Overall Rating	Silver - expired
Overall Score	62.54
Liaison	Lisa Noriega
Submission Date	Sept. 21, 2016
Executive Letter	Download

STARS v2.1

Yale University
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status	Score	Responsible Party
	1.11 / 6.00	Melissa Goodall Associate Director Office of Sustainability

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This credit requires:

A completed STARS Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory,
An itemized inventory based on output from the Real Food Calculator, or
An alternative inventory that includes for each product:

Product vendor
Product label/brand
Product description
The category in which the product qualifies (Third Party Verified or Local & Community Based)
Information justifying inclusion: the standards met if the product is third party verified; ownership, size, distance, production methods for Local & Community Based products

Part 1

Third Party Verified and Community Based Products

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:

Part 2

Animal Products

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):

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Food and Beverage Purchasing Inventory

Required if pursuing either part of the credit:

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):

100% Australian grass fed and finished beef and lamb • 100% local honey • Cage free liquid eggs and cage free organic regional shell eggs • Local milk • 100% antibiotic free, cage free chicken • Niman Ranch humanely raised, hormone free pork • All fresh baked goods from regional bakeries, with 30% from New Haven bakeries • 100% fair trade tea and organic fair trade coffee • Nitrate free, locally produced hotdogs • Sausage produced locally by a family owned business • Seafood sourcing based on MSC Certification, underutilized species, and Monterey Bay Seafood Watch guidelines • Locally produced tomato sauce from family owned business • Yearly seasonal extension of frozen corn and green beans grown regionally • Locally made pasta from a family owned manufacturer • Regionally produced, minimally processed pizza dough • 100% vegan mayonnaise • Fresh market vegetable program: buying vegetables in-season and regionally grown whenever possible

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):

STARS Submission 2016 -REVISED 12 01 2016.xlsx

A brief description of the methodology used to conduct the inventory, including the timeframe and how representative samples accounted for seasonal variation (if applicable):

Yale Hospitality has an extensive data tracking system that was developed in-house to track five indicators: 1. Regional: produced within 300 miles/Local: produced in Connecticut; 2. sustainable farming practices (IPM and organic) and environmentally sensitive practices; 3. humane treatment of animals; 4. fair working conditions and wages for employees; 5. degree of processing. The timeframe for the sample provided is June 2015 - July 2016.

If uploading output from the Real Food Calculator, provide:

Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food A (0-100):

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Percentage of total dining services expenditures on Real Food B (0-100):

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Required if pursuing either part of the credit:

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	Yes	Yes
Student-run food/catering services	No	No
Franchises (e.g. national or global brands)	No	No
Convenience stores	Yes	Yes
Vending services	Yes	Yes
Concessions	No	No

Optional Fields

A brief description of purchased food and beverage products that have other sustainability attributes not recognized above :

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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:

http://hospitality.yale.edu/sustainability

Additional documentation to support the submission:

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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

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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.