Shaping the food and drink sustainability transition
Sustainable Foods is back in January 2025, cementing its reputation as the global platform to accelerate the adoption of sustainable food and drink systems. The senior, leading strategic summit welcomes key decision-makers that are setting the agenda and driving change within the food and drink sustainability transition. Welcoming global policy makers, regulators, C-level executives of major food and drink conglomerates, financiers, and investors, Sustainable Foods is the conference that provides real change, networking opportunities and business outcomes for the sector.
The upcoming 4th edition of Sustainable Foods will be the biggest event to date, featuring a C-level conference, a bustling exhibition, as well as the inaugural Sustainable Foods Awards! Register today for your super early-bird ticket and we look forward to welcoming you in 2025.
2023 Speakers
Henry Dimbleby
Co-Founder, Leon, Food Campaigner, Author and Non-Exec Director, DEFRA
Henry Dimbleby
Co-Founder, Leon, Food Campaigner, Author and Non-Exec Director, DEFRA
Co-founder of Leon, food campaigner, speaker and non-executive director.
Before founding Leon, Henry worked at Bain & Company, working on private equity transactions and helping large companies to develop their strategies. Previously he was a journalist at the Daily Telegraph and a commis chef at the Michelin-starred Inn on the Park restaurant in London.
Henry is a regular speaker on how to create a purpose-lead business and how to create a better food system. He is the co-founder and chair of Chefs in Schools and sits on the board of Rockfish. He also advises the CEOs of a handful of high growth leisure businesses.
Harriet Lamb
CEO
WRAP
Harriet Lamb
CEO
WRAP
Harriet Lamb is passionate about environmental and social issues with a track record in making a difference around the globe. She is an experienced CEO who built the global movement Fairtrade – a certification scheme that sets standards to make trade fairer, working with producers in the developing world as well as thousands of companies and retailers, and creating a vibrant grassroots movement.
Following 15 years with Fairtrade – as CEO of the UK Fairtrade Foundation and then of Fairtrade International – Harriet led International Alert, a peacebuilding organisation. She was then appointed CEO of Ashden, which promotes just climate solutions including sustainable energy in the UK and globally.
Harriet has won a number of awards including a CBE, Orange Businesswoman of the Year, and Cosmopolitan EcoQueen. She was also the first woman Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Helen Browning
CEO
Soil Association
Helen Browning
CEO
Soil Association
Helen farms in a family partnership on a mostly tenanted organic farm in Wiltshire with dairy, beef, pigs, cereals, agroforestry and small scale horticulture. Her products are sold through the Helen Browning’s Organic brand in retailers as well as through her hotel and restaurant/pub on the farm.
Her book ‘PIG; tales from an organic farm’, written with her partner Tim Finney, tells more about the trials and tribulations of their farming and food life.
She has been Chief Executive of the Soil Association since 2011, after a long involvement with the charity in a variety of exec and non-exec roles. Prior to rejoining the Soil Association, Helen was Director of External Affairs for the National Trust.
She is currently a Commissioner and trustee of the Food Farming and Countryside Commission and has had a number of roles in agri-politics over the years, including the Government’s Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (‘the Curry Commission’), chaired the England Animal Health and Welfare Implementation Group and the Food Ethics Council. Helen was awarded an OBE in 1998 for her services to organic farming.
Dr Emma Keller
Head of Sustainability
Nestlé UK&I
Dr Emma Keller
Head of Sustainability
Nestlé UK&I
Dr Emma Keller is Head of Sustainability for Nestlé UK&I, focusing on delivering the ambitious net zero climate commitment and driving the business to be a force for good. Prior to joining Nestlé, Emma led a team at WWF on food system transformation and before that was in Unilever’s sustainability team working on bringing the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan to life. She also holds a doctorate in supply chain sustainability.
Marika McCauley Sine
Chief Sustainability Officer
Mars Petcare
Marika McCauley Sine
Chief Sustainability Officer
Mars Petcare
Marika McCauley Sine is the Chief Sustainability Officer of Mars Petcare – a segment of Mars, Incorporated; a family-owned business that for more than a century has made products and delivered services for people and the pets they love. Mars Petcare is a leader in pet health and nutrition and a major veterinary health care provider, with a global network of over 2,000 pet hospitals.
Marika leads Petcare’s sustainability strategies and programs worldwide, bringing together teams to progress Mars’ Sustainable in a Generation Plan. This work focuses on climate action, circular packaging, sustainable sourcing, and reaching pets in need around the world. Previously, Marika served as global head of social and economic sustainability for Mars, Incorporated, based at the company’s headquarters in Washington, DC. Marika joined Mars in 2015 after a decade at The Coca-Cola Company, where she drove a range of sustainability strategies and programs including 5by20, a global initiative to unlock economic opportunities for women entrepreneurs in emerging markets that has reached 6 million women to date. She began her career with Oxfam America addressing poverty in rural communities in Southeast Asia. Marika holds a Master’s in Public Policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. She is a First Mover Fellow of The Aspen Institute in recognition of her track record as a ‘social-intrapreneur’, has served as Co-Chair of the Consumer Goods Forum Social Sustainability Committee, and is a member of the Board of Directors of The Royal Canin Foundation.
Henry Dimbleby
Co-Founder, Leon, Food Campaigner, Author and Non-Exec Director, DEFRA
Henry Dimbleby
Co-Founder, Leon, Food Campaigner, Author and Non-Exec Director, DEFRA
Co-founder of Leon, food campaigner, speaker and non-executive director.
Before founding Leon, Henry worked at Bain & Company, working on private equity transactions and helping large companies to develop their strategies. Previously he was a journalist at the Daily Telegraph and a commis chef at the Michelin-starred Inn on the Park restaurant in London.
Henry is a regular speaker on how to create a purpose-lead business and how to create a better food system. He is the co-founder and chair of Chefs in Schools and sits on the board of Rockfish. He also advises the CEOs of a handful of high growth leisure businesses.
Harriet Lamb
CEO
WRAP
Harriet Lamb
CEO
WRAP
Harriet Lamb is passionate about environmental and social issues with a track record in making a difference around the globe. She is an experienced CEO who built the global movement Fairtrade – a certification scheme that sets standards to make trade fairer, working with producers in the developing world as well as thousands of companies and retailers, and creating a vibrant grassroots movement.
Following 15 years with Fairtrade – as CEO of the UK Fairtrade Foundation and then of Fairtrade International – Harriet led International Alert, a peacebuilding organisation. She was then appointed CEO of Ashden, which promotes just climate solutions including sustainable energy in the UK and globally.
Harriet has won a number of awards including a CBE, Orange Businesswoman of the Year, and Cosmopolitan EcoQueen. She was also the first woman Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Helen Browning
CEO
Soil Association
Helen Browning
CEO
Soil Association
Helen farms in a family partnership on a mostly tenanted organic farm in Wiltshire with dairy, beef, pigs, cereals, agroforestry and small scale horticulture. Her products are sold through the Helen Browning’s Organic brand in retailers as well as through her hotel and restaurant/pub on the farm.
Her book ‘PIG; tales from an organic farm’, written with her partner Tim Finney, tells more about the trials and tribulations of their farming and food life.
She has been Chief Executive of the Soil Association since 2011, after a long involvement with the charity in a variety of exec and non-exec roles. Prior to rejoining the Soil Association, Helen was Director of External Affairs for the National Trust.
She is currently a Commissioner and trustee of the Food Farming and Countryside Commission and has had a number of roles in agri-politics over the years, including the Government’s Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (‘the Curry Commission’), chaired the England Animal Health and Welfare Implementation Group and the Food Ethics Council. Helen was awarded an OBE in 1998 for her services to organic farming.
Dr Emma Keller
Head of Sustainability
Nestlé UK&I
Dr Emma Keller
Head of Sustainability
Nestlé UK&I
Dr Emma Keller is Head of Sustainability for Nestlé UK&I, focusing on delivering the ambitious net zero climate commitment and driving the business to be a force for good. Prior to joining Nestlé, Emma led a team at WWF on food system transformation and before that was in Unilever’s sustainability team working on bringing the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan to life. She also holds a doctorate in supply chain sustainability.
Henry Dimbleby
Co-Founder, Leon, Food Campaigner, Author and Non-Exec Director, DEFRA
Henry Dimbleby
Co-Founder, Leon, Food Campaigner, Author and Non-Exec Director, DEFRA
Co-founder of Leon, food campaigner, speaker and non-executive director.
Before founding Leon, Henry worked at Bain & Company, working on private equity transactions and helping large companies to develop their strategies. Previously he was a journalist at the Daily Telegraph and a commis chef at the Michelin-starred Inn on the Park restaurant in London.
Henry is a regular speaker on how to create a purpose-lead business and how to create a better food system. He is the co-founder and chair of Chefs in Schools and sits on the board of Rockfish. He also advises the CEOs of a handful of high growth leisure businesses.
Harriet Lamb
CEO
WRAP
Harriet Lamb
CEO
WRAP
Harriet Lamb is passionate about environmental and social issues with a track record in making a difference around the globe. She is an experienced CEO who built the global movement Fairtrade – a certification scheme that sets standards to make trade fairer, working with producers in the developing world as well as thousands of companies and retailers, and creating a vibrant grassroots movement.
Following 15 years with Fairtrade – as CEO of the UK Fairtrade Foundation and then of Fairtrade International – Harriet led International Alert, a peacebuilding organisation. She was then appointed CEO of Ashden, which promotes just climate solutions including sustainable energy in the UK and globally.
Harriet has won a number of awards including a CBE, Orange Businesswoman of the Year, and Cosmopolitan EcoQueen. She was also the first woman Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Helen Browning
CEO
Soil Association
Helen Browning
CEO
Soil Association
Helen farms in a family partnership on a mostly tenanted organic farm in Wiltshire with dairy, beef, pigs, cereals, agroforestry and small scale horticulture. Her products are sold through the Helen Browning’s Organic brand in retailers as well as through her hotel and restaurant/pub on the farm.
Her book ‘PIG; tales from an organic farm’, written with her partner Tim Finney, tells more about the trials and tribulations of their farming and food life.
She has been Chief Executive of the Soil Association since 2011, after a long involvement with the charity in a variety of exec and non-exec roles. Prior to rejoining the Soil Association, Helen was Director of External Affairs for the National Trust.
She is currently a Commissioner and trustee of the Food Farming and Countryside Commission and has had a number of roles in agri-politics over the years, including the Government’s Policy Commission on the Future of Farming and Food (‘the Curry Commission’), chaired the England Animal Health and Welfare Implementation Group and the Food Ethics Council. Helen was awarded an OBE in 1998 for her services to organic farming.
Safia Qureshi
Founder & CEO
CLUBZERØ
Safia Qureshi
Founder & CEO
CLUBZERØ
Safia Qureshi, Architect and Designer based in London, founded CLUBZERØ (formerly CupClub) in 2015. CLUBZERØ is the pioneer of reusability in consumer food and beverage packaging, having delivered the service at scale commercially for major NextGen food and beverage brands. Key awards include Best UX Design 2019 Fast Company and New Plastics Economy Winner from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.
Providing a key focus for the team to serve customers across the EU and North America in the drinks category was a strategic decision with the aim to build out a commercially scalable solution. As of March 2020, CLUBZERØ completed over half a million customer orders, using only a stock volume of standardised 10,000 reusable packaging items. Safia has led on product, helping the company define universal drop point design and standardised reusable packaging for scalability, allowing brands to develop their own packaging to operate across the platform.
Safia also directed the company to design and publish it’s work in sustainability with a focus on delivering an LCA methodology that calculates impact down to every reuse by tracking reusable packaging with a digital ID across the platform.
See video here : https://vimeo.com/405428110
As a result, CLUBZERØ is market leading with a record return rate of 95% across retail and 99% across closed buildings. Customers include NextGen consortium brands Starbucks, McDonald’s, Coca Cola, Yum Brands, Nestle, Wendy’s as well as leading food service company Baxter Storey, Cushman & Wakefield and retailer John Lewis & Partners.
Contact: [email protected]
Twitter: @safiaqureshi
Instagram: @safia_qureshi
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Aims and Objectives of Sustainable Foods
- Accelerate the adoption of sustainable food systems.
- Support effective dialogue, communication and exchange between policymakers and private sector leaders to transform the global food system.
- Showcase new and innovative technologies and solutions that advance the future of sustainable food and drink.
- Encourage the sharing of best practice, new methodologies, and case studies across the industry.
- Stimulate commercial and consumer demand for sustainable food products.
- Identify and grow new export opportunities in sustainable food production for international markets.
- Support the allocation of international capital towards sustainable businesses, products and services that drive positive change.
- Ensure that all food production, from production and processing, through to transport, consumption and waste is done in a manner that enhances biodiversity, encourages better nutrition and health, and protects the finite resources of our planet.
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