Our third annual Impression Report has lastly dropped. Be a part of us as we glance again in any respect the progress we made in 2023, and ahead to the subsequent steps in our sustainability journey.
Local weather motion
The world meals system accounts for 30% of world greenhouse fuel emissions, and 80% of deforestation, and is the main reason for biodiversity loss. Decreasing emissions and our influence on the pure world means making modifications in any respect phases of meals manufacturing.
As a participant in such a high-impact business, we have now a duty and a chance to create optimistic change and cut back our footprint. We need to encourage a greater, extra sustainable system that values the meals we eat and recognises its influence on the atmosphere.
Combating meals waste
Globally, we waste a 3rd of all meals produced for human consumption annually. Meals waste isn’t only a social situation — it’s an environmental one too. We need to make it as straightforward as attainable for folks to eat extra sustainably and fewer wastefully. That’s why we’re chopping down meals waste for ourselves and our clients. We’ve already seen an unbelievable quantity of progress throughout meals waste during the last 2 years and it’s all right down to the onerous work from groups throughout the enterprise.
In 2022, we joined WRAP’s Courtauld Dedication 2030. The voluntary settlement permits collaborative motion throughout the UK’s food and drinks provide chains to create change within the business and rework the meals system. As a member, we’ve formally reported to WRAP and set a 50% discount goal for operational meals waste by 2030. We’re already almost there — in 2023 alone, we decreased our operational meals waste by 42%.
Our packaging
As a member of WRAP’s UK Plastics Pact, we need to create a round financial system for plastic by 2025. We’re a part of a motion to sort out the issue of plastic waste by stimulating innovation and new enterprise fashions and constructing a greater recycling system.
Packaging is a vital a part of the shopper expertise at Gousto. We’ve been working onerous to make all our main packaging 100% recyclable by 2025, and final yr we achieved 74% recyclability (vs 72% in 2022). We had hoped for a rise greater than 2%, however the profitable launch of packing containers for 1, 3 and 5 folks final yr meant that new packaging codecs knocked our recyclability progress within the quick time period.
We nonetheless made progress elsewhere. After making all our beef packaging recyclable, we’ll transfer extra of our proteins to completely recyclable codecs this yr. The problem to achieve 100% recyclability by 2025 is appreciable, however we’ve acquired groups working onerous on the issue to ensure we get there.
Learn the total 2023 Impression Report right here.
What’s Gousto?
Dinner, however not as you realize it. Our large pink recipe packing containers will assist you whip up healthful, spectacular meals irrespective of your ability degree, with all the flavour, and not one of the fuss.
From on a regular basis favourites and ten-minute meals, to world cuisines and wholesome decisions, you’ll have over 75 recipes to select from every week from our menu. We’ll ship you step-by-step recipes and all of the recent substances you want too. Simply decide what you fancy for dinner, and depart the planning to us.
