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Humannature

Become a part of nature again

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RESPONSIBLE RESTAURANT DESIGN

It’s time to rethink our course and that means rethinking everything we do. Starting with exploring a new restaurant design with the planet in mind.

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REAL FOOD MEETS REAL IMPACT

The ways we can help make a positive impact on the planet with every entrée we serve can be seen in our Real Foodprint.

SUPPORTING ORGANIC LAND AND SOIL HEALTH

Better than we found it

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We are a consistent leader in our category for the amount of organic produce we serve every year. To help increase the amount of organic produce we serve every year, we provide assistance to our farm partners to help them make the transition to organic and farm sustainably to help improve soil health.

22 MIL

POUNDS OF ORGANIC AND TRANSITIONAL INGREDIENTS PURCHASED IN 2022

36 MIL

POUNDS OF LOCAL PRODUCE
PURCHASED IN 2022

LEADING IN ANIMAL WELFARE

Treated with Respect

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Avoiding use of sub-therapeutic antibiotics in meat and dairy is a part of Chipotle’s award-winning animal welfare standards.

A+ HUMANE SOCIETY FOOD INDUSTRY SCORECARD

GETTING SMART ABOUT WATER

Saving For The Future

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Our high standards for sourcing mean we partner with farms who employ sustainable agriculture practices that help prevent water pollution and protect water quality.

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Our commitment to real food can be seen in your real foodprint

Real Foodprint, the first-of-its-kind sustainability tracker gives our guests a look into our sourcing efforts and allows you to track how orders like yours can help us Cultivate a Better World with every order. 

Our Collective Real Foodprint

  • 410 MILLION
    GALLONS OF WATER SAVED
  • 11.8 BILLION
    SQUARE FEET OF IMPROVED SOIL HEALTH AND ORGANIC LAND SUPPORTED
  • 23 BILLION
    MILLIGRAMS OF ANTIBIOTICS AVOIDED

Real Foodprint is based on academic and industry research compiled by HowGood.

HowGood, an independent research company with the world's largest database on food sustainability, assessed each of our 53 ingredients and compared them to the industry average agricultural impact against five key metrics. Real Foodprint takes Chipotle's award-winning sourcing standards across each of its ingredients into account to show the estimated impact that a Chipotle order can help make on the planet. The positive impact for each measure is calculated as the difference between averages for each ingredient based on Chipotle's sourcing standards, and averages for the same ingredient based on conventional industry standards. HowGood utilizes advanced statistical methodology and over 600 third party scientific and peer reviewed studies. Data sources and certifications include third party certifications, peer reviewed studies, scientific research, industry reports, government data, investigative journalism, NGO research, expert opinion, and international regulations.

It's not just a
Bowl Or burrito

$7 MIL
DONATED OVER $7 MILLION TO LOCAL COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS THROUGH 36,000 FUNDRAISERS IN OUR RESTAURANTS
$6.1 MIL
RAISED $6,160,618 FOR NINE NON-PROFITS THROUGH THE ROUND UP FOR REAL CHANGE PROGRAM
$5.5 MIL
DONATED 558,134 MEALS TO THOSE IN NEED IN OUR COMMUNITIES WITH A RETAIL VALUE OF $5,486,913

SUPPORTING FARMERS AND THE FUTURE OF REAL FOOD

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one million acres for the future

We’re supporting the National Young Farmers Coalition to help influence the 2023 Farm Bill to transfer 1 million acres of land to the next generation of farmers.

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$5 Million over 5 years

We’re committed to investing $5 million over five years to help remove barriers and enable the next generation of farmers and ranchers to succeed.

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Seed Grant REcipients

For the last couple years, we have offered 50 annual grants of $5,000 each to young farmers under 40 and 84% of our Seed Grant recipients are BIPOC.

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