January 27, 2010
McDonald’s Seeks 3% Energy Reduction Per Location, Kind Of
One of the “2008-2010″ goals that McDonald’s points to in its 2009 Corporate Responsibility Report is to design its restaurant energy survey and optimization tools “to deliver an average 3% energy reduction per restaurant.”
But according to a company spokesperson, this isn’t actually a goal of a three percent reduction per restaurant. What it is is a statement that if a restaurant were to use all of the optimization tools that are available, it can average a three percent reduction.
The goal, as clarified, points to a difficulty in setting energy….
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