| Overall Rating | Silver - expired |
|---|---|
| Overall Score | 52.49 |
| Liaison | Dedee DeLongpre Johnston |
| Submission Date | May 9, 2012 |
| Executive Letter | Download |
Wake Forest University
ER-T2-5: Sustainable Enterprise
| Status | Score | Responsible Party |
|---|---|---|
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0.25 / 0.25 |
Dedee
DeLongpre Johnston Chief Sustainability Officer Office of Sustainability |
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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:
Campus Grounds is a student-run coffee shop on campus. They serve Java City products, a company whose "master roaster" has taken a "hands-on approach to insure our coffee partners meet our environmental, socially, and economically responsible standards" (javacity.com/ecogrounds). Java City also uses fair trade and organic coffee beans, and works with the Rainforest Alliance to certify certain products that "combine the economics of good farm production with better trading practices to secure improved livelihoods for farm families, farm workers, and ecosystem conservation."
Campus Grounds also offers incentives for customers to use reusable cups.
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The website URL where information about the sustainable enterprise is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
As a side note, the 2010-11 manager of Campus Grounds operates an independent fair trade coffee import and roasting venture, Feisty Goat: http://entrepreneurship.wfu.edu/newsletter/feisty-goat-coffee-roasters.html.
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