Climate Change Data

Denny's Corporation

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2023)

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:191,796 GJ
Water Consumption:241,850 m³
Waste Generated:5,028 tons
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Planet
  • Food
  • People & Communities

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced gas and electricity usage from owned operations and company restaurants by 3%, from 197k GJ in 2022 to 192k GJ in 2023.
  • Reduced water consumption from owned operations and company restaurants by 12%, from 274,582 m³ to 241,850 m³ in 2023.
  • Removed Red, Yellow, and Blue FD&C colors and transitioned to a cleaner caramel color in Denny's food products.

Social Achievements

  • Increased the comprehensiveness of tracking diversity among suppliers.
  • Grew diversity within the workforce, particularly at senior levels.
  • Maintained diversity among franchise restaurants (63% minority-owned).
  • Provided General Education Development (GED) opportunities and a college credit program to all restaurant employees through the GAIN program.
  • Partnered with four colleges to offer college credits for employees in the ‘Breakthrough Careers Pathway’ program.
  • Raised over $942k for No Kid Hungry.
  • Raised over $592,000 for St Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
  • Donated $228,331 to United Way.

Governance Achievements

  • Redeveloped ESG strategy, validating material topics.
  • Enhanced existing governance structures to ensure timely action.
  • Implemented a Human Rights policy, including human trafficking and slavery, as a supplier requirement.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Complete transition to cage-free eggs by 2026.
Short-term Goals:
  • Test a fully plant-based slam breakfast option.
  • Work with suppliers so that 80% of eggs are cage-free by 2025.
  • Improve Supplier Diversity overall spending to achieve 12% by 2025.

Environmental Challenges

  • Increased waste production from company-owned restaurants (3% increase overall).
  • Declining demand for disaster recovery meals resulting in fewer meals served than targeted by the Mobile Relief Diner.
  • Decrease in Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index (CEI) score from 90 to 85.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Exploring opportunities to innovate across the menu and operations to reduce food and packaging waste.
  • Focusing on serving food to a wider range of vulnerable and disadvantaged communities.
  • Addressing the decrease in CEI score in future years.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Vegan version of ‘Hearty wheat’ pancake and tofu scramble

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed