Green Dining Week 2022 | Green Dining Alliance

The 2nd Annual Green Dining Week Takes Place October 17-23

Each day of the week will feature different Green Dining Alliance establishments donating a portion of their sales to support the GDA.

The 2nd Annual Green Dining Week returns October 17-23 and includes 18 Green Dining Alliance establishments. Each day of the week will feature at least one GDA member, with a portion of the day’s total sales going to the Green Dining Alliance, a sustainability certification program for the St. Louis area.

The Green Dining Alliance, a program of earthday365, aims to make businesses in the food industry more sustainable and more environmentally friendly. The certification program focuses on 7 core areas: Recycling & Waste Reduction, Sourcing & Procurement, Energy Efficiency, Water Conservation, Chemicals, Awareness & Education, and Innovation. Through an extensive annual audit and reporting process, the GDA works with each business to achieve its sustainable goals. The GDA also celebrates each establishment’s achievements, making it easier for the public to find and support local, green dining!

Choosing sustainability within the food industry is more difficult in a challenging economic climate.

GDA members work tirelessly to implement sustainable practices like recycling, composting, and food waste management, and they often take on extra financial burdens to use environmentally friendly to-go packaging and locally sourced food products. They constantly make energy-efficient upgrades like implementing LED lighting and scheduling regular refrigeration and kitchen equipment maintenance. GDA members are also social sustainability leaders in our communities. It’s important to do our part as consumers to support local, green dining, and our circular economies.

– Ben Daugherty (Green Dining Alliance Manager)

These are the GDA Members participating in the 2nd Annual Green Dining Week: