ISS Launches Low-Carbon Primary School Meals

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04 November 2025

Almost 200 primary schools in the UK will serve low-carbon meals to their students from November 2025.

After launching low-carbon meals in secondary schools in 2024, ISS has once again collaborated with the World Resources Institute initiative Coolfood to cut food-related emissions across the primary education sector.

ISS will serve over 50,000 plant-rich meals daily across almost 200 UK primary schools in Barnet, Ealing, Redbridge, Southwark, Slough, and other locations in Essex and Yorkshire. The certified low-carbon meals have a 38 per cent lower carbon emission rate than the average school dish.

Menus will include the Coolfood badge to help students spot low-carbon options.

About 34 per cent of all human-caused greenhouse gas emissions are linked to food, through agriculture and land use, refrigeration and transportation of food, food-related packaging and food waste management. 

Zuzana Toth Orbanova, Brand Manager for Education at ISS UK & Ireland, said: “We’re thrilled to be building on our longstanding partnership with Coolfood by launching certified low carbon, plant rich meals in primary schools in the UK. It is incredibly exciting to be delivering an industry first through these meals in education, and we’re proud to now introduce even younger students to learnings on sustainable food.

“This initiative will above all help to reduce the climate footprint of schools and empower young people to help build a more sustainable future through the choices they make. We’re delighted with initial feedback and can’t wait to bring such a wide variety of delicious, plant-rich, and expertly crafted recipes to school tables nationwide.”

Picture: a photograph of open lunchboxes with sandwiches, fruit, crackers, and corn on the cob. Image Credit: Pexels

Article written by Ella Tansley | Published 04 November 2025

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