Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 81.02
Liaison Sam Lubow
Submission Date June 29, 2016
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Stanford University
IN-10: Sustainable Dining Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 Moira Hafer
Sustainability Specialist
Office of 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) Yes
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) Yes
An equivalent program approved by AASHE No

A brief description of each certified dining hall or food service outlet, including the year the certification was achieved and/or renewed:

Florence Moore Dining Hall received 4-star Green Restaurant Association certification in January 2015. Florence Moore Dining Hall received 221.91 points.

All of Stanford Dining’s dining halls were Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) certified in July 2015. R&DE Stanford Dining was the first campus dining program to receive the certification.

More information is available at the links below:

Green Restaurant Association:
http://www.dinegreen.com/?display=Cuisine&rest_state=CA#!find-restaurants/sq7zj
https://rde.stanford.edu/news/4-star-rating-florence-moore-dining-hall

REAL press release:
http://ushfc.org/2015/07/stanfordrelease/

REAL Food Management article:
http://ushfc.org/2015/07/stanford-first-college-to-get-real/


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