Sustainability

Impacting Individuals

Mindful Offerings

Mindful offerings meet stringent nutritional criteria based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Each meal part is limited in calories, has fewer than 30% of calories as fat, fewer than 10 % of calories as saturated fat, and is restricted in sodium, and cholesterol. Chefs in our test kitchen develop recipes to meet these criteria in delicious fashion! Look for the Mindful icon to indulge in the healthy and delicious items offered at each meal.

Vegan Offerings

Vegan offerings contain no meat, fish, eggs, milk or other animal-derived products such as honey. Look for the menu icon to find vegan items daily.

Vegetarian Offerings/Station

Menu items with the vegetarian icon contain no meat, fish or poultry, nor any meat products such as soup base. Our vegetarian offerings meet the needs of lacto-ovo vegetarians, and may include eggs and/or dairy products. Vegan items are also offered for those vegetarians who avoid all animal products.

Impacting the Environment

Our WasteWatch powered by LeanPath Kitchen Waste Tracking

Our LeanPath kitchen waste tracking system records all of the food waste from our kitchen. This helps us to identify and change practices which result in food waste.

Composting

Our first priority is to reduce food waste. We compost all food waste that is unavoidable which reduces greenhouse gas emissions and can also be used to amend soil thereby, increasing drought tolerance, improving soil structure and health and reducing need for water and fertilizers.

Tray-less Dining

We are a tray-less campus. Customers without trays typically waste less food and beverages. Tray-less dining also reduces the amount of water and detergents needed to wash trays - It saves energy too!

Reusable Service-ware

We use china and reusable dishware in our resident dining locations. This reduces waste associated with using disposable plates and containers. We also use china for our catered functions.

Impacting Communities

Cage-Free Eggs

All of our eggs are sourced from cage-free hens.

Local Suppliers

80% of our produce comes from local distributors and we try to maximize the fruits and vegetables purchased from local farms. We also purchase from local dairies and bakeries.

Sustainable Fish and Seafood

100% of fish and seafood sourced and promoted by Sodexo is sustainable. What that means is that we will not source or promote any red listed fish or seafood and all orange listed fish or seafood will respect certain specifications.

Better Tomorrow

We know we can only meaningfully improve lives if we make good decisions. Which means thinking about the needs of tomorrow as well as today and monitoring our progress through our corporate responsibility road map, called Better Tomorrow. This gives us, and all those we work with, a shared focus on our long-term future.