Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	49.39
Liaison	Ciara Tennis
Submission Date	Dec. 31, 2018
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Eastern Connecticut State University
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	2.97 / 6.00	Josephine Brickner Intern Institute for Sustainable Energy

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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:

18.27

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):

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):

Chartwells is the campus' dining services provider on campus. Chartwells is proud to make a difference and offers the following commitments: * Cage free shell eggs * Sustainable Seafood. Chartwells partners with the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program to ensure that all seafood served complies with strict sustainability requirements. * Composting of pre- and post consumer waste * Use of zero trans fat oils * ONLY antibiotic free poultry, chicken and pork are only produced with restricted use of drugs. * Milk served is rGBH free and free from rBST * A gluten-free station and allergen free options are available for all students * The campus sells fair trade coffee through Starbucks Coffee and Sun Roaster Coffee for Farmer Equity program. https://www.dineoncampus.com/easternct/sustainability

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):

ECSU Food Purch Inventory 2.0.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):

This inventory of products covers 10/1/17-9/30/18, and the purchase $$ spent for the same reporting time period. The inventory was initiated as part of an effort to monitor key sustainability category trends as compared to the goals of our sustainability platform, then revised to add more details as required for this category. (Sustainability Platform found here: http://www.easternct.edu/sustainenergy/files/2019/04/Chartwells-Abbreviated-Sustainability-Platform.pdf)(See PA-2 for more about our sustainability platform). Chartwells is currently looking to expand upon the number of sustainable food vendors that it works with.

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)	No	Yes
Convenience stores	Yes	Yes
Vending services	Yes	Yes
Concessions	No	No

Optional Fields

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

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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://www.dineoncampus.com/easternct/show.cfm?cmd=sustainability

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

This information was verified and updated with Jeff Kwolek after speaking with him on 7/20/18. Joseph Salvaggio, Sr. Director of Dining Services, provided the food inventory and expenditure information. Another link to Dining has been added here: http://www1.easternct.edu/sustainability/dinning-and-dorms/

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.