Just Eat for Business announces carbon labelling trial on its platform to help raise awareness of the carbon impact of office food

• The trial builds on Just Eat’s previous work on carbon labelling, with a new focus on corporate customer behaviour 

• 91 percent of people in the workplace believe that a business’ sustainable values contribute to improving employee wellbeing

• The trial will see Just Eat for Business work with ‘My Emissions’ to calculate the carbon emissions of main dishes

Tuesday 12, September 2023 - Flexible workplace food solutions company, Just Eat for Business, has today announced its carbon labelling trial. The trial will calculate the carbon emissions of main menu dishes to raise the awareness of the carbon impact of food and help drive sustainable food choices for corporate customers and restaurant partners.

Just Eat for Business has worked with and funded the trial for 12 independent restaurant partners, including Urban Greens, Atcha, Choppaluna and Hala Wala. The three month trial will build on Just Eat’s previous carbon labelling trial and will be in partnership with My Emissions, a leading provider of food carbon calculations and labelling. My Emissions calculations will be used to display a carbon label, informing customers and businesses on food related carbon emissions that will support them in making more climate conscious food choices.

Participating restaurants will display a carbon label rated from A (Very Low carbon impact) to E (Very High carbon impact) by incorporating a traffic light colour system on their Just Eat for Business page. The ratings take into account the farming, production, transport and packaging of the dishes. For example, based on the products assessed during the carbon labelling trials, a typical beef burger (E-rated) produces four times more emissions than a typical chicken burger (C-rated). The insights can help customers to make more informed choices about what they order and restaurants to make informed decisions about the ingredients they use. 

Just Eat for Business’ recent carbon impact survey shows the importance of strong sustainable values within businesses, with 91% of respondents* saying that their business’ values play an important part in their employee wellbeing. Nearly half of respondents also said that they consider the environmental impact of the food they’re ordering into the office. From this data, it is evident that workers care about their business’ sustainability values and the environmental impact of the food they are consuming. 

Just Eat for Business is dedicated to finding sustainable solutions for their customers and partners and the trial looks to expand on the company’s initiatives to reduce carbon emissions, already seen in its deployment of electric bikes and the introduction of walking delivery.

Learn more about Just Eat’s carbon labelling initiative at: https://www.just-eat.co.uk/explore/sustainability/introducing-carbon-labelling/ 

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Notes to editors 

*Just Eat for Business conducted research of 127 London-based employees in August 2023. 

For more information on Just Eat for Business and its services, visit business.just-eat.co.uk

About Just Eat for Business 

Just Eat for Business is the UK’s leading office food delivery marketplace and part of Just Eat Takeaway.com, the largest food delivery company globally.

As corporate specialists, Just Eat for Business makes it easy for companies to order great food for any occasion, at home or in the office, feeding 30,000 people at over 600 companies every week. From meetings and events, to subsidised breakfasts and lunches, they have the solutions to meet new hybrid requirements in our post-COVID world.

Just Eat for Business are STS accredited and all our partners have an FSA hygiene rating of 4 or higher. Having recently received Silver rating in our Ecovadis sustainability assessment, they are hugely passionate about providing for a sustainable future.

Restaurant partners included: Gallio, Nusa Kitchen, Urban Greens, Mustard Sandwich Bar, Hala Wala, Salad Kitchen, PapaDum, Olive & Squash, Atcha, Choppaluna, Zabardast and K10.