Greggs highlights its progress on its sustainability goals with this post on its website, copied below:
We know that being a good business is more than just selling mouth-watering Sausage Rolls – that’s why we launched the Greggs Pledge in 2021.
For those who don’t know, The Greggs Pledge is our commitment to ourselves, our customers and our communities to make the world a better place by 2025. It sets out ten commitments, built around three key areas: building stronger, healthier communities, making the planet safer and becoming a better business.
As we reach the third year of The Greggs Pledge, we near the halfway point of our five year plan – and we’re proud to say, we’re well on our way to our 2025 sustainability goal.
This is the progress we’ve made since we launched The Greggs Pledge in 2021:
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Operating 789 Greggs Foundation Breakfast Clubs, feeding over 49,000 children every school day
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Reduced manufacturing food waste by 10% (as a % of sales) and increased food redistribution of unsold food in shops by a further 10%
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Opened the 30th Greggs Outlet shop
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Aligning to the goal of the Paris agreement- to limit global warming to 1.5c above pre-industrial levels, we set near-term science-based emissions reduction targets which have been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
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Opened the first Eco-Shop and brought in the sustainability initiatives from the Eco-Shop into more than 250 of all shops
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Continued to achieve 32% of range being ‘Healthier Choice’ products
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Achieved the National Equality Standard
We’ve achieved some brilliant things so far, but we want to do more. By the end of this year we will have…
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Opened 850 Breakfast Clubs feeding 52,000 children every school day
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Reduced the amount of food waste created in manufacturing operations by an additional 10% and increased food redistribution by a further 10%
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Opened 38 Outlet shops- giving surplus food to those most in need
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30% of all new products created going forwards will be healthier choices
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At least 98% of electricity usage will come from renewable sources and 30% of the gas used across operations will be from renewable sources
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400 shops (17% of total estate) will feature Eco-Shop elements
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All own brand packaging will be more easily recycled
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Reporting our ethnicity pay gap and providing enhanced support for colleagues from an ethnic minority background to progress their career
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Complete the mapping of soy in animal feed to determine sustainability status
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Further improve our chicken welfare standards, with 50% at less than or equal to 30kg/m² and the remainder at less than or equal to 38kg/m².
