Overall Rating Bronze - expired
Overall Score 32.74
Liaison William Hargrove
Submission Date April 29, 2016
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

University of Texas at El Paso
OP-7: Low Impact Dining

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.27 / 3.00 Luis Gonzalez
General Manager
Campus Services
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Percentage of total dining services food purchases comprised of conventionally produced animal products:
11

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A brief description of the methodology used to track/inventory expenditures on animal products:
Sodexo requires that weekly inventory reports are conducted in order to track their purchases.

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Does the institution offer diverse, complete-protein vegan dining options at all meals in at least one dining facility on campus?:
No

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Does the institution provide labels and/or signage that distinguishes between vegan, vegetarian (not vegan), and other items?:
Yes

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Are the vegan options accessible to all members of the campus community?:
No

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A brief description of the vegan dining program, including availability, sample menus, signage and any promotional activities (e.g. “Meatless Mondays”):
Not applicable.

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A brief description of other efforts the institution has made to reduce the impact of its animal-derived food purchases:
Sodexo as a company has established these type of reduction programs, but UTEP as an institution does have these programs due to not having residential dining services.

The website URL where information about the vegan dining program is available:
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Annual dining services expenditures on food:
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Annual dining services expenditures on conventionally produced animal products:
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Annual dining services expenditures on sustainably produced animal products:
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