IBERSOL | Annual Report 2020

Environmental Performance Packaging and Packaging Waste Over the past years, and especially in 2020, we have witnessed in- creasing pressure to reduce consumption of single-use plastic. For this reason, a taskforce was created to try and identify processes to minimise the use of single-use containers, solutions for environmen- tally sustainable containers and to boost principles of circularity in our performance. Besides this, and to ensure the correct disposal and treatment of this waste, we also improved markings on service containers, which now include information about correct disposal, to guarantee their ade- quate treatment. As with previous years, the contract with the Integrated Residue and Containers Management System, coordinated by the Sociedade Ponto Verde, was maintained. This system is dedicated to guaranteeing the circuit of reuse, valuing and recycling, as well as reducing the volume of waste that is sent to landfills. Equally relevant was the fact that all the Group’s units took on an ac- tive role in the selection and separation of waste (paper/cardboard, plastic/metal, and glass), which was carried out daily in all restaurants and offices. It was in this context, and within the scope of our partnership with the Sociedade Ponto Verde, that we communicated in our internal news- letter the #naotesepararesdoessencial campaign, which insists on the idea that recycling must become a daily habit. 138