How UAE restaurants are engaging in sustainable practices

How UAE restaurants are engaging in sustainable practices

UAE, DUBAI: The restaurant industry has significant environmental impact, and we are seeing many restaurants increasingly engaging in sustainability practices. Many UAE-based restaurants are currently performing or implementing a variety of sustainable initiatives in their outlets, while those in the stages of opening a restaurant in the country now consider sustainability a major part of how they design their restaurant layout and source materials to build their outlet.

While many sustainability practices should be ongoing and can be adopted by running operations there are many steps you can put in place before opening a new establishment. Creating a more sustainable operation should start with the layout of the kitchen. It is important that the layout is not only strategic for movement among chefs working but also allowing the equipment to have breathing space. For example, keeping an ice machine next to an oven will waste more energy and it will also cause the breakdown of equipment much faster, forcing restaurant owners to invest in new equipment more regularly.

Those opening restaurants should work closely with their kitchen suppliers to ensure they are using high-efficiency equipment, LED light bulbs, induction cookers where possible and installing smart thermostats – all of which will save