04/22/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/22/2026 05:58
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., April 22, 2026 - Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE: CMG) today announced its Real Foodprint1 results as part of its 2025 Sustainability Report Update, illustrating how responsible ingredient sourcing can help drive environmental impact. In 2025, Chipotle estimates that its sourcing practices could have helped avoid more than 10,060 metric tons of carbon emissions and save more than 616 million gallons of water across digital orders.
Real Foodprint is Chipotle's first-of-its-kind sustainability impact tracker that estimates how practices like those used for its real, responsibly sourced ingredients compare to conventional industry averages. Available on digital orders via the Chipotle app and website, the tool calculates the environmental impact of each ingredient based on data about similar sourcing practices, and translates it into tangible estimates, showing how Chipotle's sourcing standards could help to reduce carbon emissions, save water, support organic land, improve soil health, and avoid use of antibiotics compared to conventional ingredients.
Turning Ingredients into Impact
In 2025, Chipotle estimates that guests helped deliver:
Advancing Sustainability Across the Business
The Real Foodprint results are part of Chipotle's broader 2025 Sustainability Report Update, which details continued progress across its three pillars: People, Food & Animals and the Environment.
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The company also announced new goals to further its sustainability commitments:
"Our 2025 Sustainability Report Update reflects the meaningful progress we're making across our Food with Integrity standards, our people and our environmental goals," said Laurie Schalow, Chief Corporate Affairs and Food Safety Officer at Chipotle. "From responsibly sourced ingredients to investments in our team and communities, we remain focused on creating a more sustainable and resilient food system while continuing to Cultivate a Better World."
The full 2025 Sustainability Report Update is available at chipotle.com/sustainability.
About Chipotle
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (NYSE: CMG) is cultivating a better world by serving responsibly sourced, classically cooked, real food with wholesome ingredients and without artificial colors, flavors or preservatives. There are over 4,000 restaurants as of December 31, 2025, in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany and the Middle East, and it is the only restaurant company of its size that owns and operates all its restaurants in North America and Europe. With over 130,000 employees passionate about providing a great guest experience, Chipotle is a longtime leader and innovator in the food industry. Chipotle is committed to making its food more accessible to everyone while continuing to be a brand with a demonstrated purpose as it leads the way in digital, technology and sustainable business practices. For more information or to place an order online, visit Chipotle.com.
1 Metrics for Real Foodprint are provided by HowGood, an independent research company with the world's largest sustainability database for food products and ingredients. HowGood aggregates information from Chipotle's suppliers and over 600 unique data sources, including peer-reviewed scientific literature, industry findings and research from government and non-government organizations. The positive change in impact across the five key metrics is the difference between average data for each ingredient based on Chipotle's sourcing standards and conventional, industry-average standards. HowGood also aggregated data on the percentage of each ingredient used in each Chipotle menu item to help tailor each guest's Real Foodprint tracker.
2 Food sourced from within 350 miles of a distribution center is defined as local.
3 Scope 2 market-based emissions consist of on-site solar generation and purchases of third-party certified renewable energy certificates.
4 Diversion includes recyclable materials and organic waste.