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Chipotle: What’s really inside your burrito ?. Chipotle Mexican Grill has been built on the foundation of superior ingredients, lasting sustainability, and environmental stewardship. Customers can eat at Chipotle without the burden of leaving a carbon footprint. The Background.
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Chipotle:What’s really inside your burrito? Chipotle Mexican Grill has been built on the foundation of superior ingredients, lasting sustainability, and environmental stewardship. Customers can eat at Chipotle without the burden of leaving a carbon footprint. The Background LEED Certification The Ingredients • Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design • Provides building owners and operators a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design • Certification provides verification that a building was designed and built to achieve high performance in key areas of human and environmental health • Ex: sustainable site development, energy efficiency, material selection and usage, and indoor environmental quality • Founded By Steve Ells • First Chipotle opened 1993 in Denver, Colorado • First Chipotle to open outside of Colorado in 1999 • Started serving naturally raised pork in 2000 • Began serving naturally raised chickens in 2002 • Currently over 1,200 locations in the U.S., Canada, and Europe • Beef • 85% naturally raised and antibiotic free • Vegetarian fed • Chicken • 100% hormone free • Large portion antibiotic free • Pork • 100% naturally raised • Antibiotic free • Vegetarian fed • 40% organic beans • 30% of dairy products come from pasture raised cows • Buy from local farms Environmental Sustainability • Solar panels in select locations • Napkins, plates, and cups made from 100% postconsumer waste • Environmentally friendly cutlery • Energy Star equipment • Plant based cleaning products Chipotle Cultivation Foundation • Nonprofit organization established by Chipotle • Raise awareness concerning food and environmental issues • Chipotle has donated over $2 million to fund initiatives concerning: • Sustainable agriculture • Family farming • Quality food • Obesity • Confined animal feeding operations First Platinum LEED Restaurant • Chipotle won certification in Illinois • Wind turbine • 2,500-gallon underground water cistern to harvest rainwater • Rated by the U.S. Green Building Council • Requirements based on waste, water and energy usage, recycling, pollution, and more An Environmental Research Project By: Nicole Avedikian, Kristen DeCandia, and Connor Meiselman