Overall Rating Silver
Overall Score 49.48
Liaison William Clancey
Submission Date Jan. 3, 2023

STARS v2.2

Durham College
IN-8: Dining Services Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.50 / 0.50 William Clancey
Chief Operating Engineer/Technical Service Manager Facilities Management
Facilities Management
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Is at least one on-campus dining hall or food service outlet certified by one or more of the following organizations?:
Yes or No
Food for Life (Food for Life Served Here award) ---
The Food Recovery Network (Food Recovery Verified) No
The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) (Two Star or higher) Yes
Green Seal (GS-55 Standard for Restaurants and Food Services) No
Leaders for Environmentally Accountable Foodservice (LEAF) No
Nordic Swan ---
Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) No
Sustainable Restaurant Association (Food Made Good, Two Stars or higher) ---
An equivalent third party certification approved by AASHE No

Approximately what proportion of on-site food service outlets (by location or sales) are third party certified?:
50 percent or more

A list or brief description of each certified dining hall or food service outlet, including the certification earned:
The W.Galen Weston Centre for Food building and academic facilities achieved a GRA 2-star rating in 2014, followed by a 3-star rating in 2016, which was updated and renewed again in 2019. The Sustainable Local Food certificate has been designed to meet a rising interest in the development of local food systems that are sustainable, socially just, economically dynamic and ecologically specific to the countryside, cities and regions of Canada. This certificate explores the practices, principles and philosophies involved in local food system development.

Website URL where information about the institution’s sustainable dining certification program is available:
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
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