WHO ATTENDED
Senior Decision Makers From The Following Industries:
- Food & Drinks Retailers
- Agricultural Commodity Processors
- Food & Drinks Manufacturers
- Food & Drinks Distributors
- Farmers & Farmers’ Co-operatives
- Agricultural Commodity Brokers
With the Following Job Titles:
Director/VP/Head of:
- Environmental Sustainability
- Sustainability
- Quality & Food Safety
- Sustainable Food Systems
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Supply Chain
- Agricultural & Analytical Services
- Environmental Affairs
- Environmental Quality
- Sustainable Growth
- Agro Operations
- Agriculture
- Global Sourcing & Material Solutions
- Agriculturalist
- Crop Specialist
- Farmer/Grower
Plus:
- Agrochemical Companies
- NGOs
- Certification Bodies
- Packaging Companies
- Transport Companies
- Sustainable Agriculture
EXPERTS FROM FOOD PROCESSORS, RETAILERS & GROWERS
SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PARTNERSHIPS SUMMIT
5th In The Global Series
Offering Practical Steps On Prioritising Your Sustainability Programme To Make A Difference
The agenda has been diligently designed to deliver a diverse, yet focused perspective for all stakeholders across the food and drink supply chain, and includes:
- Plenary sessions presenting best practices tools & strategic case studies
- Streaming groups offering specific solutions for assessing and reducing water risks and carbon & energy impacts
Leading partnership and management programme leaders will explain in detail how they worked to deliver successful outcomes.
Developing A Consumer Driven Sustainable Agriculture Strategy
How do you maximise profitability and remain sustainably competitive? To achieve profitability it is key for businesses to understand the consumer interpretation of sustainability. This event will allow leading retailers to share current marketing strategy for promoting sustainable products and disclose best practice methods for meeting consumer demand.
Establishing Long-Term And Sustainable Farming Operational Practices
The Sustainable Agricultural Partnerships Summit is designed to maximise networking with the entire agricultural value chain. Learn how to help farmers manage their risks by providing them the necessary technological, economic and training support.
Don’t miss the opportunity to meet real farmers to talk through innovative new solutions for:
- Farming techniques
- Water usage reduction
- GHG reduction
- Energy usage
- Improving soil fertility
- Management of natural resources and biodiversity
Strategic Take Aways For Reducing Environmental Impacts
The event focuses on creating innovation partnerships to reduce carbon and energy impacts as well as tackling water scarcity and availability. Learn how to collaborate with farmers to promote soil fertility, tackle GHG emissions and assess opportunities for investing in renewable energy projects. Measure and address water scarcity and availability by engaging with farmers and discover the latest irrigation technologies.
Key Learning Benefits To Translate Agricultural Sustainability To Your Food Product:
- Developing effective Strategy to balance Sustainability, Profitability & Consumer Demands: How are leading Retailers doing it?
- Gaining Clarity on Future EU Regulation for Agriculture
- Learning how to apply Sustainability Metrics that Farmers understand & Create Management Programmes throughout the Supply Chain
- Collaborating with Farmers to assess Biotechnology Solutions for Sustainable Agriculture
- Focused Breakout & Workshop Sessions on Water Quality & Quantity, Soil Fertility, GHG & Energy
Unilever
“What I really liked in this conference is real world examples. I have tactical advantage now by comparing to other businesses”
ATTENDEES GAINED
5th in the Global Sustainable Agricultural Series
Food & Beverage Manufacturers / Processors & Retailers
- Gained an understanding of how to engage farmers & growers to promote sustainable initiatives
- Discovered strategies to develop a sustainable agriculture system that benefits the triple bottom line
- Learnt how your competitors are managing their environmental risks
- Gained an understanding of the necessary tools to assess and reduce water, carbon and energy impacts
- Gained clarity on existing and forthcoming EU regulations and standards
- Gained an understanding of consumer priorities to sustainability
Farmers
- Came together with senior decision-makers from leading food and beverage manufacturers to discover practical solutions on how to face major challenges involved in their sustainable production
- Gained an understanding of leading retailers’ criterion on sustainability and quality standards
- Discovered real case studies to improve the working conditions of farmers, ensuring farmer viability
- Analysed biological impacts in streams: GMO products, use of chemicals and fertilisers
- Evaluated new technologies on irrigation and soil fertility
Suppliers
- Heard directly from farmers to help understand their needs and investments required
- Discovered the drivers for multi-national manufacturers and retailers
- Increased your reputation and become a leading supplier in sustainable solutions for the food and beverage industry
- Learnt the latest, successful farming techniques and evaluate the commercial opportunities
VERTICAL FARMING
