California State University, Monterey Bay
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Our chefs are well versed in the wide range of seasonal products available from local vendors in Northern California. Menus reflect this seasonality. Our produce vendors are contractually required to source local foods whenever possible and we work closely with them to be sure we are ordering local ingredients whenever possible as well as organic products like spinach, Romaine, strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and mixed greens. In some cases, we have close partnerships with local farms such as Earthbound Farms who deliver directly to us. Aspretto Coffee is fair-trade purchased and Fair Trade USA certified. Everything that touches the aspretto brand is responsibly sourced, from the 10% post-consumer fiber cups to the renewable resource stirrers to the fair trade sugar wrapped in recyclable paper and printed with vegetable dye. Our Sustainable Seafood Policy complements the AASHE stars criteria in supporting purchases of certified products and Monterey Bay Aquarium Best Choices. All of Sodexo's more than 10,000 suppliers are required to pledge to conduct business with the highest ethical, social and environmental practices as defined by our Sodexo Supplier Code of Conduct ("Code") in order to be able to have a contract with us. The Code sets forth Sodexo's expectations of suppliers, vendors, contractors and others with whom Sodexo conducts business (collectively referred to as "Suppliers") with respect to sound and responsible ethical, social and environmental practices. Sodexo has defined a time bound strategy for sustainable palm oil in conjunction with the WWF as part of its technical agreement on Sustainable Agriculture. Sodexo became a member of the RSPO in August 2011. Sodexo became a member of GreenPalm in January 2012. We also have global animal welfare commitments including American Humane Certified cage-free eggs, the discontinued use of gestation crates and improved welfare for broiler chickens. http://www.sodexo.com/home/corporate-responsibility/sustainable- development/environment/responsible-sourcing/sustainable- equipment-and- suppli.html

The methodology for tracking local sustainable purchases is as follows: 1. Gathering all available data from suppliers for time period (Feb 2017 and Oct 2016). 2. Sorting data to eliminate non-food purchases 3. Sorting food purchases into STARS categories (meat, grocery, dairy, etc), 4. Determining which products are local/community based or certified using knowledge of the products purchased, item descriptions and information from suppliers. 5. Tabulating results by category. This was done using an excel spreadsheet and the food and beverage inventory spreadsheet available on the AASHE STARS website.