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🌟 How to feed the Olympics? 🌟 Paris 2024 Olympics have just began, and millions of people around world will watch the event over the next two weeks. How will supply chain support the largest restaurant in the world: the Athletes' Village, catering for 15000 people? Here’s a glimpse into how the organizers are ensuring a seamless and eco-friendly food supply: 1. Local and Seasonal Sourcing: Ingredients from France: Most ingredients will be sourced locally to minimize carbon footprints. 2. Reusable Dishware: For the first time, the Olympic Village will use 47,000 reusable plates, drastically reducing waste. 3. Massive Operational Scale: 40,000 Meals Daily: A dedicated team of over 200 chefs has developed more than 500 menu items. 4. Waste Reduction and Recycling: Comprehensive Recycling Programs: All food waste will be composted, and unused food will be donated to local food banks. By integrating local sourcing, sustainable practices, and innovative operational strategies, Paris 2024 is setting new standards for mega-event catering. If you're looking for more information, I have shared great articles about this topic in the comments. #Olympics #Paris2024 #EYSupplyChain #supplychain

Heading to #expowest2024?? So are we! Be sure to catch Daniel Kurzrock's session on leveraging upcycled ingredients to enable the transition to #circularity. Details below!

♻️ 𝐁𝐄𝐘𝐎𝐍𝐃 𝐒𝐇𝐎𝐑𝐓-𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐈𝐑𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐑 𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐌𝐘 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐒𝐄𝐓 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐅𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐍𝐄𝐄𝐃 ♻️ The Green Economy Forum & Exhibition 2024 (GEFE 2024) will bring together businesses and government leaders to address climate change and promote sustainable development. One of the key topics will be the Circular Economy, which focuses on transforming waste into valuable resources. 🌍✨ As Forbes reported, a significant number of global leaders still treat the circular economy as a short-term solution. 🚫📉 𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭! ♻️ 🔽𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶𝑖𝑟𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝐸𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑜𝑚𝑦 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑒𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑐𝑡; 𝑖𝑡’𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑠, 𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑜𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑐𝑡𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑠. 🔽𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝐶𝐸 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑟𝑡-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑘𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑜𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡𝑢𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑠, 𝑙𝑖𝑚𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔-𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚 𝑔𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑡ℎ 𝑝𝑜𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑟𝑢𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝐸𝑢𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑒. 🚀📉 The Netherlands stands as a global leader in building a thriving Circular Economy, with 27.5% of its material resources derived from recycled waste. This success didn’t come overnight—it’s the result from Dutch businesses' ongoing investments in innovative, eco-friendly technologies, showcasing their vital role in sustainability.💪  With their experience and commitment to sustainability, Dutch businesses serve as a model for others to integrate Circular Economy principles into long-term growth offers valuable lessons for companies seeking sustainable success. 🌱At GEFE 2024, over 50 Dutch companies will join to bring a unique chance to connect with pioneers, showcase innovative, sustainable strategies and invaluable opportunity to connect with key players in the global green economy, from innovators to policymakers. 💼 📣 Ready to make the shift? Join us at GEFE 2024! [𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘] 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗘𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝘂𝗺 & 𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 📅 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗲: 21-23 October 2024 📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Thiskyhall Sala Convention Center, HCMC, Vietnam 👉 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗻𝗼𝘄: https://lnkd.in/dZEaNFYY #GEFE2024 #GreenEconomy #Sustainability #CarbonMarket #GreenGrowth #EuroCham #Vietnam

We’re delighted to welcome Familie Wiesner Gastronomie AG as our first customer from the gastronomy sector! Familie Wiesner Gastronomie (FWG) is a family-owned restaurant business from Switzerland and removes CO₂ from the air with us as an additional step to fight climate change and protect the planet for future generations. FWG’s sustainability team visited our first commercial direct air capture facility in Hinwil earlier this April, where we had the chance to discuss the role of carbon removal in their net-zero strategy. For FWG, taking climate action as a business also means bringing the topic closer to its guests. On top of our agreement, FWG's customers therefore pay a small percentage of their online food orders towards our carbon removal service. If you're based in Switzerland, you can now enjoy local products and help to remove CO₂ from the air when ordering from Nooch Asian Kitchen, Negishi Sushi Bar, Miss Miu, The Butcher, Outback Lodge, and Kitchen Republic. Learn more about our agreement here: https://lnkd.in/etP_TGtD #ClimateAction #technology #innovation

Sustainability is a hot topic in the #eventsindustry and too often, aspects of the supply chain are labelled as the enemy of its continued progress. The immediate cessation or removal of certain items within the industry without first understanding those services is not the answer and will not in the long term, have the desired effect of making our industry more sustainable. Not only can it ostracise the suppliers that help make our fantastic events possible, but it also has a knock-on effect on exhibitors and organisers as well. ESSA Director Andrew Harrison spoke to Exhibition News about how this point of view needs to be extinguished and instead replaced with a triangle of understanding between the supplier, the organiser and the exhibitor in order to make real progress on our collective sustainable journey. We still have a long way to go, but let’s be ambitious and together let’s strategise, not demonise, to ensure our industry is a sustainable one now and in the future. Read more of Andrew’s thoughts here - https://lnkd.in/eGeJsZNR #ESSAleadandrepresent

So many service providers within the events industry will resonate with this! While the events supply chain isn't inherently the enemy of sustainability, this viewpoint can pose challenges for certain businesses whose capacity to change heavily depends on the cooperation of those around them. By fostering understanding and collaboration among suppliers, organisers, and exhibitors, it enables the integration of sustainable practices. ESSA a mental reset is exactly what is needed!

☕🌍As we mark International Coffee Day, we’re also celebrating a special milestone—the first anniversary of the Center for Circular Economy in Coffee (C4CEC)!🎉 In just one year, we have made significant strides in advancing a more sustainable future for coffee. Our key milestones include: - Launching our website, showcasing best practices and welcoming 33 members to our growing community.  - Contributing to the ICO's 2022/2023 flagship report - Beyond coffee: Towards a circular economy in coffee ☕♻️ - Organizing 5 webinars (with 3 successfully held and 2 more to come before the year ends). - Publishing the position paper: Making a Case for Circular Economy. - Speaking at key industry events including African Fine Coffees Association (AFCA), Specialty Coffee Association, International Coffee Organization, Slow Food- Terra Madre Salone del Gusto, and many more! - Completing an assessment of Kenya's coffee sector and developing a circular economy project to tackle its challenges. As we reflect on our first year, we are energized by the progress made and the opportunities that lie ahead. Our next steps? Growing our network, continuing to drive impact, and delivering more value to our members! 🌱 Here’s to many more successful years of collaboration and innovation! 🙌 #CircularEconomy #SustainableCoffee #InternationalCoffeeDay #C4CEC #ClimateAction Fondazione Lavazza International Trade Centre INTERNATIONAL COFFEE ORGANISATION Politecnico di Torino University of Gastronomic Sciences - Pollenzo UNIDO Mario Cerutti Vanusia Nogueira Katherine Oglietti Giulia Macola Mariamawit Solomon Silvia Barbero Alessandro Campanella Fabiana Rovera Franco Fassio Maira Campanella

How the #exhibitionindustry looks at itself here will be interesting. My initial thoughts were positive for the near future, making small changes individually as suppliers, stand designers, stand builders… just a small change multiplied becomes a sea change collectively.👍 We’re already doing our ‘small’ bit. #eventindustry #sustainableinnovation

Question of the day, Which expo are you attending? “All three…” Cue the puzzled looks – and even more confused glances as I made my way around each expo with my stack of passes! But whilst they are indeed three very different expos, sustainability was a common theme that tied them all together. First stop I called by Environmental Services & Solutions Expo (ESS Expo) and paid a visit to our CPL/Puragen Activated Carbons team! This gave me an opportunity to finally see their impressive AquaSorber® 22-100 mobile carbon filters. It certainly helps them to stand out in a crowded hall! I then cut across to our Homefire stand at Glee Birmingham Show where Russell Haigh & Kevin Moss had set up to show our range of eco-friendly firewood, smokeless fuels, and firelighters. They even had some of our charcoal, although the weather hasn’t been so kind for BBQs recently. Did you also know it was Glee’s 50 year anniversary? 🥳 And finally I headed over to UK Metals Expo - The Leading Event for the Entire Metals Supply Chain. Primarily to see if this would be a suitable addition to our ecoke exhibition schedule for 2025 📆 but also to speak to some recent connections! The exhibition has only been running for 3 years, and there’s already talk of it being even bigger next year. It’s fantastic to see how the metals industry is evolving towards more sustainable, future-focused practices. Some stands even had games to get involved in, because who says metal can’t be fun! Even if you don’t attend all three next year, it’s fantastic to see sustainability front and centre across garden retail, metals, and energy services. If you're in any of these industries, The NEC, Birmingham is the place to be! #GLEE2024 #UKMetalsExpo #ESS #ecoke #Sustainability #GreenTech #NECBirmingham #EcoInnovation #SustainableFuture

Are you making Point of Sales advertising and looking for more sustainable alternatives? Missed FESPA Amsterdam or did not get a chance to catch up? No worries! Here's a short recap of what you missed. Our SwitchGreen box can help you and your customers transition to a more sustainable future. Get in touch with your local Antalis contact to learn more about this tool. #FESPA #sustainability #Antalis