WASTE We’re a zero-to-land昀椀ll business with a 99% waste diversion rate. We’re improving and innovating our waste management practices at a global and local level, together with our restaurants and waste management partners. This past year, we pushed ourselves to 昀椀nd We believe that engaging our team in new ways to reduce our impact. In 2023, waste reduction is vital, regardless of we launched new takeaway packaging whether waste contracts are managed across ASK Italian and Zizzi, now meeting by Azzurri or our landlords. We want all our goal of providing 100% widely our team members to be advocates for recyclable takeaway packaging across our waste reduction, so we have launched brands. This packaging can be recycled with new e-training for all our team members more than 75% of councils in the UK, making and conducted waste audits at our waste it easier for more people to recycle. We are management sites and with restaurants. closing the gap with our out-of-restaurant Our efforts have been recognised, and packaging, such as the Coco Di Mama we’re proud of our Green Apple award Our takeaway packaging fresh sandwiches available in Sainsbury and for recycling and our National Recycling for ASK Italian and Zizzi is Zizzi’s retail lines, moving us closer to our Award for creating a circular waste loop 100% goal by 2025. with our pizza production. now 100% widely recyclable Working towards our 100% recyclable Reducing our food waste further is our priority packaging goal has also given us the for 2024. Coco Di Mama has entered a opportunity to explore other sustainable partnership with Olio to redistribute surplus packaging options. We have created new food within communities, avoiding waste, purchasing guidelines for our buyers and and we are closely monitoring our operations suppliers. We have worked with our existing in our ASK Italian kitchens to optimise our suppliers to improve our current packaging. ingredients’ use and understand how we For instance, we transitioned our pasta bowls could reduce our food waste further. Our new widely from a recyclable plastic product to paper- These initiatives build on our existing recyclable pasta based packaging, eliminating 48 tonnes of initiatives, including turning our cooking plastic a year from our supply chain. We also oil into biodiesel with our partner, Olleco bowls helped redesigned our pizza takeaway boxes to and maintaining high recycling rates in us eliminate 48 reduce cardboard, saving over 145,000m2 - the equivalent of 16 football pitches. our restaurants. tonnes of plastic SUSTAINABLE DINING REPORT 2023 24