Sustainable Dining
When selecting a food service vendor in fall of 2021, the following criteria were scored and influenced bidder selection:
| Group 4: Sustainability & Carbon Footprint |
| 4.1 If your company has sustainability goals or a sustainability report publicly available, then upload file. |
| 4.2 If your company has a public commitment to reducing either absolute emissions and/or carbon intensity, then please describe your commitment. |
| 4.3 Describe how your company measures its carbon footprint. |
| 4.4 If your company’s carbon footprint is publicly disclosed, upload that disclosure file. |
| 4.5 If your company mandates and documents according to a publicly-recognized energy reduction program, please name that program (e.g. ISO, EnergyStar). |
| 4.6 Indicate if your company’s fleet, heavy-or-light duty vehicles, on-site generation and/or operational equipment use any of the following: |
| 4.7 List any targets for post-consumer recycled content. |
| 4.8 List practices around reducing solid waste (end of shelf life management in keeping materials out of landfills). |
| 4.9 Provide examples of training and programs discouraging waste. |
| 4.10 List philosophy of sustainable food procurement such as humanely raised proteins, sustainable seafood, fair trade, etc. |
| 4.11 List practices for food security, food waste, and campus food systems in line with CSU’s Basic Needs Program. |
| 4.12 Explain sustainability practices around packaging and distribution efficiency. |
| 4.13 Describe your future commitments to sustainability. |
The selected vendor, Chartwells, also provides this website with more information on their sustainability philosophies:
http://chartwellshighered.com/sustainability/
Last, the company is contractually obligated to fulfill sustainability criteria and key performance indicators, which in 2022 were:
