EHL and the Environment
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Small measure, big effect
Fresh organic fruit for our employees
Milk consumption
Our employees are provided with fresh fruit every day to improve their health and well-being. Our fruit, which is delivered once a week, is only organically grown. In addition, it is delivered in reusable crates or reusable paper bags, which also avoids packaging waste. Here too, our maxim applies: at EHL, we take every opportunity to optimise sustainability.
We started to also offer plant-based milk alternatives (oat und soy milk) for coffee in mid-2022. The produc- tion of oat and soy milk requires only 48, respectively 28 litres of water. In contrast, the production of one litre of cow’s milk requires many times these amounts, namely 628 litres of water.
Moreover, the production of animal milk requires more than 9-times the space than the production of plant- based milk and causes three-times more greenhouse gases.
The gratifying result: Employees who are lactose intolerant or vegan have a healthy alternative – and EHL has reduced the negative ef- fects on the environment in 2023: 220,980 litres of water 3,086 sqm of space 876 kg greenhouse gases (CO2EQ)
Source: Poore, J., & Nemecek, T. (2018). Reducing food’s environmental impacts through producers and consumers. Science, 360(6392), 987-992.
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