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📆 Consider this your 2027 invitation to our future Food Innovation Centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, dedicated to support food producers in overcoming escalating food challenges. The Food Innovation Centre will be located at the headquarters of Alfa Laval’s Food and Water business and work on the new facility has already begun. By 2050, the world will need up to 70% more food to meet the demands of a growing global population, according to the United Nations. Simultaneously, the food sector is striving to achieve net zero targets and minimize environmental impact. With more than 140 years of experience in the food industry, Alfa Laval is committed to support: “This investment is one piece of the puzzle in tackling the challenges of supplying sustainable food today and in the future. We see our role as enabling the essential transition of the global food system to meet both the increasing demand for food and also producing food in a radically different way, using less water, less energy and with a holistic approach to resources. To us, this is what pioneering positive impact really means,” says Sammy Hulpiau, President of Alfa Laval’s Food & Water Division. 🔎 Read more about our future Food Innovation Centre here: https://lnkd.in/du6gkPDm #AlfaLaval #PioneeringPositiveImpact #SustainableFood #FutureOfFood

🌍 Shaping EU sustainable food systems: the potential of Public Procurement 🌱 The EU food system is at the intersection of multiple challenges - climate change, environmental degradation, societal inequalities and economic challenges. Addressing them requires bold, systemic change. Public procurement holds untapped potential to foster sustainable food systems and promote population health. Recognizing this transformative power, the Farm to Fork Strategy under the European Green Deal emphasized the need for sustainable food procurement criteria to support sustainable food systems. Our latest report, available at https://lnkd.in/gjmnzesi explores this vision by: 🔍 Mapping existing sustainable public procurement (SPP) criteria across environmental, social (including nutrition), and economic dimensions 📊 Adopting a life cycle perspective to identify key improvement areas, or "hotspots" 🤝 Gathering insights through comprehensive desk research, market analysis, and stakeholder interviews Analysis builds on Lermant et al. (https://lnkd.in/gGrtMR_M). Actionable, comprehensive criteria can redefine public procurement as a catalyst for fostering sustainable food systems. This means addressing interconnected supply chains, promoting responsible consumption, protecting ecosystems, and improving population health. Laura García Herrero Cecilia Casonato Aurora Perez-CornagoEsther Sanyé-Mengual Ana Sarasa Renedo, MPH PhD Ioanna Bakogianni Jan Wollgast Miguel Gama Caldas Petros Maragkoudakis #Sustainability #PublicProcurement #FarmToFork #SustainableFoodSystems EU Science, Research and Innovation

🚫Value4Pack #RChallenge1: Call  for – Refuse – ideas   Value4Pack is looking for innovators to bridge innovation gaps in the EU food packaging chain. We’re committed to support industry-driven value chain solutions and initiatives that address the 4R goals of sustainable food packaging.   Today, we highlight the first 'R': Refuse.   💬 Refuse – Defined as: "Eliminating packaging materials without inducing more food waste/loss”   🧠 Eligible ideas within the #Refuse-goals can include: - Innovations eliminating primary food packaging without increasing food waste/loss - Digital solutions reducing the need for physical packaging   - Edible/soluble packaging solutions   - Development of a code of conduct for marketing and packaging to prevent overpackaging   👉 Do you have an innovative project idea within the Refuse-domain? Submit your proposal via https://lnkd.in/dBJHewKP and join the revolution! #Value4Pack #SustainableFoodPackaging #CollaborationForChange #I3Instrument #EISMEA #Value4PackCall4ProjectIdeas NATUREEF Association| Pack4Food|Flanders' FOOD|Packaging Cluster I Lithuanian food exporters association (LitMEA) |Valorial, le réseau innovation agri-agro| Agrifood Clust-ER| Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna| DBH Group| Omnipack Packaging Technology Cluster| Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije| CLIC Innovation Oy| Packbridge| Galicia Food Cluster| POLYMERIS|Latvian Food Cluster

🚫Value4Pack #RChallenge1: Call  for – Refuse – ideas   Value4Pack is looking for innovators to bridge innovation gaps in the EU food packaging chain. We’re committed to support industry-driven value chain solutions and initiatives that address the 4R goals of sustainable food packaging.   Today, we highlight the first 'R': Refuse.   💬 Refuse – Defined as: "Eliminating packaging materials without inducing more food waste/loss”   🧠 Eligible ideas within the #Refuse-goals can include: - Innovations eliminating primary food packaging without increasing food waste/loss - Digital solutions reducing the need for physical packaging   - Edible/soluble packaging solutions   - Development of a code of conduct for marketing and packaging to prevent overpackaging   👉 Do you have an innovative project idea within the Refuse-domain? Submit your proposal via https://lnkd.in/dBJHewKP and join the revolution! #Value4Pack #SustainableFoodPackaging #CollaborationForChange #I3Instrument #EISMEA #Value4PackCall4ProjectIdeas NATUREEF Association| Pack4Food|Flanders' FOOD|Packaging Cluster I Lithuanian food exporters association (LitMEA) |Valorial, le réseau innovation agri-agro| Agrifood Clust-ER| Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna| DBH Group| Omnipack Packaging Technology Cluster| Gospodarska zbornica Slovenije| CLIC Innovation Oy| Packbridge| Galicia Food Cluster| POLYMERIS|Latvian Food Cluster

A new report produced by the Food System Economics Commission found that existing food systems destroyed more value than they created due to hidden environmental and medical costs, in effect, borrowing from the future to take profits today. It estimated the hidden costs of food, including climate change, human health, nutrition and natural resources, at $15 trillion, and created a new model to project how these hidden costs could develop over time, depending on humanity’s ability to change. Their calculations were in line with a report last year by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, which estimated off-books agrifood costs at more than $10trillion globally in 2020. Food systems drive a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. This creates a vicious cycle, as higher temperatures bring more extreme weather and greater damage to harvests. Food insecurity also puts a burden on medical systems. The study predicted a business-as-usual approach would leave 640 million people underweight by 2050, while obesity would increase by 70%. A shift towards a more sustainable global food system could create up to $10 trillion of benefits a year, improve human health and ease the climate crisis, according to the most comprehensive economic study of its type. Overall, they estimate the costs of the transformation at between 0.2% and 0.4% of global GDP per year. I've been passionate about this issue for decades, and thankfully, organizations like The World Bank, European Central Bank, Fidelity International and others are getting loud about this now, too, which I highlight in my next book, Seeding Innovation, the Path to Profit and Purpose in the 21st Century. We are living beyond the carrying capacity of the planet, and the time to make these investments is now, before the liabilities are insurmountable. #foodsystems #impact #investment #leadership #subsidies #capital #climate #environment #systemsthinking #courage

Why Fribourg? In this last episode of 11 series (by the way special thanks to the Greater Geneva Bern area (GGBa) comms team for a splendid job) on the Fribourg Agri&Food ecosystem, I talk about our heritage, our passion for the 6 protected denomination of origins products Fribourg has (going a.o. from Gruyères, Vacherin cheeses, to a safran bun called "cuchaule"). This is a very particular and unique mix of tradition and ambition. We also find ourselves right now at a junction where legal frameworks need to evolve quickly in order to enable both a speedy technological development of cellular based or precision fermentation products while ensuring consumer safety. Come and see what the Swiss Food & Nutrition Valley and the Greater Geneva Bern area (GGBa) have to offer, we are a food nation, a scale-up nation, and we have an appetite for more! #foodnation #whyfribourg #place2gros #whyswitzerland #foodtech #tradition #ambition #scaleupnation https://lnkd.in/e99snthu

🌍 A Global Movement for Sustainable Packaging and Food Security 🌱 The Food and Beverage Carton Alliance (FBCA) has officially launched as a global platform for innovation and cirularity, uniting industry leaders like Elopak, Billerud, SIG Group, Stora Enso and Tetra Pak. Together, we are reimagining the role of beverage cartons in building a more sustainable, low-carbon future. Beverage cartons are more than just packaging - they are game-changers in food systems worldwide. By extending the shelf=life of perishable foods, reducing waste, and utilizing renewable materials, beverage cartons support food security while protecting our planet. FBCA’s mission is clear: 🌱 Innovate: Drive progress in renewable materials and recycling technologies to ensure every carton is part of a circular economy. 📊 Inform: Through our Centers of Expertise, use science-based data to highlight the low-carbon benefits of beverage cartons and engage with policymakers globally. 🤝 Collaborate: Work across the value chain to create sustainable packaging solutions that meet the challenges of a changing world. 💡 Curious about how FBCA is making a difference? With this global expansion, FBCA invites stakeholders worldwide to join its mission to promote sustainable packaging, support food security, and drive the transition to low-carbon circular economies.  Join us as we champion the role of beverage cartons in creating a world where sustainability is not just a goal, but a standard. 🌎💧 #Sustainability #CircularEconomy #LowCarbonFuture #RenewablePackaging Learn more! http://bit.ly/3E6UYi4

      The Italian government is proposing an amendment to its constitution that would stymie introduction of the EU-backed Nutri-Score system in the mediterranean state. This is a testimony of the will of the Italian government to defend purely economic interests: blocking the adoption of the NutriScore in Europe is indeed the objective of the Italian agri-food sector, under the umbrella of the Federalimentare lobby, of which Ferrero is one of the main leaders. It is the demonstration that Italian government puts economic interests ahead of those of the population by preventing consumers from having access to a real transparency on the nutritional quality of food, as given by the Nutri-Score, a public health tool based on science and understandable by all. Once again, this is a denial of science and public health ! There are more than 130 scientific studies performed in 20 countries, carried out by academic researchers without conflicts of interest that have validated the algorithm underlying the calculation of the Nutri-Score and demonstrated its effectiveness and its interest for consumers in term of public health. The Italian government has instead endorsed the NutrInform Battery system of food labelling, that is supported by Federalimentare and only currently displayed by Ferrero. Easy to understand why Ferrero and lobbies promote NutrInform and refuse Nutri-Score....   Precision: the paper by Euronews is well documented, however there is an error regarding olive oil that is absolutely not classified D as indicated... In fact, olive oil was previously classified C; and since january 2024 it ranks B (green) following the update of the algorithm !  

Is 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 always more sustainable? No. Is 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗱 good for the climate? Yes, but it's complicated... 1️⃣ Transport from far away only has a high carbon footprint if it's transported by air. So focusing on 'local' can be misleading. 2️⃣ Summer vegetables that are available in winter often come from heated greenhouses, which have a relatively high carbon footprint. 3️⃣ Freezing vegetables increases the carbon footprint by a tiny amount. So... the best choice is to eat seasonal vegetables. But the frozen option is also a great choice (especially for green beans). Now it's important to discuss one more aspect: Vegetables contribute only 4% to the carbon footprint of the average EU diet. 83% of the emissions come from meat and dairy. So first eat more vegetables and less meat. Then buy more seasonal vegetables. The other thing about seasonal food is that it just feels good and it has many other benefits (see our blog post about it). This is why we created our seasonal calendar for Northwestern Europe (Netherlands, UK, Germany, Belgium). It shows you when products is in season and also provides 4 seasonal recipes for each month. You can buy the seasonal calendar on our website: https://lnkd.in/g_3nq_8G ---- 🙋♂️ I share facts about climate change and food. Follow me and join my exploration for a sustainable version of 'The Good Life‘. 📱 If you want to get more facts about the impact of our food (and recipes), download the Fork Ranger app in the Google Play or App Store. #seasonal #greenbeans #sustainablefoodsystems Source: Broekema, R., & Blonk, H. (2010). Milieueffecten van sperziebonen en spinazie. Gouda: Blonk Milieu Advies in opdracht van de Consumentenbond.

Envisioning Future of Ecolabels in Europe In a new Wageningen University & Research report a detailed comparison of the 16 most relevant LCA based ecolabels in Europe is presented that are scored on 40 criteria. What can we learn from the most innovative approaches regarding methodology, databases, IT and governance? We also provide our vision for future development of Ecolabels Main conclusions: ·         The fast and furious growth of Ecolabels has led to many private and public labels that all use different methodologies and databases. ·         The most advanced ecolabels are able to produce reasonably good estimates of carbon impact of food items based on existing product databases of retailers. ·         Integration of additional product specific data is needed to better compare products within a product category and additional sustainability themes need to be integrated to better align with European standards like Product Environmental Footprint and Green Claims Directive. ·         Large investments are made by the public and private sector to improve the ecolabels. ·         There is an urgent need for a pan Europe harmonized approach with a fully transparent methodology and database that are managed by an independent non-profit organisation. ·         The private sector could however play an important role in developing tools to operationalize the harmonized methodology. They can compete with innovative IT solutions to assemble and share product specific data and aligning with existing data exchange systems. The report is a result of the European Life project Eco Food Choice where we work together with our partners ADEME, BETA Technological Center, corsus - corporate sustainability GmbH, INRAE, IRTA, The University of Göttingen and Grup Ametller Origen on implementing this vision. In recent years many #LCA based #Ecolabels have been implemented by governments, retailers and food service companies all over Europe. These ecolabels give all individual food items an environmental score to support consumers in selecting between product categories (yoghurt versus fruit) and to select the product with lowest environmental impact within a product category (e.g. yoghurt of producer A versus yoghurt of producer B). The data underlying the scores do not only support consumers but will also help financial sector, retailers and food processors in their reporting obligations (like #CSRD). More importantly they give the opportunity for all these groups and for governments, to incentivize more sustainable production and farming with one consistent system for all food and agriculture. If successfully implemented, ecolabels could be a real game changer in making food more sustainable and link well with the advice of the Strategic dialogue on future of EU agriculture and food. Curious to learn more or collaborate? Feel free to connect or share your comments! https://lnkd.in/en4aYrJR #FoodSystems #EcoScore #AgriculturalPolicy #FoodPolicy