Providing lunch for employees has been a workplace perk since the 1990s when companies like Bloomberg and then start-up Google offered snacks in the company kitchen with the goal of making employees happier, healthier, more productive, and in the office instead of out on the town. Now everyone from Ben & Jerry’s—who offers three free pints of ice cream for each day of work— tothe American Enterprise Institutethink tank in Washington—who offers employees an elaborate buffet with luxuries like prime rib and crab cakes—free lunch has been found to increase employee productivity, help team building and culture, and adds to recruiting efforts. But what if that meal can be carbon neutral too?  Enter Eat Club, a Silicon Valley-based “virtual cafeteria” that delivers meals to more than 1,000 companies and who worked to offset emissions from its own operations—from the miles driven by delivery vehicles to electricity use at distribution centers—is now incentivizing their employees to be offset their own carbon footprints too. Here with me to discuss the benefits of work perks is Doug Leeds, the CEO of Eat Club.

Meredith Golden is a former psychotherapist turned dating app-ghostwriter and founder of Spoon Meets Spoon where Meredith does all the swiping and texting for her clients.

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