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Liaison	Amy Spark
Submission Date	April 5, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Bow Valley College
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

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This credit requires:

A completed STARS Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory,
An itemized inventory based on output from the Real Food Calculator, or
An alternative inventory that includes for each product:

Product vendor
Product label/brand
Product description
The category in which the product qualifies (Third Party Verified or Local & Community Based)
Information justifying inclusion: the standards met if the product is third party verified; ownership, size, distance, production methods for Local & Community Based products

Part 1

Third Party Verified and Community Based Products

Percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on products that are third party verified under one or more recognized food and beverage sustainability standards or Local & Community-Based:

Part 2

Animal Products

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on conventional animal products)? (If data is not available, respond “No”):

Yes

Percentage of total dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional animal products (meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, and dairy products that do NOT qualify in either the Third Party Verified or Local & Community-Based category):

18.49

Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory

Required if pursuing either part of the credit:

A brief description of the sustainable food and beverage purchasing program, including how the sustainability impacts of products in specific categories are addressed (e.g. meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, dairy, produce, tea/coffee):

All food services on campus are managed by Sodexo Canada. Nationally, Sodexo has a cage-free egg policy to promote hen health. Fair trade and organic tea and coffee is offered at all food service locations on campus, although not all tea and coffee sold is Fair Trade and organic. All seafood is either Oceanwise or Marine Stewardship Council certified. There are several vegetarian options available each day at our Market space.

An inventory of the institution’s sustainable food and beverage purchases that includes for each product: the description/type; label, brand or producer; and the category in which it is being counted and/or a description of its sustainability attribute(s):

Bow Valley College Food and Beverage Inventory_OP-7.xlsx

A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):

The inventory (for one calendar year, Jan 1 - Dec 31, 2017) was completed in collaboration with our food services contractor, Sodexo Canada. Almost all products were recorded for the entire calendar year. For products which this information was not available, a representative sample of three months was used instead, and multiplied by four.

If uploading output from the Real Food Calculator, provide:

Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food A (0-100):

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Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food B (0-100):

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Required if pursuing either part of the credit:

Which of the following food service providers are present on campus and included in the total food and beverage expenditure figures?:

	Present?	Included?
Dining operations and catering services operated by the institution	No	No
Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor	Yes	Yes
Student-run food/catering services	No	No
Franchises (e.g. national or global brands)	Yes	No
Convenience stores	No	No
Vending services	Yes	No
Concessions	No	No

Optional Fields

A brief description of purchased food and beverage products that have other sustainability attributes not recognized above :

Our food services provider, Sodexo, is an International company based in France. Sodexo Canada offers all food services at Bow Valley College. Sodexo was assessed in 2017 by RobecoSAM for their Corporate Sustainability Assessment, earning Gold Class standing. https://yearbook.robecosam.com/fileadmin/Files/Industries/Restaurants_Leisure_Facilities.pdf

Additional percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional products with other sustainability attributes not recognized above (0-100) :

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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:

http://ca.sodexo.com/home/corporate-responsibility/sustainable-development.html

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

https://bowvalleycollege.ca/student-resources/campus-services/food-services https://yearbook.robecosam.com/fileadmin/Files/Industries/Restaurants_Leisure_Facilities.pdf http://www.robecosam.com/

The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.