Sustainable food
Globally, food has a major impact on climate and environment. This page contains more information about how Lund University works with food purchases and collaborates with the restaurants on campus for a sustainable food consumption.
Catering and food purchases
To assist the University’s sustainability efforts, organisers of events and purchasing officers at Lund University are in the first instance to choose products that are:
- vegetarian
- in season
- organic and/or Fairtrade
- labelled with MSC, ASC or Svensk Sigill’s climate certification (applies to fish and shellfish).
And remember to:
- minimise food waste
- sort and recycle
- avoid single-use products
The guidelines inform Lund University's work on sustainability, climate and environment in the following areas:
- purchasing and procurement of food and catering
- arranging conferences, events or similar
- representation.
Guide to sustainable food purchases and events – staff.lu.se
Cafes and restaurants on campus
Lund University wants restaurants and cafés on campus to show conscious environmental and sustainability work in both words and actions. This can, for example, mean an environmentally adapted and sustainable range, to inform about sustainable alternatives and offer competence-enhancing initiatives for its own staff. All cafés and restaurants are run as their own companies. The university strives to focus more on vegetarian/vegan alternatives, seasonal and eco-labeled/fair-trade ingredients and minimized use of disposable materials.
Café LUX is the first and only café at Lund University campus to receive the university's environmental certification.
About the environmental work at Café Lux – cafelux.se (in Swedish)
Contact information
Claes Nilén
Environmental manager
+46 46 222 41 59
claes [dot] nilen [at] bygg [dot] lu [dot] se (claes[dot]nilen[at]bygg[dot]lu[dot]se)
Fairtrade City Lund
Since 2012, Lund University has been involved in Fairtrade City Lund, which is a collaboration between the municipality, business and the non-profit sector. Through Fairtrade City, the university contributes to a fairer trade and that the raw materials grown in countries with widespread poverty are produced with regard to high social, economic and environmental requirements. Lund University works to ensure that the proportion of Fairtrade products increases within the organization and that ethical considerations are taken into account in purchasing and procurement.
Fairtrade Challenge – fairtradechallenge.se (in Swedish)
Fairtrade City Lund – lund.se (in Swedish)