We started developing Coolfood in 2017 to help food service providers commit to a science-based target to reduce food-related GHG emissions, plan ways to shift what they're serving toward plants, and credibly track progress. Amazing to see what the team achieved with 80+ food providers in 2024! 🧪
A Look at Coolfood in 2024 - Coolfood
Dear Friends & Supporters, As you know, WRI’s Coolfood initiative helps cities, hospitals, restaurants, universities, corporate canteens, and other food providers create dining opportunities that make...
coolfood.org
January 2, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We started developing Coolfood in 2017 to help food service providers commit to a science-based target to reduce food-related GHG emissions, plan ways to shift what they're serving toward plants, and credibly track progress. Amazing to see what the team achieved with 80+ food providers in 2024! 🧪
High-meat diets CAN change and become more climate-friendly btw. See for example our Coolfood initiative working with 70+ food service providers serving 2+ billion meals per year and seeing measurable results: coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
2023 Coolfood Pledge Progress Report - Coolfood
coolfood.org
March 11, 2025 at 12:28 AM
High-meat diets CAN change and become more climate-friendly btw. See for example our Coolfood initiative working with 70+ food service providers serving 2+ billion meals per year and seeing measurable results: coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
It's true that eating less meat & dairy (mostly pork & dairy in this case) and more plant-based foods reduces emissions and other environmental impacts linked to livestock production. Check out www.coolfood.org to learn more about our work with food service providers on more sustainable dining. 18/
February 25, 2026 at 3:50 AM
It's true that eating less meat & dairy (mostly pork & dairy in this case) and more plant-based foods reduces emissions and other environmental impacts linked to livestock production. Check out www.coolfood.org to learn more about our work with food service providers on more sustainable dining. 18/
Which is why I think where we agree is there is a need to reshape food environments so that healthy and sustainable choices become easier/more desirable and thus more likely. Relying on education and information alone won’t cut it. We are doing that here: www.coolfood.org
Deliciously Sustainable Dining. - Coolfood
Coolfood equips food service organizations with a proven framework to shift diets at scale, cutting food-related emissions.
www.coolfood.org
January 10, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Which is why I think where we agree is there is a need to reshape food environments so that healthy and sustainable choices become easier/more desirable and thus more likely. Relying on education and information alone won’t cut it. We are doing that here: www.coolfood.org
NYC CLIMATE WEEK EVENT: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 4pm-5:45pm, A Coolfood Mixer to Help the Food Industry Cut Emissions.
This event will present insights on how to reduce food industry emissions by research-backed strategies that serve up more delicious food, with networking & conversations.
RSVP here: 🧪
This event will present insights on how to reduce food industry emissions by research-backed strategies that serve up more delicious food, with networking & conversations.
RSVP here: 🧪
Step Up Your Plate: A Mixer to Help the Food Industry Cut Emissions
A Coolfood event co-hosted with the NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy and The Sustainable Restaurant Association
www.eventbrite.com
September 4, 2024 at 1:53 PM
NYC CLIMATE WEEK EVENT: Tuesday, Sept. 24, 4pm-5:45pm, A Coolfood Mixer to Help the Food Industry Cut Emissions.
This event will present insights on how to reduce food industry emissions by research-backed strategies that serve up more delicious food, with networking & conversations.
RSVP here: 🧪
This event will present insights on how to reduce food industry emissions by research-backed strategies that serve up more delicious food, with networking & conversations.
RSVP here: 🧪
THREAD: We have just released an update for our Coolfood Pledge, where food service companies collectively commit to reducing food-related GHG emissions by 25% (and emissions per plate by 38%) by 2030.
Through 2022, members have reduced emissions per plate by 10%. 1/
coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
Through 2022, members have reduced emissions per plate by 10%. 1/
coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
October 18, 2023 at 9:23 PM
THREAD: We have just released an update for our Coolfood Pledge, where food service companies collectively commit to reducing food-related GHG emissions by 25% (and emissions per plate by 38%) by 2030.
Through 2022, members have reduced emissions per plate by 10%. 1/
coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
Through 2022, members have reduced emissions per plate by 10%. 1/
coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
"Crucially, our analysis finds a significant gap between theoretical potential and real-world achievement..." @worldresources.bsky.social #coolfood | Great research here, which underlines my systems shift/consumer behavior dot-connecting. www.wri.org/research/eff... #food #behaviorchange
The Effective Impact of Behavioral Shifts in Energy, Transport, and Food
This working paper is the first to analyze which individual behavior shifts have the largest “effective impact” on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Effective impact is a novel measure that com...
www.wri.org
May 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Crucially, our analysis finds a significant gap between theoretical potential and real-world achievement..." @worldresources.bsky.social #coolfood | Great research here, which underlines my systems shift/consumer behavior dot-connecting. www.wri.org/research/eff... #food #behaviorchange
Fun fact: I was at the Coolfood Summit in Copenhagen where many of these clips were filmed and the food was OUTRAGEOUSLY good.
April 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Fun fact: I was at the Coolfood Summit in Copenhagen where many of these clips were filmed and the food was OUTRAGEOUSLY good.
Fresh, fresh, fresh !
#repost3aday #supportmakers #fresh #summersalad #yummy #hotdays #coolfood #potluck #smallbusiness #onlybeautifulthings #cucumber #radish #eattherainbow
#repost3aday #supportmakers #fresh #summersalad #yummy #hotdays #coolfood #potluck #smallbusiness #onlybeautifulthings #cucumber #radish #eattherainbow
Looking for a last minute idea for a potluck?
Try this quick and easy salad recipe. Instructions are in the Alt text.
#recipes #salad #veggies #vegetarian #vegan
Try this quick and easy salad recipe. Instructions are in the Alt text.
#recipes #salad #veggies #vegetarian #vegan
June 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Hey @worldresources.bsky.social - we think your Cool Food program is pretty neat. 💕
Are you a hospital looking to give your climate action a little love this Valentine's Day? Join us and take the #CoolFood Pledge! 💚
nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
Are you a hospital looking to give your climate action a little love this Valentine's Day? Join us and take the #CoolFood Pledge! 💚
nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
February 14, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Hey @worldresources.bsky.social - we think your Cool Food program is pretty neat. 💕
Are you a hospital looking to give your climate action a little love this Valentine's Day? Join us and take the #CoolFood Pledge! 💚
nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
Are you a hospital looking to give your climate action a little love this Valentine's Day? Join us and take the #CoolFood Pledge! 💚
nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
Great guide from @worldresources.bsky.social for food, drink, & hospitality: 90 ways to nudge diners toward more sustainable, plant-based choices. Includes 18 high-impact techniques with easy implementation & high impact. Really practical 👍
www.wri.org/research/foo...
www.wri.org/research/foo...
The Food Service Playbook for Promoting Sustainable Food Choices
This research builds off WRI’s first guide for food service released in 2020. It’s now informed by nearly 350 academic trials and a close collaboration with a range of food businesses through Coolfood...
www.wri.org
July 26, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Great guide from @worldresources.bsky.social for food, drink, & hospitality: 90 ways to nudge diners toward more sustainable, plant-based choices. Includes 18 high-impact techniques with easy implementation & high impact. Really practical 👍
www.wri.org/research/foo...
www.wri.org/research/foo...
It never gets less exciting to hear that a Canadian hospital is committing to the #Coolfood Pledge and is ready to shift to low-carbon, planet-friendly menus in its #healthcare facility.
Welcome ✨Guelph General Hospital ✨ as a new trailblazer to the movement!
Will you join us? 👉 shorturl.at/ewvDA
Welcome ✨Guelph General Hospital ✨ as a new trailblazer to the movement!
Will you join us? 👉 shorturl.at/ewvDA
April 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
It never gets less exciting to hear that a Canadian hospital is committing to the #Coolfood Pledge and is ready to shift to low-carbon, planet-friendly menus in its #healthcare facility.
Welcome ✨Guelph General Hospital ✨ as a new trailblazer to the movement!
Will you join us? 👉 shorturl.at/ewvDA
Welcome ✨Guelph General Hospital ✨ as a new trailblazer to the movement!
Will you join us? 👉 shorturl.at/ewvDA
"As then Regional Manager for Food Operations at Columbian Hospital (RCH), Elaine Chu successfully piloted the CoolFood Pledge at RCH in 2023, first engaging with Canadian partners through Nourish." 🥬🫘🌎 #CoolFoodPledge #PlanetaryHealth #FoodSystems #Healthcare #Food bcgreencare.ca/taking-a-bit...
February 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
"As then Regional Manager for Food Operations at Columbian Hospital (RCH), Elaine Chu successfully piloted the CoolFood Pledge at RCH in 2023, first engaging with Canadian partners through Nourish." 🥬🫘🌎 #CoolFoodPledge #PlanetaryHealth #FoodSystems #Healthcare #Food bcgreencare.ca/taking-a-bit...
Check out this conversation with Nourish Director of Planetary Health @amyjoyford.bsky.social on the Plant-based Canada Podcast - Prescribing Sustainability: Food Systems in Healthcare. 🥬
🎧 bit.ly/3ZguOQZ
#NourishLeadership #PlanetaryHealth #SustainableFood #HospitalFood #Healthcare #Coolfood
🎧 bit.ly/3ZguOQZ
#NourishLeadership #PlanetaryHealth #SustainableFood #HospitalFood #Healthcare #Coolfood
January 13, 2026 at 4:12 PM
Check out this conversation with Nourish Director of Planetary Health @amyjoyford.bsky.social on the Plant-based Canada Podcast - Prescribing Sustainability: Food Systems in Healthcare. 🥬
🎧 bit.ly/3ZguOQZ
#NourishLeadership #PlanetaryHealth #SustainableFood #HospitalFood #Healthcare #Coolfood
🎧 bit.ly/3ZguOQZ
#NourishLeadership #PlanetaryHealth #SustainableFood #HospitalFood #Healthcare #Coolfood
Seeing some replies about "it's systems change that matters." True! That's why we launched the Coolfood Pledge in 2019 to help food service providers commit to a target to reduce food emissions 25% by 2030 - and measure progress each year. And plates are shifting! See: coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
September 20, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Seeing some replies about "it's systems change that matters." True! That's why we launched the Coolfood Pledge in 2019 to help food service providers commit to a target to reduce food emissions 25% by 2030 - and measure progress each year. And plates are shifting! See: coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
Blackstone is over the moon to announce that we have FOUR #Audies2025 finalists!🏆🎉
#SWARM by #JenniferDLyle
#COOLFOOD by @robertdowneyjrx.bsky.social + #ThomasKostigen
#BITSANDPIECES by #WhoopiGoldberg
#THEREALEDUCATIONOFTJCROWLEY by #MayWuthrich
Winners in all categories will be announced on 3/4!
#SWARM by #JenniferDLyle
#COOLFOOD by @robertdowneyjrx.bsky.social + #ThomasKostigen
#BITSANDPIECES by #WhoopiGoldberg
#THEREALEDUCATIONOFTJCROWLEY by #MayWuthrich
Winners in all categories will be announced on 3/4!
January 22, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Blackstone is over the moon to announce that we have FOUR #Audies2025 finalists!🏆🎉
#SWARM by #JenniferDLyle
#COOLFOOD by @robertdowneyjrx.bsky.social + #ThomasKostigen
#BITSANDPIECES by #WhoopiGoldberg
#THEREALEDUCATIONOFTJCROWLEY by #MayWuthrich
Winners in all categories will be announced on 3/4!
#SWARM by #JenniferDLyle
#COOLFOOD by @robertdowneyjrx.bsky.social + #ThomasKostigen
#BITSANDPIECES by #WhoopiGoldberg
#THEREALEDUCATIONOFTJCROWLEY by #MayWuthrich
Winners in all categories will be announced on 3/4!
Looking to deepen your climate action through food? 🥬 Join us for Reducing Food's Footprint: #Coolfood Info Session on July 22. This webinar will introduce the benefits of joining the Coolfood community & share lessons from Coolfood hospitals. Join Us!
nourishleadership.ca/knowledge-hu...
nourishleadership.ca/knowledge-hu...
WEBINAR July 22: Reducing Food's Footprint - Nourish
A Coolfood Pledge Information Session Climate action can start on the tray. Join healthcare foodservice leaders from across Canada for an introduction to the Coolfood Pledge: a practical, evidence-bas...
nourishleadership.ca
July 16, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Looking to deepen your climate action through food? 🥬 Join us for Reducing Food's Footprint: #Coolfood Info Session on July 22. This webinar will introduce the benefits of joining the Coolfood community & share lessons from Coolfood hospitals. Join Us!
nourishleadership.ca/knowledge-hu...
nourishleadership.ca/knowledge-hu...
Nourish welcomes Guelph General Hospital to the #Coolfood Pledge and our #PlanetaryHealth community of practice! 🎉
Nourish partners with @worldresources.bsky.social to onboard health care to Coolfood. We then support health care to bring their pledge to life. 🌎
www.guelphtoday.com/lets-eat/gue...
Nourish partners with @worldresources.bsky.social to onboard health care to Coolfood. We then support health care to bring their pledge to life. 🌎
www.guelphtoday.com/lets-eat/gue...
Guelph hospital marks Earth Day with food sustainability pledge
Officials commit to reducing food waste, using more plant-based ingredients and fewer animal products
www.guelphtoday.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Nourish welcomes Guelph General Hospital to the #Coolfood Pledge and our #PlanetaryHealth community of practice! 🎉
Nourish partners with @worldresources.bsky.social to onboard health care to Coolfood. We then support health care to bring their pledge to life. 🌎
www.guelphtoday.com/lets-eat/gue...
Nourish partners with @worldresources.bsky.social to onboard health care to Coolfood. We then support health care to bring their pledge to life. 🌎
www.guelphtoday.com/lets-eat/gue...
Coolfood is a great approach and VERY cool. 😎
March 11, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Coolfood is a great approach and VERY cool. 😎
By transforming menus, #healthcare can reduce food-related emissions, waste, & support regenerative food systems for preventive health & food security. This Earth Day, join Nourish and take the #Coolfood Pledge!
🌎 nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
#EarthDay2025 #EarthDay #DeliciousClimateAction
🌎 nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
#EarthDay2025 #EarthDay #DeliciousClimateAction
April 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
By transforming menus, #healthcare can reduce food-related emissions, waste, & support regenerative food systems for preventive health & food security. This Earth Day, join Nourish and take the #Coolfood Pledge!
🌎 nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
#EarthDay2025 #EarthDay #DeliciousClimateAction
🌎 nourishleadership.ca/programs/pla...
#EarthDay2025 #EarthDay #DeliciousClimateAction
Let's continue to explore how sustainable food practices: plant-forward meals, waste reduction & values-based procurement, can improve health & the climate💚
Check out these resources to learn more:
🔗https://bit.ly/sustainablemenuguide
🔗https://bit.ly/coolfood-
Check out these resources to learn more:
🔗https://bit.ly/sustainablemenuguide
🔗https://bit.ly/coolfood-
March 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Let's continue to explore how sustainable food practices: plant-forward meals, waste reduction & values-based procurement, can improve health & the climate💚
Check out these resources to learn more:
🔗https://bit.ly/sustainablemenuguide
🔗https://bit.ly/coolfood-
Check out these resources to learn more:
🔗https://bit.ly/sustainablemenuguide
🔗https://bit.ly/coolfood-
Aramark Canada pledges 25% cut in food-related emissions by 2030, introduces "Coolfood Meals" (Video). Read the full story:👇️
#RetailInsider #RetailNews #Canada
retail-insider.com/retail-insid...
#RetailInsider #RetailNews #Canada
retail-insider.com/retail-insid...
Aramark Canada pledges 25% cut in food-related emissions by 2030, introduces "Coolfood Meals" (Video)
Aramark currently offers more than 3000 Coolfood meals across more than 1000 accounts in the United States and in 2022 became the first contract caterer in the US to sign the Coolfood Pledge.
retail-insider.com
January 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Aramark Canada pledges 25% cut in food-related emissions by 2030, introduces "Coolfood Meals" (Video). Read the full story:👇️
#RetailInsider #RetailNews #Canada
retail-insider.com/retail-insid...
#RetailInsider #RetailNews #Canada
retail-insider.com/retail-insid...
In 2019 we launched the Coolfood Pledge with ~10 food service providers. Every year they let us know how much food they procure & what kinds of food & we calculate their food-related GHG emissions. 5 years later it’s grown to a group that serves >2 billion meals/year & they are making real progress!
WRI's new 2023 data shows that across >50 food service providers who have taken the Coolfood Pledge, ALL sectors have reduced their GHG emissions per plate (less meat/more plants), BUT only hospitals & cities at the pace needed to meet climate goals (-38% by 2030). More: coolfood.org/news-and-upd...
October 30, 2024 at 1:08 AM
In 2019 we launched the Coolfood Pledge with ~10 food service providers. Every year they let us know how much food they procure & what kinds of food & we calculate their food-related GHG emissions. 5 years later it’s grown to a group that serves >2 billion meals/year & they are making real progress!
Starting points:
🌎 Our planet is warming and the negative effects will worsen.
🍏 Food systems are driving climate change - diet shifts are a solution!
👩⚕️ Health care can demonstrate leadership in their communities.
#Healthcare #PlanetaryHealth #FoodSystems #DeliciousClimateAction #Coolfood
🌎 Our planet is warming and the negative effects will worsen.
🍏 Food systems are driving climate change - diet shifts are a solution!
👩⚕️ Health care can demonstrate leadership in their communities.
#Healthcare #PlanetaryHealth #FoodSystems #DeliciousClimateAction #Coolfood
May 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Starting points:
🌎 Our planet is warming and the negative effects will worsen.
🍏 Food systems are driving climate change - diet shifts are a solution!
👩⚕️ Health care can demonstrate leadership in their communities.
#Healthcare #PlanetaryHealth #FoodSystems #DeliciousClimateAction #Coolfood
🌎 Our planet is warming and the negative effects will worsen.
🍏 Food systems are driving climate change - diet shifts are a solution!
👩⚕️ Health care can demonstrate leadership in their communities.
#Healthcare #PlanetaryHealth #FoodSystems #DeliciousClimateAction #Coolfood
Don’t use the V words!
“We hope we're showing that change is possible,” said yours truly.
Nice story on our Coolfood program & how it works in hospitals.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/11/1193305476/dont-call-it-vegan-and-other-tips-from-hospitals-to-get-people-to-eat-less-meat
“We hope we're showing that change is possible,” said yours truly.
Nice story on our Coolfood program & how it works in hospitals.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/11/1193305476/dont-call-it-vegan-and-other-tips-from-hospitals-to-get-people-to-eat-less-meat
August 12, 2023 at 12:23 AM
Don’t use the V words!
“We hope we're showing that change is possible,” said yours truly.
Nice story on our Coolfood program & how it works in hospitals.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/11/1193305476/dont-call-it-vegan-and-other-tips-from-hospitals-to-get-people-to-eat-less-meat
“We hope we're showing that change is possible,” said yours truly.
Nice story on our Coolfood program & how it works in hospitals.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2023/08/11/1193305476/dont-call-it-vegan-and-other-tips-from-hospitals-to-get-people-to-eat-less-meat