Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 50.16
Liaison Elaine Durr
Submission Date Nov. 9, 2015
Executive Letter Download

STARS v2.0

Elon University
OP-7: Low Impact Dining

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.36 / 3.00 Carrie Ryan
Assistant Vice President
Auxiliary Services
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Percentage of total dining services food purchases comprised of conventionally produced animal products:
24.60

A brief description of the methodology used to track/inventory expenditures on animal products:

Elon Dining Services reviews monthly operating reports, which show purchases by category: meat, dairy, produce, etc. Total animal product purchases are divided by total food purchases to get the percentage of conventionally produced animal products.


Does the institution offer diverse, complete-protein vegan dining options at all meals in at least one dining facility on campus?:
Yes

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

Are the vegan options accessible to all members of the campus community?:
Yes

A brief description of the vegan dining program, including availability, sample menus, signage and any promotional activities (e.g. “Meatless Mondays”):

All residential dining facilities have vegan options available 3 meals a day. One of the dining facilities has a separate area for vegan options. Vegan sausage is available for breakfast. Grits and oatmeal (made with water) are available daily as well as cereals with non-dairy milk options.
Regarding signage: Beginning in February 2015, nutritional ID cards have been created for each dish in the residential dining halls. The cards include basic nutritional information along with allergen, gluten, vegetarian and vegan identifiers.
There are also vegan options in several of the retail locations.


A brief description of other efforts the institution has made to reduce the impact of its animal-derived food purchases:
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The website URL where information about the vegan dining program is available:
Annual dining services expenditures on food:
3,739,823 US/Canadian $

Annual dining services expenditures on conventionally produced animal products:
919,120 US/Canadian $

Annual dining services expenditures on sustainably produced animal products:
0 US/Canadian $

Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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