The Sustainable Foods Summit is a series of summits that focuses on the leading issues the food industry faces concerning sustainability, organic, fair trade and other eco-labels. The next editions of this executive summit will take place in North America and Europe in 2011.
Organised by Organic Monitor, the Sustainable Foods Summit brings together key stake-holders in the food industry that include food manufacturers, ingredient & raw material suppliers, retailers & distributors, industry organisations & certification agencies, researchers & academics, investors, etc. The summit gives case studies of companies who have successfully and legitimately met the sustainability challenges.
The Sustainable Foods Summit is devised for key stake-holders in the food industry that include:
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The previous edition of this executive summit took place in June 2010 and comprised four dedicated sessions over a 2-day period...
The summit took place in Amsterdam on June 10-11th, bringing together leading organisations involved in sustainability and eco-labels in the food industry. View the summit pics here
Sustainable supply chains was the central theme of the summit , covering key topics such as ethical partnerships, traceability, roundtables, distribution, marketing & retailing innovations and ethical consumerism.
Fair Trade was a key feature of the 2010 summit. Fair trade is the fastest growing sector of the global eco-labelled food industry, with sales increasing by almost US $1 billion a year. The summit reviewed the various fair trade labelling schemes, assessed the market for certified products, gave future growth projections and examined key industry issues.
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