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SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2013
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 highlight the following:
• Extension of the use in kitchen/prep areas of prewash
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 2013 2012 2011
Overall
consumption* m
3
172,900 182,000 137,000
* 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.
• The timely identification and repair of the water leaking
points and the installation of directional showers in
the dish washing units to prevent wasting of water.
In 2013, the total consumption amount was of 172,900
m
3
. This figure represents a consumption decrease of
approximately 5% compared to the previous year.
