Overall Rating | Gold - expired |
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Overall Score | 77.18 |
Liaison | Daimon Eklund |
Submission Date | Oct. 12, 2018 |
Executive Letter | Download |
University of Washington, Seattle
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing
Status | Score | Responsible Party |
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2.89 / 6.00 |
Claudia
Frere-Anderson Director UW Sustainability |
Percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on products that are third party verified under one or more recognized food and beverage sustainability standards or Local & Community-Based:
Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on conventional animal products)? (If data is not available, respond “No”):
Percentage of total dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional animal products (meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, and dairy products that do NOT qualify in either the Third Party Verified or Local & Community-Based category):
A brief description of the sustainable food and beverage purchasing program, including how the sustainability impacts of products in specific categories are addressed (e.g. meat, poultry, fish/seafood, eggs, dairy, produce, tea/coffee):
An inventory of the institution’s sustainable food and beverage purchases that includes for each product: the description/type; label, brand or producer; and the category in which it is being counted and/or a description of its sustainability attribute(s):
A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):
Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food A (0-100):
Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food B (0-100):
Which of the following food service providers are present on campus and included in the total food and beverage expenditure figures?:
Present? | Included? | |
Dining operations and catering services operated by the institution | Yes | Yes |
Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor | No | No |
Student-run food/catering services | No | No |
Franchises (e.g. national or global brands) | Yes | Yes |
Convenience stores | Yes | Yes |
Vending services | Yes | No |
Concessions | Yes | No |
A brief description of purchased food and beverage products that have other sustainability attributes not recognized above :
Additional percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures on conventional products with other sustainability attributes not recognized above (0-100) :
The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
We utilize the NACUFS Sustainability Guide and the NACUFS Professional Practices Manual, Chapter 16 Sustainability to help drive Sustainable Food Systems locally, regionally and nationally. For the seventh consecutive year, the UW made The Princeton Review's Green College Honor Roll, in part from efforts to serve organic, local and fair-trade food on campus. More than half of our food is produced within 250 miles of campus. UW Dining was recognized nationally as a top performer in the 2017 Sustainable Campus Index report.
Continuous outreach and education will always be a focus for our department. We have consistently presented to the campus community on our Sustainable Food System as well as our waste management program and are part of the academic curriculum in the School of the Environment. We have sponsored Campus Sustainability Fund projects on farming on campus; producing biodiesel fuel and using it on campus from our used cooking oil; and compost behavior and food studies aimed at diverting waste. In the past, we worked with Starbucks and Coke to develop compostable product lines.
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.