BURGER KING CORP.
5505 Blue Lagoon Drive
Miami, FL 33126
Phone: (305) 378-3000
GREEN PROGRAM CONTACT
Susan Robison
Vice President, Communications
Phone: (305) 378-7277
LOCATIONS
The BURGER KING® system operates
more than 11,900 restaurants in all 50
states and in 73 countries and U.S.
territories worldwide. Approximately 90
percent of BURGER KING® restaurants
are owned and operated by independent
franchisees, many of them family-owned
operations that have been in business
for decades. In 2008, Fortune magazine
ranked Burger King Corp. among
America’s 1,000 largest corporations and
Ad Week named it one of the top three
industry-changing advertisers within the
last three decades. To learn more,
please visit the company’s website at
www.bk.com.
What types of green programs has your company implemented?
• Energy conservation
• Green facilities
• Eco-friendly packaging
• Solar energy
• Waste reduction programs
• Discussing eco-friendly products and facilities at career centers, workshops, etc.
• Emphasizing eco-friendly business practices on company website
• Other: The BURGER KING® system is committed to being a socially responsible
brand in all areas of its business—food, people, the environment and corporate
governance. To learn more about the BK Positive Steps(SM) corporate
responsibility program, please visit our website at www.bk.com/en/us/companyinfo/corporate-responsibility/index.html.
Who is accountable for helping your company meet its green-related goals?
• Corporate Sustainability Team Lead
• Environmental Team (comprised of employees)
• Other: We have taken the important step of assembling a cross-functional global
team to address sustainability and define key levers to become more
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environmentally-friendly in ways that matter to our stakeholders. We also appointed
a senior director, engineering and sustainability for the company.
How have you responded to growing consumer demand for green/eco-friendly
products and services?
We have released our first corporate responsibility report called BK Positive Steps.
The all-digital report is available online and details our key initiatives. The primary
focus of our environmental initiatives is on four key areas where we believe we can
have the biggest impact—energy, waste, water conservation and emissions.
We’ve taken the important step of assembling a cross-functional global team to
address sustainability and define key levers to become more environmentally-friendly
in ways that matter to our stakeholders, make a difference to the environment and
drive positive business results.
Several highlights of our efforts in sustainability include:
• Appointed a senior director, engineering and sustainability for the company.
• Hosting Burger King Green Sessions for employees, members of the supply chain
and key third-party partners to help identify BKC’s biggest opportunities for
improvement and develop a realistic tactical plan for making positive changes
going forward.
• Evaluating and identifying the most effective environmentally-friendly design
elements that can be incorporated into new restaurant construction as well as the
infrastructure of our existing restaurants. Examples include reflective roof material
to reduce heating, ventilation and air conditioning; testing rainwater reclamation
systems; and assessing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
certification for new buildings.
• Designing an environmentally-friendly restaurant that would meet the LEED
certification criteria. Also, the Restaurant Support Center is working toward a LEED
certification for the building.
• Established an energy management team sponsored by the company’s chief
financial officer and executive vice president, global operations and is researching,
identifying and implementing energy reducing initiatives throughout our global
system.
• Introducing the Duke Flexible Batch Broiler which reduces gas and electricity
consumption up to 52 percent and electricity costs by up to 90 percent.
• Utilizing Energy Star appliances for ice machines and under counter refrigeration.
• Developing a FRYPOD container, which is the lightest available and uses a paper
that contains 50 percent recycled content.
• Introducing the BK Kids Meal Bag, which is made from 100 percent recycled
materials.
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• Purchasing more than 32,000 tons of recycled paper packaging annually, which is
more than one third of the total packaging materials purchased for the U.S.
system.
• Using napkins in the U.S. that are made with 100 percent recycled content.
• Recognized in Newsweek’s Green Rankings of Top 500 Green U.S. companies.
• A New Jersey Burger King franchisee tested an electricity-generating device. This
new device captures kinetic energy of vehicles going through the restaurant’s
drive-thru.
• Mandated a towel and tissue program made from recycled paper for all distribution
centers in North America as part of our on-going commitment to increase the
purchase of recycled paper across the system.
How does the company communicate its environmental goals to its employees
and its stakeholders?
• Email memos
• Company intranet
• Other: Global convention, employee business meetings, operational excellence
conferences, board meetings, employee task forces, company website, executive
videos and celebrating events such as Earth Day.
What mechanisms does the company have to allow employees to innovate or
provide feedback about ways in which the company can meet its goals?
• Open-door policy with executives
• Other: We have an email box for our corporate responsibility program:
bkpositivesteps@whopper.com
How does your business model promote sustainable practices?
Please see our BK Positive Steps report available online at bk.com.
Do you have any goals with a short-term timetable in place to ensure measurable
progress?
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Green cleaning products
Recycling paper
Using alternative energy sources
Donating surplus supplies
Other: Please see our BK Positive Steps report available online at bk.com.
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Does your firm have a measurable 1/5/10-year plan regarding the implementation
of sustainable practices?
We are evaluating the goals at this time.
Please list any awards or recognition your environmental program(s) have
received.
Newsweek’s Green Rankings of Top 500 Green U.S. companies.
Please provide your sustainability mission statement if you have one.
Burger King Holdings, Inc. is committed to making a positive impact in the
communities where we live and work by partnering with our franchisees, employees
and suppliers in four key areas—food, people, the environment and corporate
governance.
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