Turn Your Healthcare Institution Greener by Default

Good food helps patients and staff thrive. By going Greener by Default, your healthcare institution can improve health, cut carbon emissions, and decrease food costs, while protecting freedom of choice.

Success in the Big Apple

By making delicious, culturally appropriate plant-based options the default, NYC Health + Hospitals empowered more than half of all eligible patients to opt into the plant-based meals. They’ve now reduced their carbon footprint by 1/3 while maintaining very high patient satisfaction and saving approximately $500,000 annually.

Benefits

Health & Wellbeing

Optimize & upgrade comfort food
Plants have the full protein + fiber package! Plant-rich eating patterns are associated with lower risk of chronic diseases.
Sustainability

Be an environmental leader.
Plant-based defaults can increase consumption of plant-based meals by up to 60%, reducing carbon by 40% and water by 24% on average.
Cost Savings

Benefit your triple bottom line.
Greener by Default can cut food costs, while enhancing meal options and maintaining patient/guest satisfaction.
Inclusivity

Meet everyone’s needs, by default.
Greener by Default is more inclusive of those with allergies and cultural or religious restrictions.