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.
Steering Committee
Jack Bobo
Centre Lead & Director, Food Systems Institute
University of Nottingham
Jack Bobo
Centre Lead & Director, Food Systems Institute
University of Nottingham
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.
Robin Clark
Senior Global Director, ESG & Sustainability
Just Eat
Robin Clark
Senior Global Director, ESG & Sustainability
Just Eat
Robin grew up as a retailer, running commercial categories for both M&S and Tesco between 1998 and 2015. He joined Just Eat UK in 2015 to set up their restaurant partner perks programme building value through partnerships beginning with food wholesale, finance, card payments & utilities. Other areas of responsibility followed from sustainability and FMCG to grocery and partner e-commerce
Ivan Farneti
Managing Partner
Five Seasons Ventures
Ivan Farneti
Managing Partner
Five Seasons Ventures
Ivan has been an active venture capital investor for the last 25 years and he is the co-founder of Five Seasons Ventures, the first European venture fund fully focused on consumer Foodtech.
He is passionate about product and technology innovation aimed at solving big challenges in the food industry: from alternative sources of proteins, to functional foods, from new models of food distribution, to the reduction of food waste. At Five Seasons he invested, among others, in Butternut Box (DNVB pet nutrition), THIS.co (plant-based meat alternatives), Cortilia (D2C fresh food retailer), La Fourche (D2C organic groceries), Air-Up (reusable water bottle + flavour pods), KoRo (D2C natural healthy snaking), YFood Labs (meal replacements) and Just Spices (D2C spices; acq. by Kraft Heinz)
His experience includes structuring investments, organizational and strategy development, setting up governance for growth and planning for successful exits.
In his spare time, he enjoys family life, fly fishing, and practicing jiu-jitsu with his son Adam.
Jack Bobo
Centre Lead & Director, Food Systems Institute
University of Nottingham
Jack Bobo
Centre Lead & Director, Food Systems Institute
University of Nottingham
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.
Robin Clark
Senior Global Director, ESG & Sustainability
Just Eat
Robin Clark
Senior Global Director, ESG & Sustainability
Just Eat
Robin grew up as a retailer, running commercial categories for both M&S and Tesco between 1998 and 2015. He joined Just Eat UK in 2015 to set up their restaurant partner perks programme building value through partnerships beginning with food wholesale, finance, card payments & utilities. Other areas of responsibility followed from sustainability and FMCG to grocery and partner e-commerce
Jack Bobo
Centre Lead & Director, Food Systems Institute
University of Nottingham
Jack Bobo
Centre Lead & Director, Food Systems Institute
University of Nottingham
Testimonials
“Sustainable Foods London brought together a breadth of players from across the industry to discuss the challenges faced to our food system and how collectively we can tackle them.”
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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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