Overall Rating Gold
Overall Score 69.91
Liaison Julie Hopper
Submission Date Dec. 20, 2023

STARS v2.2

University of Southern California
IN-8: Dining Services Certification

Status Score Responsible Party
Complete 0.25 / 0.50 Julie Hopper
Data Analyst
Office of Sustainability
"---" indicates that no data was submitted for this field

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) ---
The Green Restaurant Association (GRA) (Two Star or higher) Yes
Green Seal (GS-55 Standard for Restaurants and Food Services) ---
Leaders for Environmentally Accountable Foodservice (LEAF) ---
Nordic Swan ---
Responsible Epicurean and Agricultural Leadership (REAL) ---
Sustainable Restaurant Association (Food Made Good, Two Stars or higher) ---
An equivalent third party certification approved by AASHE ---

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

A list or brief description of each certified dining hall or food service outlet, including the certification earned:
The below USC Dining Halls and Restaurants 2 or more stars under the Green Restaurant Association (data certified in 2022):

USC Wrigley Marine Science Center Dining Hall
Big Fisherman Cove Avalon, CA 90704
https://www.dinegreen.com/g/res14956
3 Star Certified Green Restaurant

USC Village Dining Hall
3096 McClintock Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90089
https://www.dinegreen.com/g/res17446
3 Star Certified Green Restaurant

Everybody's Kitchen
635 McCarthy Way Los Angeles, CA 90089
https://www.dinegreen.com/g/res17445
3 Star Certified Green Restaurant

IRC Parkside Residential Dining
3771 McClintock Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90089
https://www.dinegreen.com/g/res17444
3 Star Certified Green Restaurant

Moreton Fig
3607 Trousdale Parkway Los Angeles, CA 90089
https://www.dinegreen.com/g/res16787
2 Star Certified Green Restaurant

Note- the below USC restaurants and catering vendors are Level 1 Certified:

King's Stoop University Club
705 W. 34th Street Los Angeles, CA 90089

Town & Gown Special Events & Catering
665 Exposition Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90089

Optional Fields 

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:
Data current as of 2022 via the Green Restaurant Association.

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