Our Approach
Restaurant Brands International (RBI) and our brands are
embracing that responsibility, and aim to reduce our greenhouse
gas emissions from our business by our fair share.
To that end, we’re currently developing our first GHG emissions
reduction target as well as a roadmap to reducing our impacts.
To achieve this, for the first time at RBI, we measured our
Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions, performed our first Lifecycle
Assessment of food, beverage and packaging categories globally,
and using this combined data, calculated our total company GHG
footprint.
Scope 1 and 2 represents RBI-owned operations: Scope 1 is direct
emissions from fuels and refrigerants by RBI facilities and
vehicles; Scope 2 is indirect emissions from electricity and
steam used by RBI facilities and vehicles. We measured this via
internal RBI data, and learned this makes up <1% of our total
footprint, driven by distribution centers and restaurants.
Scope 3 represents all indirect emissions from franchises
and the RBI value chain. We measured this via the
above-mentioned Lifecycle Assessment as well as franchisee
data, and learned that this makes up >99% of our total
footprint, driven by franchise energy making up 15% of Scope
3 emissions, and purchased goods & services making up 82% of
Scope 3 emissions. Accordingly, there is a clear opportunity
to address emissions in the purchased goods & services
category; specifically, our key proteins (beef, chicken
dairy) comprise 67% of this scope.
Now that we’ve established our baseline, we are refining our
GHG reduction strategy by reviewing our relevant emissions
categories to understand and prioritize the measures that
will help us achieve emissions reductions by 2030.
Prioritization will be based on reduction potential and
cost, and our abatement strategy will include both new
initiatives as well as expansion of existing initiatives.
As a next step, we will be identifying and committing to a
clear reduction target to reduce emissions.
RBI will also report on energy use and emissions annually
through CDP’s Climate Survey.
For our latest comprehensive disclosure on climate action, see
RBI’s CDP Climate Change (2021) Report, also found on CDP’s website
linked here.