SUSTAINABLE DESIGN EXCELLENCE: Achieving SKA Gold in Azzurri Restaurants BACKGROUND THE INITIATIVE Through our Recipe For A Better Future, our sustainability To achieve the SKA Gold Rating, we work closely together with our restaurants in a transformative journey, revaluating and re昀椀ning strategy, we have envisioned a future where our restaurants every aspect of our operational procedures to align with the rigorous standards of the certi昀椀cation. The following section outlines the can continue to grow whilst doing better for our people key enhancements we implemented at Zizzi’s The Light Restaurant in Leeds. and planet. As part of that strategy, we aim to build better, more sustainable restaurants that are 昀椀t for the future. Against that background, last year we implemented a new Reuse and upcycling of existing Water ef昀椀cient equipment including Low impact insulation, restaurant design policy so that all our new openings and furniture such as chairs and kitchen low 昀氀ush WCs and low 昀氀ow taps paints and 昀椀nishes on equipment decrease our waste reduce our consumption of water walls reduce pollution refurbishments are in line with the SKA Gold Rating - a and improve the air rigorous, third-party veri昀椀ed assessment aiming to minimize quality of our restaurant impacts and promote environmental best-practices within 昀椀t-outs, from energy ef昀椀ciency, to waste reduction and the use of environmentally friendly materials. Adopting this policy allows us to reduce the environmental impact of our expansion across the UK&I, and invest in ef昀椀cient restaurants that celebrate our inspiring local communities. We are dedicated to upholding our commitment to sustainable excellence. To this end, we audit a restaurant per brand per year with a view to be awarded a SKA Gold standard certi昀椀cation for implementing best practices across our premises. Our journey began with the ASK Italian restaurant in Horsham, which proudly achieved the certi昀椀cation in 2022 as a result of key enhancements. Continuing this momentum into 2023, we have successfully collaborated with Coco di Mama in Reading and Zizzi in Leeds, both of which have also achieved the certi昀椀cation. Certi昀椀ed environmentally-friendly materials such as FSC MDF & timber Energy ef昀椀cient lighting system and lower our impact and promote controls cut down our energy use sustainable sourcing practices and related emissions SUSTAINABLE DINING REPORT 2023 30