# BOKU University Canonical URL: [BOKU University](https://plantbaseduniversities.org/boku-university) Campaign last updated: 2026-10-29T17:49:41.191Z City: Vienna ## Shape \[Y}our Future: Make BOKU Plant-Based Join the movement to make BOKU’s food system 100% plant-based Signatures displayed: 1,498. Current signature goal: 2,200. Counts can change. ## What is the problem? ### 57% of food emissions come from animal products Around one third of all global greenhouse-gas emissions originate from food production, with the majority being produced by animal husbandry. The livestock sector alone generates more emissions than all the world’s planes, ships and cars combined. Yet, animal-based food provides only 17% of the global calorie supply. It occupies an area as big as the entire Americas, is the main driver for deforestation, a factor further fuelling climate change, and overall, a highly inefficient way to produce food. A fully plant-based nutrition can cut the diet-related greenhouse gasses nearly in half. This makes it the most effective instrument in the fight against climate change. Every meal BOKU serves is a choice between further perpetuating the crisis or becoming part of the solution. ## What can we do? ### Hundreds of meals every day served at BOKU As students and staff at BOKU, we see every day how food shapes our campus culture. Every plate served at BOKU is a political and ecological decision – and one we can change. BOKU has formally committed to a two‑thirds emissions reduction by 2030 and 90% by 2040, in line with the 1.5°C goal. Transitioning to 100% plant-based catering is one of the most visible, controllable, and realistic ways for BOKU to actually live up to that promise. ## Is that even possible? The canteen at University of Graz went fully plant-based. University of Vienna transitioned two cafeterias to 70% plant-based — and BOKU can be next\! ## Petition To All students of BOKU PBU is a student-led grassroots campaign founded in the UK in 2021, currently active in over 80 universities across Europe. We fight for climate justice through encouraging institutional change, by advocating for 100% plant-based procurement at university canteens and catering. By divesting from animal agriculture, BOKU can make an important contribution to climate justice, drive the transition toward a fair and sustainable food system, and increase acceptance within society. Universities already play a major role in addressing the climate crisis through their research and serve as fertile ground for societal change. We are asking BOKU to follow their research and adopt plant-based catering. At the University of Graz, a fully plant‐based cafeteria has been running successfully for over a year and at the University of Vienna’s Oskar‐Morgenstern‐Platz cafeteria the catering has been 70% vegan and 30% vegetarian since November 2023. BOKU could become the next fully plant-based university in Austria. ## Get involved and follow updates [Visit the campaign page](https://plantbaseduniversities.org/boku-university) to join the team or sign the petition, and read the latest campaign timeline. Contact: pbu.boku@gmail.com [Campaign Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/plantbasedunisvienna?igsh=cDU4NWprczVrY291&utm_source=qr)