Overall Rating Reporter - expired
Overall Score
Liaison Debra Shepard
Submission Date March 2, 2018
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STARS v2.1

Wentworth Institute of Technology
OP-7: Food and Beverage Purchasing

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete Reporter Debra Shepard
Sustainability Consultant
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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:
11

Does the institution wish to pursue Part 2 of this credit (expenditures on conventional animal products)? (If data is not available, respond “No”):
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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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):

Sustainable Seafood: Only sustainable seafood is offered on our menus. Endangered or even threatened species are not served.

Cage Free Shell Eggs: Chartwells is committed to taking a stand on animal welfare by offering HFAC certified cage free shell eggs.

Zero Trans Fats Oils: We uses oils that contain zero trans fats.

Local Food Sourcing: By focusing on local purchasing, we are able to reduce the miles required for delivery vehicles to deliver our products

Restricted Antibiotics: Chartwells only serves chicken and turkey that has been produced with restricted use of antibiotics, especially as a growth additive in feed.

rBGH Free Milk: We serve fluid milk from cows that have been certified to be free of artificial growth hormones rBGH and rBST whenever possible.

Fair-trade / eco-certified coffee: 100%


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

The inventory was conducted using Chartwell's purchasing system and sustainability scorecard criteria. The data in the attached file covers the Chartwell's fiscal year (10/16-9/17).


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

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) :
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The website URL where information about the programs or initiatives is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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