RESTAURANT INDUSTRY


Our European Restaurant industry universe covers 12 listed companies with a market capitalisation ranging between €27B to about €500M.

This ESG analysis is a data driven overview of the industry.

The ranking that follows is based on 18 KPIs: each company result is evaluated in comparison with its peers. The resulting score is the sum of positive points added to the best performers by each KPI and negative points subtracted to those companies not disclosing the relevant data.

The highest total Esg Score in the Food Processing Industry is for Do&Co followed by Sodexo and Elior.

The score takes into account the data collected for each indicator as follows:

  • Governance – the data collected are: Board Indipendency (independent board members), Board diversity (female board members), CEO remuneration;
  • Environment – Energy consumptions, Carbon intensity (Scope 1+2); Carbon intensity (Total Scope);
  • Social – Employees data: Turnover rate, Injury rate, Managers diversity and Total diversity.

Furthermore, the score assesses the transparency, valuing the level of disclosure of each esg data.

The breakdown of score is shown in the following table.

Restaurant Esg Score Split

wdt_ID Company Total Esg Ranking Governance Score (out of 1000) Environmental Score (out of 1000) Social Score (out of 1000)
1 DO&CO 1 1.000 1.000 636
2 SODEXO 2 909 455 909
3 ELIOR 3 818 727 909
4 AUTOGRILL 4 727 545 636
5 AMREST 5 545 636 545
6 COMPASS 5 545 909 455
7 GREGG’S 6 455 273 818
8 DOMINO’S 7 364 727 0
9 RESTAURANT 8 273 273 0
10 MITCHELLS 9 91 91 0
Company Total Esg Ranking Governance Score (out of 1000) Environmental Score (out of 1000) Social Score (out of 1000)

Do&Co recorded a very good performance both for transparency and very good carbon footprint.

Sodexo had excellent performance for environmental scores.

Salmar had an excellent performance for governance and social results.

Compass, the biggest player by turnover, is only in the 6th place.

Companies were classified as “leaders”, those who achieved the best ranking in the industry, or “above average”, those whose ranking is better than the usual level.

A laggard is a company that is underperforming relative to its peers’ ESG indicators.

Esg Leaders and Laggards

wdt_ID Leaders Above the average Laggards
1 Do&Co Autogrill Marston’s
2 Sodexo Amrest JD Wetherspoon
3 Elior Compass Mitchells & Butlers
Leaders Above the average Laggards

For further information about this analysis and the data used, please contact us at: team@ekuota.com

Disclaimer: although the information contained in this document is believed to be correct as at the time of publication (September 2021), no assurance can be given to you that this document is complete or accurate in the light of information that may become available after this publication.