NORTH AMERICA/THE NETHERLANDS. HMSHost’s company-wide food donation programme has been recognised with an Airports Going Green Award.
More than 1.6 million pounds of food was diverted from landfills throughout the USA and Canada last year as part of the programme.
HMSHost was formally recognised at the ninth annual Airports Going Green Conference in Amsterdam presented by the American Association of Airport Executives, the City of Chicago Department of Aviation, and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. The award signifies HMSHost’s “leadership in the pursuit of sustainability within the aviation industry”.
“Food donation has become one of the most significant green practices which HMSHost is proud to have incorporated into our daily operations and I applaud our associates who have made this Airports Going Green Award possible,” said HMSHost Chief Operating Officer Jeff Yablun.
“This is a tremendous honour and we are thankful for the recognition of the positive impact that HMSHost’s food donation programme has made not only to the industry’s sustainability efforts, but also in helping feed those in need.”
The HMSHost food donation programme was born from a grassroots effort in Tampa International Airport when a group of HMSHost associates decided there were better alternatives to addressing the issue of fresh, high-quality, surplus food that is all but unavoidable in the restaurant industry.
The programme has since expanded to additional North American airports, as well as in HMSHost’s motorway operations, and includes both pre-packaged and freshly prepared foods.
As part of the programme, donated food that would otherwise end up at local landfills is distributed among the communities in which HMSHost operates.
HMSHost said its food donation programme supported the three pillars of the company’s ‘startsomewhere’ sustainability initiative, which focuses on the environment, nutrition and wellness, and community partnerships.
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