Sustainability

Join us in celebrating Campus Sustainability Month throughout the month of October. Through our environmental sustainability platform, Green Thread®, we are committed to promoting campus sustainability by sourcing responsibly, minimizing food waste, operating efficiently, and reducing packaging.

Here are a few of the things we’re doing on campus to manage our environmental performance:

• Sourcing Responsibly: CCU Food Crew has brought a Babylon Hydroponics System to Hicks Dining. Growing our leafy and micro greens on campus uses less water, zero pesticides, fewer fertilizers, and zero transport miles.
• Minimizing Food Waste: We donate our extra food from various locations to the Cino Pantry on campus and New Directions in Myrtle Beach, SC.
• Embedded Circularity: We have partnered with Planet Ozzi to offer a reusable to-go container option. Since 2021, CCU Food Crew has been able to divert over 33,000 disposable to-go containers away from the landfill.
• Operating Efficiently: CCU Food Crew is working with the Green Restaurant Association to certify our dining locations. Up Dining Hall and Chauncey's Choice are the first Collegiate Restaurants in South Carolina to receive a 4-Star Green Restaurant Certification. Stay tuned to see which locations we are working on certifying next. Visit this link to learn more about our certification. https://www.dinegreen.com/coastalcarolinauniversity

Promoting planetary health on our path to net zero emissions. Review our Environmental, Social, Governance site for more information!