Offering Balanced Choices menu items to promote healthier eating
Using BALANCE icons to identify healthy and sustainable menu choices
Providing nutrition and wellness information through Nutrigrams and Superfoods
Providing nutritional information at point of sale
Providing menu options for special diets (e.g. vegan, gluten-free, kosher, halal, etc.)
Actively running seasonal Wellness promotions
ENVIRONMENT
Implementing sorting stations for recycling
Purchasing 100% compostable, chlorine free napkins for the café and catering functions
Using bulk condiments to reduce packaging waste
Implementing food waste awareness in the production kitchen
Recycling cans, bottles and other recyclables in the production kitchen and dining areas
Composting food waste in the production kitchen and dining areas
Biodegradable packaging program to reduce packaging waste
Recycling used cooking oil and grease into biodiesel
Lug-a-Mug Program - offering a discount on reusable beverage containers
Implementing water and energy reduction practices in the production kitchen
Trayless days to reduce water and energy usage
Project Clean Plate – awareness program to reduce food waste in residential dining
Reducing energy usage through demand ventilation controls on kitchen exhaust hoods
Working towards becoming a designated Fair Trade Campus
Using Marine Stewardship Council Certified seafood
Purchasing and promoting local, seasonal produce and products, as available
Purchasing and promoting produce from our very own Chef’s Garden on campus
Delivering a Styrofoam-free foodservice operation
Offering recyclable disposable food and beverage containers
Offering compostable disposable food and beverage containers
Purchasing sustainable seafood
Offering certified Fair Trade Organic products including coffee, tea and chocolate
COMMUNITY
Supporting local community initiatives (e.g. United Way, Drive Away Hunger)
Training frontline foodservice staff and managers on Sustainability and best practices to reduce impacts
Food donations to campus and/or community groups
Fundraising in support of Local Food Banks
Active fundraiser for the Children’s Wish Foundation the past three years raising over $12,000 from our own
Chartwells DAL AC location and now we are moving forward in supporting Food Banks Canada
