{"id":17728,"date":"2021-07-26T10:00:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T14:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=17728"},"modified":"2021-07-02T13:49:37","modified_gmt":"2021-07-02T17:49:37","slug":"bon-appetit-management-company-announces-climate-change-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2021\/07\/26\/bon-appetit-management-company-announces-climate-change-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Bon App\u00e9tit Management Company Announces Climate Change Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/f31671f57d1ef491c70e577b1a066e85-300x124.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/f31671f57d1ef491c70e577b1a066e85-300x124.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/f31671f57d1ef491c70e577b1a066e85-768x317.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/f31671f57d1ef491c70e577b1a066e85-1024x423.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/f31671f57d1ef491c70e577b1a066e85.jpeg 1037w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Bon App\u00e9tit Management Company announced a climate change policy to reduce emissions by 38%, per calorie of food, by 2030. They said, &#8220;In tandem, Bon App\u00e9tit is also introducing a set of tools to assist clients in meeting their own emissions reduction goals. As a food service management company with operations on the sites of colleges and universities, corporate offices, and cultural institutions in 33 states, Bon App\u00e9tit\u2019s food purchases represent the vast majority of its total emissions. The processes of growing, transporting, packaging, and refrigerating food culminate in one-third of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.&#8221; <br> <br> Bon  App\u00e9tit stated, &#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bon App\u00e9tit will continue to track red meat and cheese consumption through the Food Standards Dashboard, as it has done since 2007, and has set an aggressive target of less than 1-ounce-per-guest-per-meal for beef and less than 2.5 ounces for all meat, poultry, and seafood. \u00a0<\/li><li>Bon App\u00e9tit\u2019s Plant-Forward Culinary Collaborative \u2013 a working group of chefs tasked with creating plant-forward resources for the company\u2019s culinary staff \u2013 will work together with the company\u2019s wellness team to conduct regional plant-forward trainings, helping to skew menus away from carbon-intensive meat and cheese, and toward plants.&#8221;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information, go to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bon-appetit-management-co\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"THF9KkRacM\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bamco.com\/press-releases\/progress-toward-low-carbon-lifestyle-goals\/\">Bon App\u00e9tit Reports Progress Toward Low Carbon Lifestyle Goals<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Bon App\u00e9tit Reports Progress Toward Low Carbon Lifestyle Goals&#8221; &#8212; Bon App\u00e9tit Management Co.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bamco.com\/press-releases\/progress-toward-low-carbon-lifestyle-goals\/embed\/#?secret=TbviLpYOoY#?secret=THF9KkRacM\" data-secret=\"THF9KkRacM\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-bon-appetit-management-co\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"sT2g0d4pEH\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bamco.com\/timeline\/food-standards-dashboard\/\">Food Standards Dashboard<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Food Standards Dashboard&#8221; &#8212; Bon App\u00e9tit Management Co.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bamco.com\/timeline\/food-standards-dashboard\/embed\/#?secret=oOXa7xUGuA#?secret=sT2g0d4pEH\" data-secret=\"sT2g0d4pEH\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bon App\u00e9tit Management Company announced a climate change policy to reduce emissions by 38%, per calorie of food, by 2030. 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