Our environment
We are committed to sustainability
Target: Domino’s will reduce the emissions of the European Supply Chain Centre fleet by 20% by 2025
Target: By 2030, Domino’s intends for the electricity supply to all stores to be carbon neutral.
Domino’s is on journey to improved sustainability: we have taken important steps that are beneficial for our environment, our communities and our stores.
Equally, we recognise more needs to be done. For example, Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Ltd recognises the science, and urgency, of addressing climate change, and we will be part of the solution.
For example, we will assess the carbon footprint of our entire business, to allow us to set science-based reduction targets – which we will report on.
We have implemented initiatives to reduce packaging in our supply chain, to rethink how we transport food to reduce freight mileage and carbon emissions (including through the introduction of electric vehicles such as ebikes. We will continue to share our progress as we develop and expand these practices.
Sustainability in our food and the ingredients we use begins with farmers and their practices. It is important for us to understand their processes and help support them to find ways to be more sustainable for the long-term. We also work with our direct suppliers to support and encourage sustainable and ethical sourcing practices throughout our whole supply chain.
Initiatives to implement this approach include Domino’s Business Partner Code of Conduct, Supply Agreements, ingredient initiatives (for example, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil), and continuous supplier reviews.
In Europe, our Chocolate Lava Cakes consist of UTZ sustainably sourced Cacao as of April 2021.
Our stores are energy efficient with limited food waste
To ensure we are environmentally responsible and also to save costs, we continually work to reduce food wastage in our stores – which, per meal, is typically lower than the average household.
We also only work with world-class suppliers whose environmental and financial interests are also invested in no, or minimal, food waste.
We are always looking for opportunities to reduce our energy consumption and choose equipment and appliances based on energy efficiency. This also includes our local stores looking for energy efficiencies with a number of initiatives.
Our packaging is recycled and recyclable
Domino’s strives to reduce as much packaging as possible.
We report on our packaging levels through the Australian Packaging Covenant Association (APCO). Our 2020 APCO Annual Report and Action Plan received very positive feedback on the advances we have made in improving packaging sustainability, particularly in plastic reduction and improvements in materials efficiency.
Wherever local laws allow, our pizza boxes are made of 100% recycled cardboard and we encourage our customers to recycle these boxes in line with local laws. Where local laws do not allow 100% recycled cardboard, we use the maximum allowable amount of recycled materials. For example, in France, 70% of the paper used in pizza boxes is made from recycled paper.
Our business has initiatives to reduce packaging. Our ‘Less is More’ project in Europe is designed to reduce packaging in commissaries and with suppliers. This includes projects such as replacing cardboard boxes with reusable plastic crates, and reviewing the amount of packaging used with each product to identify opportunities to reduce this.
This initiatives are having a positive result. For example, in France we have reduced the equivalent paper consumption in packaging by more than 26 tonnes/year, equivalent to 3180 trees.
We have also implemented in-store recycling bins for customers to use in stores in multiple countries.
Domino’s is working to phase out single-use plastics. In many markets in which we operate, this is consistent with local laws. In Japan, single use plastics were phased out from 1 July 2020 and in Europe this is occurring from 3 July 2021.
In Australia we do not offer plastic bags and in Europe only paper straws are available. In Australia and New Zealand we use Eco thickshake straws, which are oxo-biodegradable. This change was introduced from 1 July 2019 and ensures the straws break down in 18 months, compared to more than 30 years for regular plastic straws.
We do not use any substances in our packaging such as softeners, semicarbazide, epoxidised soybean oil or migrated mineral oils.
Prohibited in cardboard packaging :
Perfluorinated compounds
Cadmium
No Glass packaging is allowed in our stores
Prohibited in plastic packaging:
Polyvinyl chloride
Melamine
Styrene monomer
Acetaldehyde
Bisphenol A
Nano particles
Our suppliers have world-leading environmental practices
Domino’s is proud to work with suppliers who strive for excellence in their environmental practices. Our suppliers are committed to a range of strategies and methods of environmental protection. Some of the initiatives of our key suppliers Kagome (tomatoes), Visy (packaging) and Asahi (beverages) are outlined below.
Domino’s key tomato supplier Kagome is committed to excellence in soil and biodiversity management in agricultural production. It is currently certified in Freshcare Food Safety and Environmental and Unilever SAC 2017. They also have an environmental policy outlining their commitments in this area.
Kagome Farms promotes sustainable soil and biodiversity management through its Biodiversity Action Plan (BAP) to enhance and maintain sensitive ecosystems within farms sites. It also undertakes a range of measures, including:
Nutrient management programs to protect soil condition
Annual soil analysis to design nutrient management programs for optimum soil health
Crop rotation and cover crops to prevent nutrient depletion and erosion
Stubble from cover rotation crops (corn and cereals) worked back into the ground
Membership of the Australian Processing Tomato Research Council (APTRC) which provides updated knowledge and latest advancements in tomato growing for research and training.
Kagome is committed to the reduction of agricultural water use and pollution and is certified under the Freshcare Environmental Policy and the Freshcare Environmental Water Management Program and Unilever SAC2017. Elements of these also drive sustainable farming practices to reduce climate impacts of agricultural practices. All Kagome farms are irrigated using subsurface drip systems and daily irrigation schedules and moisture checks are monitored and recorded daily.
Visy, Domino’s packaging supplier, is a global leader in packaging and resource recovery, and has been a pioneer in sustainability since its inception. has world class practices around sustainable forest management, sustainable fibre sourcing and responsibly sources kraft paper. Their policies can be viewed here. In addition, Visy’s Tumut mill is among the lowest users of water of any similar mill in Australia, with near-zero levels of effluent leaving the site.
In addition, Asahi Lifestyle Beverages also has strong commitments for climate action both in its own company and along its supply chain. Asahi is working towards a 25 per cent carbon emission reduction across the entire value chain (including agricultural components) by 2025. The company has developed a strong reporting framework and 2019 inventory of value chain greenhouse gas emissions including agricultural value chain emissions such as those associated with purchased raw materials and ingredients. This reporting is an annual obligation.