Green Approach

With its progressive eco-friendly initiatives, St-Hubert does everything it can to protect the planet.

After all, we only have one!

First restaurant chain to receive ICI on recycle+ certification from RECYC-QUÉBEC, Performance level, for the 110 rotisseries in Quebec.

Finalist – Corporate Citizen 2014, “Residual Material” Prize, Novae
Finalist – “Sustainable Development” 2014, Mercuriades
Winner – “Environmental Achievement” 2014, Phénix de l’environnement

North America’s First Ever Carbon Neutral Vodka

Born from a wish to create a circular economy product, the Comont Distillery is launching the new Zero Carbon Vodka, made from recycled leftover pie dough from the St‑Hubert Group, among other things. This carbon neutrality goal is to successfully offset each greenhouse gas emission through an eco-responsible approach. In total, Comont brings new life to more than 4 tons of raw material for each vodka batch produced. Comont’s Zero Carbon Vodka can be found at Comont Distillery in Bedford and soon at SAQ stores.

An eco-friendly delivery service

The company’s carbon neutral delivery service is part of a comprehensive sustainable development plan. From 2023 to 2026, St-Hubert will invest more than $200,000 to purchase carbon credits and make its delivery service carbon neutral. Aside from that investment, St-Hubert and its franchisees keep increasing the number of electric and hybrid vehicles. To date, more than 20% of St-Hubert’s 400 delivery cars are either electric or hybrid.

The Electric Circuit and Our Charging Stations

Since June 2011, Les Rôtisseries St-Hubert has been a founding partner of Hydro-Québec’s Electric Circuit, a revolutionary project designed to reduce automotive CO² emissions by introducing public charging stations for electric vehicles. We are very proud that all of our rotisseries capable of offering an electric charging station have been equipped with one, and to date, 15 of them feature a fast charging station. Providing charging infrastructure for Quebec’s electric vehicle motorists is an opportunity that harmonizes perfectly with our company’s culture! What’s more, many of our delivery cars are hybrid or electric.

Our Restaurant Initiatives

In 2019, all our Quebec restaurants received the ICI on recycle+ performance-level certification from RECYC-QUÉBEC! With the renewal of this certification for all our establishments in the province in 2024, we remain pioneers in the integration of bold practices for the proper management of residual materials, reduction at source and reuse through to recycling. To this day, St-Hubert is proud to be the first and only restaurant chain to adhere to this program.
In 2013, St-Hubert also took the lead by becoming the first restaurant chain in Quebec to implement compostable material collection in several restaurants. As a result, we divert several tonnes of waste from landfill every year, since 98% of the waste produced in our restaurants is compostable or recyclable.

Our packaging

Our packaging is 99% recyclable! In fact, you can find out how to sort your St-Hubert (and other) residual materials according to your location by consulting the mobile application or the "Ça Va Où?" Web application.
As part of our comprehensive green initiative, St-Hubert launched a new line of recyclable packaging in 2009. By completely discontinuing the use of Styrofoam, significantly reducing the use of polystyrene, and instead using recyclable or compostable materials, we save the equivalent of 250 loaded garbage trucks! Our packaging can be sent for selective collection after a simple rinsing, and overpacking has been prohibited, of course. At St-Hubert Retail, we have significantly reduced unnecessary packaging, and all the cardboard from our various suppliers’ products is recycled.

Discontinuation of Plastic Straws

In August 2018, to continue our efforts to improve sustainability and reduce waste in all of our rotisseries, Les Rôtisseries St Hubert discontinued the use of plastic straws across its network. Now, all our rotisseries across Quebec, Ontario, and New Brunswick offer biodegradable straws upon request.

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