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You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Salterbaxter Open Close Go to section Directions 2017 Blog {{item.name}} Social media Twitter Linkedin 7th Annual Sustainable Business Forum 2017 Fixing food: How disruption will save the system 8th November 2017 The system's broken. Now let's fix it. We all know that we consume too much, we don't produce enough and, by destroying the environment, we are effectively biting the hand that feeds us. From production to consumption, the food system is creaking but fixing just one part of it will not suffice. A holistic approach is needed. And it's happening. From blockchain to alternative meat sources; from agroforestry to urban farms, bold new innovation is taking place all around us and it will radically change the way we grow, consume and, more importantly, think about food. Join Salterbaxter and a collection of the world’s leading companies from across the food system, academics, NGOs, policymakers and disruptors at the 7th Sustainable Business Forum to explore and debate the fundamental challenges facing the system and learn about the solutions which will facilitate and accelerate vital transformation across the entire food chain. RSVP View All View speakers View brands Name Dr Juan Gonzalez-Valero Title Head of Public Policy and Sustainability Brand Syngenta Biography Juan Gonzalez Valero has worked at Syngenta since 2000, and is currently the Head of Public Policy and Sustainability. He leads all operations related to integrating sustainability aspects into core business practices, including the company’s “Good Growth Plan”. Alongside his current position, he is lecturing at the University of St. Gallen. Expand Open Name Claes Johansson Title Head of Sustainable Development Brand Lantmännen Biography Claes Johansson has almost 20 years of corporate sustainability experiences from different positions mainly within energy, public sector, agriculture and food industry. For the last 10 years he has been responsible for Lantmännen's strategic sustainability agenda and holds the position Director of Sustainable Development. Expand Open Name Mario Abreu Title Vice President Environment, Product Management and Commercial Operations (PMCO) Brand Tetra Pak Biography Mario has been a member of Tetra Pak’s Environment management team since 2003. He leads functional teams which are currently responsible for Tetra Pak’s strategic priority to Drive Environment Excellence, one of the 4 Group Priorities approved by the Board for the period 2010-2020. Key activities include driving global recycling of post-consumer beverage cartons; reducing the environment footprint of the company’s product portfolio including value-chain climate emission reduction; and sourcing policies and planning concerning renewable and credibly sourced materials. Expand Open Name Daniel Vennard Title Global Program Director Brand World Resources Institute Biography Daniel is Director of the Better Buying Lab within the World Resources Institute. He works with food companies and experts in behaviour change and marketing to develop, test and scale new ideas that can help shift diets to more sustainable options. Expand Open Name Anne Babkine Title Brand, CSR & Corporate Communications Director Brand Elior Group Biography Anne Babkine has worked for Elior Group, one the worldwide leaders in contract and concession catering, for the past 24 years. Before she became Brand Director in 2012, she was Marketing Director for the Education and Healthcare markets. As Group Brand, Corporate Communication and CSR Director, she currently handles several key matters, including the Elior Group Positive Foodprint Plan. Launched in 2016, this Group CSR strategy aims at generating a positive foodprint from farm to fork, working with suppliers, clients, guest and employees. Expand Open Name Nigel Topping Title CEO Brand We Mean Business Biography Nigel serves as the CEO of the We Mean Business coalition. He was a founding member of the WMB board while working for CDP and joined as CEO in January 2016. Expand Open Name Patrick McKenna Title Partnerships Manager Brand World Food Programme Biography Patrick has worked as a senior partnerships officer in the World Food Programme’s London Office for the past six years. Patrick manages WFP’s relationships with private sector companies based in the UK and Ireland, including Unilever, Mastercard UK/I, Kerry and Tilda. Expand Open Name Professor Tim Lang Title Professor of Food Policy Brand City, University of London Biography Tim Lang is Professor of Food Policy at City, University of London’s Centre for Food Policy. He was a hill farmer in Lancashire UK in the 1970s which confirmed his interest food as a link for health, environment, culture and political economy. This became his work from 1980 first academically, then in the public sector and civil society, and for the last quarter century back in academia. He was food advisor to the EU Environment Commissioner (1988), food commissioner on the UK Sustainable Development Commission (2006-11), and a member of UK Council of Food Policy Advisors (2008-10) and the London Food Board advising the Mayor of London (since 2009, reappointed 2017). He is author or co-author of numerous journal articles and ten books. His latest book is Sustainable Diets (with Pamela Mason), published in March 2017. He is a member of the EAT-Lancet Commission on Healthy Diets from Sustainable Food Systems (reporting Spring 2018). He is advisor to the European Economic & Social Council’s current inquiry into a comprehensive food policy. Expand Open Name Simon Hampel Title Co-Managing Partner Brand Leaders' Quest Biography Simon is a Managing Partner of Leaders’ Quest based in London. He works with global companies and institutions to help catalyse the transformational change required to meet today’s challenges. Inside Leaders’ Quest, Simon leads business development and partnerships, and oversees finance. Simon spent 1993-2001 as a serial entrepreneur, building companies in Europe, the US and Canada in the fields of financial services, leisure, consultancy and technology. Expand Open Name Lee Howell Title Member, Managing Board & Head of Global Programming Brand World Economic Forum Biography William (Lee) Howell has been a Member of the Managing Board at the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland since 2011. As Head of Global Programming, Lee is responsible for the design and development of the Forum’s flagship events which include its Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland; Annual Meeting of New Champions in China (“Summer Davos”); and Annual Meeting of the Global Future Councils in the United Arab Emirates among others. He also oversees the Forum’s collaboration in the areas of scientific research and international security. At the Forum, Lee has also served as Editor-in-chief of the Global Risks Report (2012 & 2013 editions) and as Senior Director for Asia (2004-2009). Lee is a member of the Board of Directors of the EAT Foundation in Oslo, Norway; Board of Governors of the Pacific Forum/CSIS in Honolulu, Hawaii; and the Editorial Board of Global Asia in Seoul, South Korea. He is also affiliated with the International Center for Corporate Governance at the University of St. Gallen where he completed his PhD and where he also teaches a course on the Fourth Industrial Revolution for their CEMS program. Expand Open Name Nick Molho Title Executive Director Brand Aldersgate Group Biography Nick is responsible for the overall management of the Aldersgate Group, including the development of its work programme, its relationships with key political and business stakeholders and its robust representation of member views to government ministers and parliamentarians. He has played a key role in broadening the Group's impact and membership and bringing its influence to bear on areas that are core to the Grou...