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Blog 05 May 2022 Sponsored Content Taking Steps Toward Food Supply Chain Sustainability GFSI’s 2022 theme — Delivering Impact for Safe Sustainable Food — inspired a panel discussion I moderated on how sustainability helps build resilient food supply chains. Panelists from Carrefour, Restaurant Brands International (RBI), and Organic Valley reviewed how their climate, waste reduction, animal welfare, and other sustainability efforts increase supply chain strength. Panel Discusses Supply […]
The Consumer Goods Forum Strengthens Leadership Team With Two Senior Hires in Food Safety and Sustainability Press Release 21 Apr 2015 GFSI The Consumer Goods Forum Strengthens Leadership Team With Two Senior Hires in Food Safety and Sustainability PARIS, Tuesday 21st April, 2015 – The Consumer Goods Forum (the “CGF”) has appointed two new directors, strengthening its senior management team. Véronique Discours-Buhot joins as Director, Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) while Ignacio Gavilan has arrived as Director, Sustainability. In their new roles, Véronique and Ignacio will work with the wider Management Committee to […]
What marks the food sector’s sustainability leaders? Blog 01 Sep 2014 What marks the food sector’s sustainability leaders? The Food and Beverage sector faces overwhelming challenges. It needs to produce more food for a growing population while using less water, with less land to cultivate and serviced by a dwindling agricultural workforce. And if this is not enough, producers need to respond to more extreme weather events, loss of soils and compromised nutrient […]
Closing the Loop: Building Your Sustainability Journey Blog 25 Jan 2019 Closing the Loop: Building Your Sustainability Journey   With the rise of globalisation, social media, and an increasingly energised citizenry, the pressure on the food network to close the loop and offer clear and sustainable choices has never been greater. The importance of food and beverage is the experience that it brings. As consumers we want and expect a full spectrum of […]
Prioritizing Both Food Safety and Sustainability Blog 22 Mar 2023 Sponsored Content Prioritizing Both Food Safety and Sustainability To advance a more sustainable future, the power of water cannot be underestimated. However, water will always be one of the most critical elements for cleaning. With a holistic, site-wide approach, food & beverage manufacturers can make a big impact on both cleaning and sustainability goals. Food manufacturers face the challenges of not only producing […]
Key Considerations for Food Supply Chain Sustainability Assurance Programs Blog 23 Mar 2022 Sponsored Content Key Considerations for Food Supply Chain Sustainability Assurance Programs This year’s GFSI theme, Delivering Impact for Safe Sustainable Food, sparked an interesting question for me: How can any company, regardless of circumstances, magnify its ability to provide safe and sustainable food? One solution that contributes to this goal is a supply chain sustainability assurance program (SCSAP). Two primary components must come together to ensure […]
Operational Visibility with AI-Driven Processes: Connecting Food Safety to Global Sustainability Blog 10 Mar 2021 Sponsored Content Operational Visibility with AI-Driven Processes: Connecting Food Safety to Global Sustainability /SPONSORED CONTENT/ Artificial intelligence elevates digital food safety management solutions, enabling unprecedented visibility into operations and automated control over processes to connect food safety to fields such as sustainability.   I am a child of Generation X, the generation before the so-called ‘digital natives.’ I grew up in the pre-digitized era. As a teenager, I […]
How Technology and Innovation are Transforming Food Safety and Sustainability Blog 01 Mar 2018 How Technology and Innovation are Transforming Food Safety and Sustainability The challenges we all face The evidence that we need to find new ways to manage food safety is growing all the time. Right now, the world’s population is currently growing by 80 million people a year. Overall the global population is forecast to expand to 8.6 billion by 2030. By 2050 this population will […]
Efficient supply chain management results in competitive advantage Blog 15 Feb 2016 Supply Chains Efficient supply chain management results in competitive advantage A food supply chain can involve a network of more than 100 organizations. If something goes wrong in one link, it can impact the quality, safety and sustainability of the end product. Managing the supply chain and assuring stakeholders of safety and sustainability is essential. A food supply chain can involve a network of more […]
Leaders from 50 Countries Convene at GFSI 2022 to Deliver Impact for Safe Sustainable Food Press Release 31 Mar 2022 GFSI Conference Leaders from 50 Countries Convene at GFSI 2022 to Deliver Impact for Safe Sustainable Food The GFSI Conference returns in person for three days of dialogue and networking in Barcelona BARCELONA, 31 March 2022 — The first in-person GFSI Conference in two years closed this afternoon following three days of discussion around the theme of Delivering Impact for Safe Sustainable Food. ‘I still can’t quite get my head around the […]
Food Safety and Responsible Sourcing: Adapting to the New Consumer Blog 19 Feb 2020 GFSI Conference Food Safety and Responsible Sourcing: Adapting to the New Consumer GFSI turns 20 in 2020. Initially established to help address consumer concerns in the wake of numerous food safety crises, the Global Food Safety Initiative — and the food industry as a whole — has greatly evolved in the past 20 years.   How has the definition of “food safety” changed in the past 20 […]
Ensuring Food Safety and Reducing Food Waste Go Hand in Hand Blog 15 Jan 2020 GFSI Conference Ensuring Food Safety and Reducing Food Waste Go Hand in Hand   As consumer demands for sustainable food practises increase, more and more retailers and foodservice operators are finding ways to reduce their environmental impact.   We’ve seen this recently with the movement to ban plastic straws in 2018 and the rise in plant-based meat popularity in 2019. Many retailers and foodservice operators have adapted quickly […]
Make the Most of Your Mornings with Special Sessions at the GFSI Conference! News Update 30 Jan 2020 GFSI Conference Make the Most of Your Mornings with Special Sessions at the GFSI Conference! To get the most out of your week in Seattle, be sure to add some Special Sessions to your conference agenda! Attendees who make time for these sessions, which are held at convenient morning intervals, will be the among the first to learn about the most cutting-edge innovations impacting food safety today.   This year’s […]
What the Food Industry Can Learn from Space — and Vice Versa Blog 08 Mar 2022 GFSI Conference What the Food Industry Can Learn from Space — and Vice Versa Transdisciplinary scientist and artist Angelo Vermeulen shares a preview of his GFSI 2022 keynote In 2013, I was crew commander of a Mars mission simulation on the high slopes of Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano — the first mission under NASA’s Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation project, or HI-SEAS. Five other people and I lived […]
Sustainable Food Safety in a Changing Labor Market Blog 21 Mar 2022 Sponsored Content Sustainable Food Safety in a Changing Labor Market Many of our conversations about sustainability focus on natural resources, and rightfully so. We have an obligation to care for the environment in which we live, especially when that environment is growing and raising our food. However, the last several years have shown it is also crucial to consider the sustainability of the systems that […]
GFSI and UNIDO Sign MoU to Solidify Strategic Partnership for Food Safety Capability Building Press Release 15 Jun 2016 Public-private Partnership GFSI and UNIDO Sign MoU to Solidify Strategic Partnership for Food Safety Capability Building CAPETOWN, 15 June 2016 – Today amidst a gathering of the world’s consumer goods industry leaders at the CGF Global Summit in South Africa, the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to signal their commitment to a large-scale partnership for food […]
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