Water
Water is a vital resource for ibersol’s activity, to assure
unit hygiene and cleaning, especially in work areas and
customer attendance, and for equipment, cooking uten-
sils and dishes, as well as for washing ingredients and
continual hand hygiene for all food handlers.
To foster rational use of this resource, we high-
light two measures:
• Extension of the use in kitchen/prep areas of prewa-
sh low-flow sprayers to maintain or improve cleaning
efficiency, reducing the amount of water used.
• Promotion of washing machine use only when full, to
minimize water consumption besides reducing electric
power consumption.
Water Consumption 2012 2011 2010
Overall
consumption * m3 182.000 137.000 123.000
* Consumption points vary annually, due to store openings
and closings, equipment changes or the number of units
where it was possible to count this information
In 2012 some 285 water consumption points were coun-
ted, for a total consumption amount of 182,000 m3. This
figure represents a consumption increase of approxi-
mately 32% compared to the previous year. However,
this difference is largely due to the higher number of
consumption points considered.
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2012
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