Bates College
IN-8: Dining Services Certification
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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0.50 / 0.50 |
Tom
Twist Sustainability Manager Facilities |
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Is at least one on-campus dining hall or food service outlet certified by one or more of the following organizations?:
| Yes or No | |
| Food for Life (Food for Life Served Here award) | --- |
| The Food Recovery Network (Food Recovery Verified) | --- |
| The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) (Two Star or higher) | Yes |
| Green Seal (GS-55 Standard for Restaurants and Food Services) | --- |
| Leaders for Environmentally Accountable Foodservice (LEAF) | --- |
| Nordic Swan | --- |
| Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) | --- |
| Sustainable Restaurant Association (Food Made Good, Two Stars or higher) | --- |
| An equivalent third party certification approved by AASHE | --- |
Approximately what proportion of on-site food service outlets (by location or sales) are third party certified?:
50 percent or more
A list or brief description of each certified dining hall or food service outlet, including the certification earned:
Our entire dining service has been awarded a three-star rating by the Green Restaurant Association for several years in a row. Our dining folks are outstanding in terms of waste diversion (currently over 83%), using local, sustainable food, scratch cooking to produce wonderful meals, a vegan bar - which helps us meet our goal of serving over 30% main courses that are vegetarian, having the highest percentage on campus of electric vehicles, and many other sustainable practices that are too numerous to list -
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