McDonald’s in Taiwan said today that in response to the global carbon reduction campaign initiated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), more than 330 McDonald’s restaurants in Taiwan will be closed at the same time from 8:30 to 9:30 tomorrow evening, without affecting the safety lighting. Signboard lights. McDonald’s Taiwan issued a press release. The annual “Earth Hour” event has been responded to in series by more than 192 countries or regions, including the Eiffel Tower in Paris, the Colosseum in Rome, and the Empire State Building in New York. The landmarks will turn off non-essential lights for one hour on the last Saturday in March every year, starting at 8:30 pm locally.
Tao Huajun, President of McDonald’s Taiwan, said that McDonald’s has been deeply involved in Taiwan for 38 years, and has become a local landmark. He looks forward to turning off the lights for one hour. Through the brand’s visibility and influence, more people will be aware of and pay attention to climate change and Global warming issue.
McDonald’s Taiwan continues to improve energy efficiency and reduce electricity consumption and carbon emissions. For example, it has successively changed the restaurant kitchen and dining area, driveway lights, and signboards to LED lights, replaced high-efficiency air conditioners, refrigerators, and kitchen equipment. Space design maximizes energy efficiency; at the same time, through internal activities, environmental protection is continuously integrated into the daily work and life of 22,000 employees, becoming a corporate culture.
According to statistics from McDonald’s Taiwan, from 2012 to 2021, McDonald’s Taiwan has saved more than 90 million kWh of electricity and reduced carbon emissions by more than 50,000 metric tons; if the annual carbon adsorption capacity of a Daan Forest Park is 389 tons, within 10 years, it has It saves about 130 Daan Forest Park’s carbon adsorption for a whole year.
McDonald’s Taiwan has long been concerned about environmental protection and environmental sustainability issues. It continues to implement environmental protection commitments in all aspects of its operations, and actively promotes an environmental protection culture, hoping to reduce the burden on the environment. Since 2017, it has been leading the industry. The raw pulp for all the restaurant’s packaging comes from 100% Certified sustainable forests, starting from 2019 and fully using Rainforest Alliance (RFA) certified coffee beans to protect ecological balance.
McDonald’s Taiwan has also continued to optimize product packaging without compromising food safety and convenience to reduce plastic and waste. In addition, in order to make recycling more efficient, the design of the restaurant’s recycling table was optimized in 2018 and 2020, respectively, so as to increase the recycling ratio of resources. Increase to more than 60%. From 2021, in order to reduce the use of disposable beverage cups, in cooperation with the new brand Haobox, it is proposed to use the concept of “shared bicycle rental and return station” to pilot the “recycling cup self-service rental and return station”.
(Editor-in-Chief: Zhuang Yanyu)