“Because McDonald’s serves and deliv­ers food to local com­mu­ni­ties around the world, they have an oppor­tu­ni­ty to use their unique assets — their restau­rants and sup­ply chain — to set an exam­ple of deep cor­po­rate respon­si­bil­i­ty and to inspire oth­er com­pa­nies and com­mu­ni­ties to do like­wise. Its deci­sion to com­mit to a net-zero future mat­ters because it will deliv­er results at scale and build momen­tum ahead of COP26 where we need more com­pa­nies, gov­ern­ments, and oth­er actors to do the same,” said Carter Roberts, Pres­i­dent and CEO of World Wildlife Fund (WWF). ​“By lever­ag­ing the lat­est sci­ence in account­ing for agri­cul­tur­al emis­sions, this com­mit­ment paves a path for oth­er large food com­pa­nies to fol­low. No sin­gle com­pa­ny can solve the cli­mate cri­sis. But com­mit­ments like this that raise ambi­tion and push for­ward crit­i­cal areas of cli­mate sci­ence can cre­ate last­ing results.”

“We are hum­bled to share this hon­or with McDonald’s for their deep com­mit­ment to build­ing sus­tain­ably. Pair­ing envi­ron­men­tal aspi­ra­tion, ener­gy per­for­mance and design excel­lence togeth­er is no small accom­plish­ment. Both the McDonald’s Chica­go Flag­ship and the Glob­al Flag­ship at Walt Dis­ney World Resort, takes these con­tra­dic­to­ry ideas and puts them in har­mo­ny” said Car­ol Ross Bar­ney, FAIA, Design Prin­ci­pal at Ross Bar­ney Architects. 

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