| Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 74.81 |
| Liaison | Kelli O'Day |
| Submission Date | March 6, 2020 |
University of California, Davis
IN-8: Dining Services Certification
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
|
0.50 / 0.50 |
Kelli
O'Day Assessment Program Manager Office of Sustainability |
Is at least one on-campus dining hall or food service outlet certified by one or more of the following organizations?:
| Yes or No | |
| Food for Life (Food for Life Served Here award) | No |
| The Food Recovery Network (Food Recovery Verified) | 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 |
| Nordic Swan | No |
| Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) | Yes |
| Sustainable Restaurant Association (Food Made Good, Two Stars or higher) | No |
| An equivalent third party certification approved by AASHE | Yes |
Approximately what proportion of on-site food service outlets (by location or sales) are third party certified?:
A list or brief description of each certified dining hall or food service outlet, including the certification earned:
UC Davis Student Housing and Dining Services is widely recognized for its sustainability. It features produce grown on the campus’s own Student Farm, and the Cuarto Dining commons is LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors v2.0. All of the UC Davis Dining Commons (Cuarto, Segundo, and Tercero) operated under UC Davis Student Housing and Dining Services were certified as Sacramento Area Sustainable Business Certified by BERC (Business Environmental Resource Center) — which is a third party certification approved by AASHE— in January 2015 and remain certified and in compliance on certification criteria. Additionally, UC Dining Services became the first University of California campus and the second university in the nation to be certified for Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) in 2016.
The Dining Commons make up three of the nineteen recognized food service operations and account for 64.08% of the food and beverage sales on campus.
Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable dining certification program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
UC Davis Becomes Second University to be REAL Certified Article: https://www.prunderground.com/uc-davis-becomes-second-university-to-be-real-certified/0068067/
Sacramento Area Sustainable Business Program: https://sacberc.saccounty.net/SASB/Pages/default.aspx
REAL program: https://eatreal.org/
UC Davis Becomes Second University to be REAL Certified Article: https://www.prunderground.com/uc-davis-becomes-second-university-to-be-real-certified/0068067/
Sacramento Area Sustainable Business Program: https://sacberc.saccounty.net/SASB/Pages/default.aspx
REAL program: https://eatreal.org/
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