Overall Rating Gold - expired
Overall Score 70.93
Liaison Ezra Small
Submission Date Jan. 31, 2014
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University of Massachusetts Amherst
ER-T2-5: Sustainable Enterprise

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.25 Ezra Small
Sustainability Manager
Physical Plant
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Does the institution have a student-run enterprise, such as a cafe, through which students gain sustainable business skills?:
Yes

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A brief description of the enterprise:
For over 35 years, the People's Market has been a student-run collective that provides the UMass Amherst campus with conscientiously purchased, natural foods. Students who work for the People's Market gain sustainable business skills. They have a strong commitment to providing customers with food products from socially and environmentally responsible companies.

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The website URL where information about the sustainable enterprise is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Other student enterprises that are sustainable also includes Earth Foods (http://www.umass.edu/rso/earthfds/).

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