The food we eat is the greatest driver of biodiversity loss. Our food systems are responsible for a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions. By 2050, we will struggle to feed a population of 9 billion people, unless we change the way we grow, produce and consume our food.
Brands across the globe are struggling with how, where do they start addressing sustainability. Join Lauren and Brock as they work through what sustainability means for food brands, how to get started and why you should get started.
The Presenters:
Lauren is the CEO & Co-Founder of Calyx, a data intelligence company delivering globally recognised databased sustainability insights for the Australian Food Industry. She is passionate about delivering on a new normal that measures success on a triple bottom line: people, planet and profit. Lauren has worked across the public and private sector. She is a successful entrepreneur, whose work uses technology to scale food systems change.
Brock is the CEO and Co-Founder of Chief Nutrition, a healthy snacking brand with sustainable supply chain practices at its core. Brock believes that to create truly healthy products they must have a positive impact on the environment as well. Through the utilization of Life Cycle Analysis and Carbon sequestration measurement technology, Chief aims to impact not only greenhouse gas emissions but biodiversity, water usage and land transformation metrics. Brock is a serial entrepreneur with his ventures being sold around the world in over 20 countries.
