Overall Rating Silver - expired
Overall Score 48.19
Liaison Veronica Johnson
Submission Date May 28, 2015
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STARS v2.0

Southwestern University
OP-6: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 1.20 / 4.00 Chris Peterson
Operations Director
Food Service
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Percentage of dining services food and beverage expenditures that are local and community-based and/or third party verified:
30

A copy of an inventory, list or sample of sustainable food and beverage purchases:
An inventory, list or sample of sustainable food and beverage purchases:

N/A


Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (food and beverage expenditures for on-site franchises, convenience stores, vending services, or concessions)?:
No

Percentage of on-site franchise, convenience store, vending services, and concessions food and beverage purchases that are local and community-based and/or third party verified:
---

A copy of an inventory, list or sample of on-site franchise, convenience store, vending machine, and/or concessions food and beverage purchases that are sustainably produced:
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An inventory, list or sample of on-site franchise, convenience store, vending machine, and/or concessions food and beverage purchases that are sustainably produced:

N/A


A brief description of the sustainable food and beverage purchasing program:

Sodexo follows our better tomorrow plan in all of our food purchases.


A brief description of the methodology used to track/inventory sustainable food and beverage purchases:

Methodology used for sustainable food sourcing is done through corporate vendor contracting.


Total annual food and beverage expenditures:
963,000 US/Canadian $

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 No No
Dining operations and catering services operated by a contractor Yes Yes
Franchises No No
Convenience stores No No
Vending services --- ---
Concessions --- ---

Has the institution achieved the following?:
Yes or No
Fair Trade Campus, College or University status ---
Certification under the Green Seal Standard for Restaurants and Food Services (GS-46) ---
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification ---
Signatory of the Real Food Campus Commitment (U.S.) ---

A brief description of other sustainable restaurant and food service standards that the institution’s dining services operations are certified under:

Sodexo's better tomorrow plan-
As part of our commitment to a Better Tomorrow, Sodexo has pledged to source only sustainably certified fish and seafood. Our goal is to have 100% of our contracted seafood certified as sustainable by 2015. Also increasing our fair trade and local produce purchases by 2015.


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