Key Highlights
- Jollibee Group received two Gold awards and one Silver at the 2026 Inquirer ESG Edge Impact Awards.
- The recognized Manufacturing and Logistics initiatives address waste management, water efficiency, and energy efficiency across the Group’s operations.
- The awards build on the Jollibee Group’s sustainability efforts under its Joy for Tomorrow agenda and its two Gold wins at the inaugural awards in 2025.
Jollibee Group has earned three major recognitions at the 2026 Inquirer ESG Edge Impact Awards, highlighting how sustainability initiatives behind the scenes are helping the company reduce its environmental footprint while improving operational efficiency.
The Group received Gold in Waste Management and Responsible Consumption, Production and Manufacturing for Zero Waste in Action: Transforming Manufacturing Through Circular Solutions; Gold in Energy Efficiency for Project Scale Up; and Silver in Water Management and Efficiency for Project Hugas.
The awards recognize sustainability solutions led by Jollibee Group’s Manufacturing and Logistics teams, demonstrating how practical changes in resource management, energy consumption, and waste reduction can deliver measurable environmental and business benefits.
“These results reinforce something we’ve long believed: that sustainability and operational excellence are not competing priorities, but the same discipline applied consistently,” said Pepot Miñana, Jollibee Group Global Chief Integration, Sustainability, and Corporate Affairs Officer. “Through our Joy for Tomorrow agenda, we continue to invest in solutions that reduce our environmental footprint while strengthening the business itself. This recognition belongs to our Manufacturing and Logistics teams, who turned that principle into practice.”
Rethinking How Resources Are Used
The three award-winning initiatives focus on some of the most resource-intensive aspects of food manufacturing and distribution, from water and electricity consumption to waste generation.
Project Hugas: Making Every Drop Count
Project Hugas redesigned water-intensive processes across Manufacturing and Logistics by replacing traditional crate washing with optimized pan-washing systems and introducing demand-based water pressure controls.
The improvements were implemented without compromising food safety or product quality. Since establishing its 2020 baseline, the initiative has helped the Group reduce water consumption by 301,000 cubic meters—roughly equivalent to 120 Olympic-size swimming pools—even as overall production increased by 30%.
Project Scale Up: Scaling Energy Efficiency
Project Scale Up brings proven energy-saving solutions to 10 commissaries and one logistics warehouse, focusing on equipment upgrades, utility optimization, and the adoption of energy-efficient technologies.
In 2025 alone, the project reduced electricity consumption by 1,470,146 kilowatt-hours, equivalent to the annual electricity use of approximately 612 households. This reduction was achieved despite the same 30% increase in production.
Zero Waste in Action: Building a More Circular Operation
Meanwhile, Zero Waste in Action addresses waste generated throughout food manufacturing and distribution, including plastic packaging and food waste.
The initiative focuses on reducing waste at its source while moving operations toward a more circular model. From its baseline, the program has reduced total waste by 8 million kilograms—equivalent to keeping approximately 800 garbage trucks’ worth of waste out of landfills.
This represents a 40% reduction in total waste, even as the Group’s production volume increased by 30%.
“We are proud that projects initiated and led by our commissary operations teams have enhanced operating efficiencies and reduced our environmental impact, without compromising food safety and quality,” said Michael Ong, President of Jollibee Group Manufacturing and Logistics. “Although Manufacturing and Logistics functions are largely behind the scenes, their influence extends throughout the organization. This recognition validates our strategic direction and strengthens our commitment to continuously identify and scale effective solutions.”
Advancing Joy for Tomorrow
The three initiatives contribute to Joy for Tomorrow, Jollibee Group’s global sustainability agenda focused on Food, People, and Planet.
The latest recognitions build on the Group’s strong showing at the inaugural 2025 Inquirer ESG Edge Impact Awards, where it received two Gold awards for its Renewable Energy initiative and the Jollibee Group Foundation’s Farmer Entrepreneurship Program.
Earlier this month, Jollibee Group also ranked first among Philippine companies in the Brand Finance Sustainability Perceptions Index for the second consecutive year, further recognizing the company’s sustainability efforts and the growing impact of its environmental and social initiatives.
Together, these recognitions underscore Jollibee Group’s continued commitment to embedding sustainability into everyday operations—turning improvements in the areas that consumers may not always see into measurable gains for the business, the environment, and the communities it serves.
