Health and Well-Being

Policy Goals

  • The UC Healthy Campus Network will review the strengths and gaps in the UC Sustainable Practices Policy and make recommendations for integration based on:
    • Environmental and human health co-benefits.
    • Social, physical and emotional well-being.
    • Health equity.
  • By 2025, suppliers that operate or maintain vending machines on UC locations will:
    • Ensure at least 50 percent of the beverages in a vending machine meet the UC Healthy Vending Guidelines for Healthy Spend.
    • Ensure that all locations offer at least 35 percent of the food in a vending machine that meet the UC Healthy Vending Guidelines for Healthy Spend.
  • By 2027, suppliers that operate or maintain vending machines on UC locations will:
    • Ensure at least 60 percent of the beverages in a vending machine meet the UC Healthy Vending Guidelines for Healthy Spend.
    • Ensure at least 40 percent of the food in a vending machine meet the UC Healthy Vending Guidelines for Healthy Spend.

Note: This is a summary of policy goals. Additional details and current requirements are available in the UC Sustainable Practices Policy. See UC's progress toward these goals in the Annual Report on Sustainable Practices.