CO2 footprint in the menu

How you can see the sustainability of our dishes

The studierendenWERK BERLIN offers a varied range of food in its canteens and bakery shops, where we also pay attention to sustainability. We have replaced the majority of our formerly classic recipes with vegetarian and vegan dishes. We pay attention to regionality wherever possible and strive for sustainability where we can.

In the Swiss organization Eaternity, we have found a partner who calculates and evaluates the sustainability of food. Building since 2009 eaternity created a comprehensive environmental balance food database and has now also analyzed our dishes.

Each of our dishes has an environmental score.

We give the CO_2-Emissions in grams of CO2 equivalents (cloud) and the water footprint in liters of water (water drops) for each dish. The environmental score is based on the Eaternity database.
Mehr Informationen: https://eaternity.org/foodprint/database

Note: If a meal does not yet show any CO2 or water footprint values, there are no reliable calculation values for this dish.

CO₂ footprint

Around Measuring the carbon footprint of each dish Origin, transport, season, level of convenience, organic or non-organic were taken into account for the food. With a life cycle analysis, your CO₂-Value calculated.

However, a comparative value is required for the court to assess its contribution to the climate balance. For this purpose, Eaternity analyzed data from a total of 150 companies. These companies come exclusively from the system catering for business, industry, schools, universities and the healthcare sector and are mostly based in Switzerland. Based on this data, an average value was determined, which forms the basis for the evaluation of whether a dish (compared to the average) has the CO_2-Balance sheet or water footprint improves or worsens.

Our dishes are evaluated in three categories:

The green cloud means the dish has a carbon footprint significantly improved. The CO₂ value of this dish is less than half of the average CO₂ value of all dishes considered.

The yellow cloud means the dish has a carbon footprint slightly improved. The CO₂ value of this dish is below the average CO₂ value of all dishes considered.

The red cloud means the dish has a carbon footprint worsened. The CO₂ value of this dish is above the average CO₂ value of all the dishes considered.

Water footprint

The water footprint evaluates how high the water consumption for the individual dish is compared to the average water consumption for the production of all dishes under consideration.

The assessment is divided into three categories:

The water consumption for this dish is below the average comparative value for all dishes considered.

The water consumption for this dish is up to twice as high as the average comparative value of all dishes considered.

The water consumption for this dish is more than twice as high as the average comparative value of all dishes considered.