSR July 2023

ENVIRONMENT

Renew able Revo lution Restaurants are making change by incorporating energy efficiency into operations. / BY AMANDA BALTAZAR

A GROWING NUMBER OF RESTAURANTS ARE JOINING THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE, including the formulation of environmentally friendly prototypes. In April, Chipotle announced a new all-electric restaurant design, with intentions to maximize energy efficiency and use 100 percent renewable energy from wind and solar power. The brand has opened two locations with the new design and a third will open in late summer. Next year the Newport Beach, California-based chain plans to open 100 all-electric locations, and “depending on the success of these in 2024, we expect the number of all-electric locations to continue to grow as a part of our wider carbon reduction strategy,” says Lisa Shibata, Chipotle’s director of sustainability. The new design will further Chipotle’s progress toward reducing green house gas emissions in half by 2030 compared to 2019.

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