| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 73.91 |
| Liaison | Daryl Pierson |
| Submission Date | March 1, 2019 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Portland State University
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.88 / 6.00 |
Amanda
Wolf Program + Assessment Coordinator Campus Sustainability Office |
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:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on conventional animal products)? (If data is not available, respond “No”):
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):
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):
PSU Campus Sustainability Office and Chartwells (aka PSU Eats) have worked to create contractual goals for increasing local and organic food purchasing. Additional criteria such as Fair Trade, Marine Stewardship, and Food Alliance certifications are also favored in food purchasing.
-Some of our produce is purchased from a local vendor, from local farms
-All the milk and most other dairy products come from Sunshine Dairy, which is local to Portland
-All breads served are processed with 250 miles
-PSU eats partners with local business (such as Salt & Straw, Marsee Bakery, Alexis Food)
-PSU eats cafeteria also features local business, such as ChaChaCha and Bowery Bagels
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):
A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):
Data is from July 2018 - January 2019
For larger vendors (Sysco, Charlie's Produce, Alexis, and Corfini) we worked with vendors to get a one month snaphot of what products were either local or third party verified during the month of November. We used these percentages and applied them to total expenditures during the above time period. Some vendors were 100% local or 3rd party certified.
Vendors/producers were researched as to whether they are independently or cooperatively owned (not publicly traded), whether the headquarters is located locally, along with foods being grown/produced locally.
Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food A (0-100):
Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food B (0-100):
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 | Yes |
| Convenience stores | Yes | Yes |
| Vending services | Yes | No |
| Concessions | Yes | Yes |
A brief description of purchased food and beverage products that have other sustainability attributes not recognized above :
Additional percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional products with other sustainability attributes not recognized above (0-100) :
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Information provided by Chartwells, PSU Eats
Information provided by Chartwells, PSU Eats
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.