EcoBizCheck's Food & Beverage Certification Program helps:
- Reduce cost and improve your bottom line
- Attract new business and revenue
- Gain a competitive marketing advantage
- Satisfy eco-conscious consumers
- Do your part for the environment and reduce your carbon footprint
The Food & Beverage industry produces a tremendous amount of waste so it is important for businesses in this industry to invest in environmentally sustainable practices in order to reduce waste and ultimately save money. Any restaurant can adopt sustainability into their operations. The EcoBizCheck Program offers a simple yet effective approach.
About the EcoBizCheck Program
The Food & Beverage Assessment comprehensively covers the reduction of energy and water usage, waste and other carbon intensive activities.
The program is a world-leading, low cost solution for restaurants, bistros and pubs that want to take action. It provides you with independent certification endorsed by Bureau Veritas, the world's largest certification body.
All you need to do is complete a simple yet comprehensive online assessment and then implement the actions contained in the report until you achieve Bronze, Silver or Gold Certification.
Upon reaching a certification level Bureau Veritas provides a desktop audit to verify the process. There are 250+ actions designed expressly for food and beverage organizations. The program also offers a 100% money-back guarantee that you will at the very least save the cost of certification if the recommended actions are implemented.
The assessment covers energy, water, waste and recycling, transportation and travel, supply chain sustainability, carbon footprint measurement and offsetting.
EcoBizCheck's Top 10 Food & Beverage Actions
- Change all lights to sustainable LEDs or fluorescents
- Buy from sustainable local producers / manufacturers where practical
- Make sure all electrical appliances are switched off at the power point when not in use for extended periods
- Use buckets instead of hoses for cleaning kitchens and grease traps
- Make sure the heating and cooling are not set too hot or too cold
- Walk, ride a bike or take public transport to work
- Buy biodegradable / recyclable packaging and return as much packaging as you can to suppliers
- Recycle everything you can
- Minimize cool room entry and exits
- Install a water filter instead of purchasing bottled water
Levels of EcoBizCheck Certification
Bronze
Silver
Gold
Food and Beverage companies that take action now, rather than wait for inevitable increased Government regulation or market pressure will find themselves with a topical market differentiation factor that also saves both money and resources.
