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🚀 Only 24 Hours Left to join Our Exciting Webinar on F&B Product Impact Assessment at Scale ! 🌱 Join us tomorrow at 3 PM CEST for a must-attend webinar! Discover the practical steps and methodologies Albert Heijn, in collaboration with Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk and inoqo, uses to assess and mitigate the environmental impacts of their F&B products at both farm and product levels. Can’t join live? No worries—sign up and receive the recording! 🔹 Speakers and Topics: Jens Gronheid, MSc, Sustainability Manager at Albert Heijn: Explore their net-zero initiative, data gathering processes, integration within their online platforms, and key learnings. Jasper Scholten, MSc, Director of Consultancy at Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk: Gain insights into their farm-level impact assessment methodology and best practices. Dr. Bernhard Wohner, Head of Research at inoqo: Learn about their product-level impact assessment methodology and its practical applications. 🌍 About the Organizer: The European Sustainable Food Coalition is on a mission to transform food systems into sustainable ones. Our goal is to align all food players (grocery retailers, food policymakers, food suppliers, etc.) on a methodological framework for product impact assessment at scale using both product-level and farm-level data. 📅 Date: Tomorrow, June 25th ⏰ Time: 3 PM CEST 📍 Register Now: https://lnkd.in/dB6N6Bat Don't miss this chance to gain valuable insights and contribute to a sustainable future. See you there! #Sustainability #Webinar #EnvironmentalImpact #NetZero #SustainableFood #FoodSystems #ProductImpactAssessment #ESFC #foodsystems

I'm pleased to invite you to join us for the European Sustainable Food Coalition Online Event on April 17th, from 13:00 to 15:00 CEST, where we'll delve into the crucial theme of "Measuring and Communicating the Environmental & Socio-economic Impact of F&B Products at Scale." Our mission at inoqo has always been about #transparency in the #foodindustry. We're empowering #groceryretailers and #Brands to calculate the impact of their entire F&B assortment, driving reductions in #scope3 emissions. But we're not stopping there! We have recently co-initiated the European Sustainable Food Coalition to standardise F&B product impact assessment and communication across the industry. With this coalition we intent to pioneer the way for a future EU Sustainable Food Labeling Framework. Get ready for an event filled with insights from industry leaders: 🌱 Grant Sprick (VP Climate & Environment, Ahold Delhaize) 🌱 Malgorzata Golebiewska (Team Leader Environmental Footprint & Green Claims, DG Environment, European Commission) 🌱 Pasquale DI RUBBO (Team Leader, DG AGRI - Unit on Policy Perspectives, European Commission) 🌱 Koen Boone (Senior Researcher, Wageningen Economic Research) 🌱 Els Bedert (Director, Product Policy & Sustainability, EuroCommerce) 🌱 Agnese Ruggiero (Senior Manager Climate & Food, FoodDrinkEurope) I'm eager to start the event with an update on the European Sustainable Food Coalition and to moderate an engaging panel discussion. Our outstanding speakers will share their expertise and insights. Don't miss out on this enlightening conversation! Sign up for free at the link in the comments below. Let's shape a sustainable future together! 🌍 #SustainableFood #FoodIndustry #Transparency #EnvironmentalImpact #SocioeconomicImpact

Let’s drive the #FairFoodRevolution! 🍽️🌍 Everyone deserves access to healthy, sustainable, and affordable food. it’s a right, not a luxury. That’s why CLEVERFOOD is launching the campaign, “Food is for Everyone: Shaping the European Food System for a #FairFoodRevolution”, in collaboration with the FOOD 2030 Networks. Running from October 1st to October 18th, and aligned with #WorldFoodDay, we encourage you to get involved by sharing your own experiences and stories! Meanwhile, the EU4Advice project is working to enhance sustainability in food systems by empowering short food supply chains (SFSCs). The project connects SFSC advisors across all 27 EU member states, integrates advisory tools into national Agricultural Knowledge and Innovation Systems (AKIS), and improves AKIS governance. Together, we are helping food chain actors adopt practices that are economically, socially, and environmentally sustainable. Join us in shaping a better food future! #FairFoodRevolution #CLEVERFOODeu #FOOD2030 #EU4Advice #SustainableFood

🤔 Would you use an eco-label on food products?   The @EIT Food Consumer Observatory surveyed nearly 10,000 European consumers to understand the motivations, barriers and questions when it comes to eco-labelling on food products.    To have the most positive impact, eco-labelling should be part of a package of interventions, including an increase in the availability of more sustainable choices and public information campaigns. From our research, it’s clear that there is widespread support for an independent, universal, and evidence-based logo for sustainable food products and for the responsibility for validating green claims to be in the hands of an independent party. But consumers need more in the way of information, transparency and trust.    Download the full report to get all the insights from the Consumer Observatory ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/gSA-GW3v   The Consumer Observatory, powered by EIT Food, drives food systems transformation by providing consumer insights and guidance for agrifood stakeholders and offering market trend services to enable informed actions and decision-making toward a healthier, more sustainable and resilient future: https://lnkd.in/gXcDATiP   🙋🏻♂️To access the latest insights or discuss your specific research needs, get in touch today!    #EcoLabelling #ConsumerInsight #FoodSystem

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I'm excited to share my experience from the IFST Autumn Conference 2024, where I had the privilege of presenting my research poster on novel foods. This year's theme, "Food Evolution: From Established Practices to the Future of Food," couldn't be more timely. My presentation, "Novel Foods - Problem with Labelling, Testing, and Technology for Processing", highlighted a critical issue in our industry:  While novel foods hold immense potential for sustainable and circular food systems, the current approval process is a significant bottleneck, in the UK it takes a minimum of 2 years to get pre-market approval and actual market placement. This lengthy timeline is stifling innovation precisely when we need it most. As our global population grows and climate change intensifies, the need for innovative, sustainable food solutions has never been greater. Novel foods could be key to addressing these challenges, but only if we can bring them to market quickly and efficiently. It's time for industry leaders, policymakers, and researchers to collaborate on streamlining the novel food approval process. We must balance safety with innovation to unlock the full potential of these groundbreaking food technologies. What are your thoughts on accelerating innovation in the food industry? How can we ensure safety while fostering the rapid development of sustainable food solutions? Let's continue this crucial conversation. Share your ideas below! #FoodInnovation #Sustainability #NovelFoods #FutureOfFood #IFSTAC24

🔔 Exciting News alert! HelloFresh, Keep-it Technologies AS, and Zebra Technologies have come together to launch the Smart Food Tech Coalition. The Coalition’s mission is clear - to foster collaboration among stakeholders across the food value chain advocating for policies that encourage the use of new shelf-life technologies to prevent food waste and enhance food safety. 📚 Studies confirm that smart food technologies contribute to reducing food waste, particularly compared to products that rely on traditional date markings. These technologies more accurately represent through indicators based on time and temperature whether food is safe for consumption. Surprisingly, their use is currently disincentivised in EU law. The Coalition ask is simple. We call for the recognition and official assessment of smart food technologies that determine freshness and shelf-life more accurately than traditional date marking. 👇 Please read through the Coalition’s position paper below to understand why and how we aim to make smart food technologies a part of our daily lives. 👉 Stay tuned for more information on how technologies can help us address food waste and more broadly for updates on the work of the #SmartTechCoalition and its members. For more information on the Coalition, the technologies developed by its members, or to join the movement, please feel free to reach out. #foodwaste #coalition #innovations 

🌍 Youth-led Innovations in Sustainable Food Packaging 🌱 Sharing the results of an event organized by Eroski in collaboration with BCC Innovation, as part of the #INFORMPACK project, supported by EIT Food. A group of gastronomy students participated in exploring the future of sustainable packaging in the food industry. Key takeaways: ✅ Economic and regulatory incentives are crucial to encourage the adoption of eco-friendly materials in restaurants. ✅ Raising awareness among younger generations could be the driving force for more sustainable practices. ✅ While bio-packaging solutions have promise, concerns around functionality and safety need to be addressed to gain wider acceptance. This collaboration highlights how engaging young minds can lead to innovative solutions for reducing the environmental impact of food packaging. #Sustainability #FoodIndustry #EcoFriendly #CircularEconomy #Innovation #EITFood

We were proud to participate in this discussion. There is so much information available to consumers about being sustainable, but businesses—especially large producers—often have trouble finding resources. This webinar allowed us to discuss the lesser-known side of sustainability in the food stream and focus on what businesses are doing as well as the challenges they face. Thank you, Brass Tacks Initiative, for putting this together! If you need help implementing or refining sustainable initiatives in your business, contact us. We speak sustainability!

Looking for leadership and innovation in supporting healthy, sustainable eating in destinations? Check out the Living Labs of the Plan'Eat Project: https://lnkd.in/gzYu2Ke6 Imagine if event caterers in every destination had a tool enabling them to compare the impact of different food and drinks across eight different welfare and sustainability indicators, and share that information easily with customers? Such a tool exists for 9 different European countries already. Check it out!: https://safad.se/ From SLU - Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.