NEXDINE is Committed to Implementing Sustainable Practices in all of Our Dining Services
The success of our company is determined by our ability to exceed customer expectations and deliver flavorful menus while working in congruence with nature itself.
NEXDINE’S Environmental /Animal Treatment
- Ensure that our operations comply with all applicable environmental and purchasing laws and regulations.
- Our operations must comply with NEXDINE purchasing requirements subscribed to by the company. Buy local 1st, domestic 2nd, and sustainable all.
- Continuously improve our environmental and purchasing performance using best management practices.
- Communicate our environmental and purchasing policy and performance to our employees, partners, vendors, and the public.
- Conduct training to inform our employees of their responsibilities for environmental and purchasing compliance.
- Pursue energy conservation, greater utilization of local vendors, and opportunities for partnering with local farms, businesses, and community organizations when economically prudent.
- Constructively work with local farms and businesses to better understand their methods for delivering products and services that are in congruence with nature.
- Work towards the goal of having every NEXDINE dining facility Green Restaurant Certified.
- Calling on producers, processors, and suppliers to implement additional humane conditions for the treatment of broiler chickens. This includes asking our supply chain to take the following actions by 2024, or sooner if possible:
- Reducing maximum stocking density to equal to or less than 30 kg/m2 or 6 lbs./sq.ft
- Providing chickens with enriched environments, including hay bales, perches, litter, and lighting.
- Rendering chickens unconscious prior to shackling using controlled or low-atmosphere stunning
- Transitioning to strains of birds based on measurably improved welfare outcomes.
We will work with our suppliers to ensure certification under Global Animal Partnership’s 5-Step animal Welfare Rating Program or seek third-party verification of these practices based on criteria that meet GAP standards.
Responsibility
- Managers: All managers are responsible for implementing this environmental policy within their area of responsibility.
- Colleagues: All colleagues are expected to understand their responsibilities for environmental compliance and management. They must comply with this policy, environmental laws and regulations relevant to their respective jobs, and other environmental requirements to which the company subscribes.
Local Grower Seal of Assurance
We frequently get asked, “How can you be sure the products you are getting are locally grown, and how can you be sure these products are packed under conditions that have had safety requirements enforced in their production?”
The answer is an assurance seal by our broad line supplier. Performance Food Group puts a seal of certification on each of our boxes that is grown within 250 miles of Springfield, Massachusetts, and has been grown under our requirements for safety. Look for this seal to know you have a local product.
