The state canteens cover just under 100,000 employees. Both the Socialist People’s Party and the Radicals would like to see the requirement extended to other places in the public sector as well, for example in municipalities and regions.
– A requirement must be made that CO2 emissions must be reduced by a minimum of 25 percent in all public kitchens by 2025.
– The transition to eating greener requires inspiration. And for us to see, it is not enough just to do it in the state canteens. It must also be out in the institutions and in the hospitals, says Signe Munk.
She emphasizes that special dietary needs must be taken into account.
The Radicals’ food rapporteur, Kathrine Olldag, is also a supporter of the idea.
– In many places, this is already the reality, where within the framework of municipal self-government or the state has chosen to introduce it as part of a personnel policy.
– We have no problem with the state making an overall canteen policy that there are meat-free days. Sometimes you have to make such a big move in the green transition, she says.
She emphasizes that the government cannot force municipalities to do so, for example, due to municipal self-government. But that she hopes that both municipalities and regions will embrace the idea.
Under the previous government, the Danish People’s Party proposed that institutions should be forced to serve pork once a week. It was called symbol politics. According to Signe Munk, however, it cannot be compared.
– It is certainly not a symbolic policy to make sure that there is a smaller climate footprint from the food served in the public canteens.
– We do not interfere in whether it is celery or broccoli, says Signe Munk.
Source: The Nordic Page