Vegan Corporates

Many businesses including multinational organizations are increasingly adopting a vegan policy given the enhanced sensitivity to animals, environment, health and climate change.

“By doing this (i.e. by adopting a plant based lifestyle), we would increase the amount of grains and food available to feed people elsewhere who are hungry, reduce pollution, reduce climate change & global warming, save water, save energy, and stop contributing to the clearing of forests”, says Peter Singer, an Australian philosopher and  Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University.  

Forbes, in 2018, reported, “Vegan Initiatives Are Taking off in the Corporate Workplace and It’s Good for Business”.

For example, New York -based WeWork, $20 Billion Start-up went Vegetarian citing Environmental Concerns. 

WeWork, which has built its business around shared workspaces, has done away with meat and poultry from corporate dining functions.  The company of around 6,000 will no longer serve meat at events or reimburse employees for pork, red meat or poultry, as per Eco Watch.

Another London based company Playtypus has adopted climate friendly vegan food policy.

Vegan Leaders in Corporate Management – VLCM a global community for vegans working in corporate functions, continues to grow quickly and expansively. It has more than 4,000 members including those from Google, Boeing, Amazon, Intel and Accenture.

As per Forbes, Facebook and Dropbox have seen successful employee-driven vegan initiatives. Dropbox has embraced a vegan employee program called “Vegbox,” turning it into a vibrant vegan meal and sustainability platform for employees.

People working in large corporates like Microsoft, IBM, GE, Tesla are increasingly embracing vegan policies at work.

At HelloLeads, a CRM software product company, which I have been part of, we have gone vegetarian, as a first step towards a vegan journey, from February 14, 2020, i.e. on valentine’s day. Yes, our love includes love for animals as well!

Organizations can follow below polices:

• Food sponsored to customers, government representatives or business guests, by the company can be vegan.
• Food expenses of employees borne by the company while traveling or during outstation business trips will be for vegetarian or vegan food.
• During team meetings or annual events, organizations can go vegan.
• Employees can be encouraged to bring vegan or vegetarian lunch.
• Organizations can show enhanced sensitivity to animals, environment, health and climate change as part of their business culture.

Well known business leaders who are vegan include Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, MIT Media Lab Director Joi Ito, Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr., Canadian media tycoon Mort Zuckerman, Binatone founder and chairman Gulu Lalvani, Wynn Resorts CEO Steve Wynn and Eleveneleven’s Ellen Degeneres. The list is endless and there are many more.