Recipes include everything from Asian Inspired Potato Chaat & Saag Dahl and Japanese Crispy Katsu to Quorn’s innovative Louisiana Style Buttermilk Burger and Napoli Style Lasagne. Each recipe’s carbon is calculated using a globally accredited tool, Kilmato. The remaining carbon is then offset using gold standard projects such as Afforestation Programmes.
We also partner with NGOs such as the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) to work on criteria for dishes that are better for consumers and for the environment and the Humane Society to train chefs in plant-based cooking.
Food
Elevating Employee Dining at CAE USA’s Tampa HQ
Designing carbon neutral food services
Food and agriculture are leading causes of global warming, responsible for about 1/3 of all man-made greenhouse gas emissions.
With 60% of our business linked to food, serving 100 million consumers worldwide each day, we can have a big impact. Every day, our chefs develop and offer plant-based, sustainable, flavorful dishes to lower the carbon footprint of our daily menus. For our food system to heal rather than hurt the planet, we need to make healthy and sustainable foods exciting and enticing to consumers.
The flexitarian trend drives menu change
60% of consumers enjoy a meat-free meal at least once a weekPlant-based foods are increasingly popular around the world, and a majority of Gen Zs now avoid animal-based products.
In fact, 42% of global consumers now declare themselves to be flexitarians.
And with 60% of consumers enjoying a meat-free meal at least once a week, it’s clear that this behavior is here to stay.
Introducing carbon neutral food services
With the help of our chefs and dieticians, we create healthy, balanced meals adapted to guests’ lifestyles and the diversity of their tastes around the world. Our latest collaboration is no exception.
Together with Quorn, we have launched the first carbon neutral solution in contract catering in the UK.
We’ve joined forces to begin the global roll out of Carbono Cero, the world’s first carbon neutral solution for food services. The solution could save at least 7,296 tons of carbon each year.
This month Carbono Cero will roll out at a number of Sodexo’s corporate client sites in the UK, with a plan to expand this globally to 1,500 sites by April 2023.
Aspirational meat reducers make up 55% of the meat free market and as environmental awareness skyrocketed in the pandemic and consumers of all ages recognized the impact of their meal choices, eating less meat is now a behavior not a trend. We’re working hard with our partners, like Sodexo, to create delicious dishes that meet the needs of consumers.
