Warwick voted for plant-based. We're already making it happen.

In November 2023, Warwick students voted in an All-Student Vote for the University and the Students' Union to move to 100% plant-based catering by 2027/28. We're asking for that to become a clear, public plan with a date on it, and we'd like to help build it. Plenty has already changed since that vote. Department of Sociology has served 100% vegetarian food at departmental events for years. In August 2026, Department of Philosophy agreed to at least 50% vegetarian at student events. Five student societies have written 100% plant-based catering into their constitutions. Menus across campus have moved, and the people who run catering here have been open to working with students on it. We'd like to build on all of this to make university-wide change. Why it matters: Climate. Food is around a third of global greenhouse gas emissions and animal products are most of it. Warwick declared a climate emergency in 2019 and has set real targets on energy and buildings. Catering is the next significant step, and it's one students can help deliver. Cost. Independent modelling built specifically for university catering finds plant-based meals cost around 30% less and emit around 84% less than meat-based ones, and that a university of our size could save over £500,000 a year. It already works elsewhere. The University of Graz now runs the first fully plant-based university canteen in Europe. The University of Vienna has committed to move its catering to 100% vegan and vegetarian as contracts come up for renewal, with a staff and student working group setting the criteria at the retender. At Ghent University, a joint project between students and the university's Green Office has brought 28 departments and services into plant-based catering commitments in a single year. We understand the honest question that comes back to us, which is whether students really want this. This petition exists to answer it. Every name here is a student or a member of staff at Warwick saying yes. We're asking the University of Warwick and Warwick Students' Union to: Include food and catering in The Way to Sustainable, with a measurable target and a date.Make plant-based the easy choice across SU and Warwick Food Group outlets: plant options listed first, plant milk available on equal terms with no surcharge, and clear carbon labelling on menus.Run a measured plant-based menu trial at the Food Station, the Dirty Duck and Curiositea, and share what the sales data shows either way.Work toward 100% plant-based catering at University and SU events by 2027/28, as students voted.Report the carbon footprint of campus catering each year, building on the work already done at the Dirty Duck. We're not asking anyone to change what they eat at home. We're asking that the more sustainable option becomes the easy, obvious, affordable one on campus. By signing, I'm adding my name to the students and staff at Warwick who want this to happen.