Feeling Proggy
Posted January 16th, 2008 at 4:54 pm by Kate Gerwe, Corporate Partnerships & Green Team Leader
2 Comments / Filed in: Video, Working at Yahoo!
The last time we heard from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), they were letting us know what they thought about our use of a primate in our Yahoo! Tech launch event (we apologized). This time, they’ve crowned us with a 2008 Proggy Award for having the most vegetarian- and earth-friendly corporate cafeteria. We feel proudly redeemed.
A Proggy recognizes “animal-friendly achievement in 21st century culture and commerce…contributing to a more humane life for our entire society.” Whether they realize it or not, the thousands of Yahoos fed by Bon Appetit Management Company in our headquarters cafeteria (known as “URLs”) and beyond are provided with made-from-scratch food choices that minimize our impact on the environment. We are availed with dozens of vegetarian and vegan options, organics galore, ingredients from local farms, antibiotic-free meats, sustainable seafood, and biodegradable to-go containers. The kitchen staff even saves the vegetable oil from our fryers to create biodiesel fuel.
While an award for a corporate cafeteria might not seem worthy of great fanfare, it illustrates a big theme we Yahoos care about — finding innovative ways to help the planet. Many of the earth-friendly details are a result of input from Yahoo!’s Green Team, a volunteer army of employees who keep their eyes open for small changes that can make a big difference.
Here’s a quick video tour of URLs with Chef Bob Hart. He didn’t cook for the Grateful Dead, but he serves a mean gardein.
Kate Gerwe
Yahoo! Green Team
Senior Director, Marketing, Corporate Partnerships
Tagged: award, Video, Working at Yahoo!, yahoo! green
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Lara Sandez | January 17th, 2008 at 6:12 am
Woah! I want to work at Yahoo! Looks like a vegan’s dream.
Brady | January 17th, 2008 at 10:10 pm
Go Kate! Go Bob!
Proud to have eaten 700+ meals at Url’s!
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