Sodexo launches 'Green & Lean' school meals

Global catering provider Sodexo has partnered with WWF-UK to create ‘Green & Lean’, a healthier and more sustainable range of menu choices with a reduced environmental impact.

Intensive food production is a major driver of habitat destruction and climate change and accounts for up to a third of our global greenhouse gas emissions.

Green & Lean meals are based on the idea that by making simple switches, such as serving more wholegrains, vegetables and pulses, using dairy products lower in fat and adding sugar and salt sparingly, meals will be better for human health. And by selecting seasonal fruits and vegetables and sourcing certified and sustainable meat and fish, the food that is served is better for the planet too.

Following successful pilot in eight schools in November 2015 — in which almost 20,000 meals, containing more than a tonne of extra vegetables, were served to pupils — Green & Lean meals will launch across over 40 independent schools in England. By January 2017, all independent schools served by Sodexo will be serving at least one Green & Lean meal per day.