Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Deborah Steinberg
Submission Date Aug. 1, 2011
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Carnegie Mellon University
OP-6: Food Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Kimberly Abel
Director of Learning and Development
AVP - HR:Human Resources, Professional Development Services
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Percentage of food expenditures that meet one or more of the criteria for this credit (0 - 100):
5.20

The Website URL where information about the institution's sustainable food procurement efforts is available:
Data source(s) and notes about the submission:

The expenditure data for food that are "third-party certified or grown on a farm that operates as a cooperative, has a profit sharing policy for all employees, or has a social responsibility policy covering all workers", is not currently available.

Therefore the 5.2 % only represents the food that are grown and processed within 250 miles of the institution.


The expenditure data for food that are "third-party certified or grown on a farm that operates as a cooperative, has a profit sharing policy for all employees, or has a social responsibility policy covering all workers", is not currently available.

Therefore the 5.2 % only represents the food that are grown and processed within 250 miles of the institution.

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