Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 61.51
Liaison Karen Eckert, Ph.D.
Submission Date March 5, 2021
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STARS v2.1

Principia College
IN-10: Sustainable Dining Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Karen Eckert, Ph.D.
Professor and Director
Center for Sustainability
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Is at least one on-campus dining hall or food service outlet certified by the following organizations? (at least one positive response required):
Yes or No
The Food Recovery Network No
The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) (Two Star or higher) No
Green Seal (GS-55 Standard for Restaurants and Food Services) No
Leaders for Environmentally Accountable Foodservice (LEAF) No
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody Certification No
Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) No
An equivalent program approved by AASHE Yes

A brief description of each certified dining hall or food service outlet, including the year the certification was achieved and/or renewed:
We don't actually know if the Green Dining Alliance (where we have a 5-star rating) is approved by AASHE, but it should be! It's our regional equivalent of (and more stringent than) the GRA. See also OP-8.

Optional Fields 

The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
See also: https://greendiningalliance.org/location/principia-college/ https://sites.google.com/principia.edu/principiasustainability/sustainable-food http://content.principia.edu/sites/sustainablefood/ Note: The AASAHE peer-review noted an issue with the 5-star GDA rating being entered twice - here and IN-27. We have revised IN-27 as "not pursing".

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