International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste Webinar
Join us for a free webinar on September 29, 2021 as we recognise the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste. The webinar will promote global efforts and collective action towards meeting the Sustainable Development Goal Target 12.3 – halve per capita food waste at the retail and consumer level by 2030, and reduce food losses along the food production and supply chains.
With the current Agrifood practise, we will need a 70% increase in Agrifood production for us to meet demand from the increasing world population estimated to reach 9.5 billion by 2050. However, by preventing edible food waste and recovering value from inedible food waste to improve food production, we will be mitigating global concerns of feeding over 800 million hungry people and improving access to nutrition for 1.9 billion people that are currently malnourished.
This webinar hosts a wide range of experts across the globe from policy makers, researchers and industry leaders who will share the actions that their organisations are planning and delivering to enhance food industry sustainability devoid of waste.
At the webinar, we will publish the current global state of food loss and waste based on insight from The Global Food Loss and Waste Tracker’ app launched on World Sustainable Gastronomy Day during London Circular Economy week on June 18th, 2021. More details about The Global Food Loss and Waste tracker can be found here.
Agenda
The webinar will be chaired by Lisa Lambie – CEO & Trustee, Positive Planet UK.
13:00-13:05 Introduction
13:05-13:15 Clementine O’Connor
13:15-13:25 Dr Liz Goodwin
13:25-13:35 Prof Folarin Alonge
13:35-13:45 Iain Gulland
13:45-14:10 Panel Discussion
14:10-14:25 Break
14:25:14:35 John Prentice
14:45-14:55 Dr Sonal Choudhary
14:55-15:05 Dr Ifeyinwa Kanu
15:05-15:25 Panel Discussion
15:25-15:30 Closing Remarks
The webinar will also be streamed on YouTube at the following link:
International Day of Awareness of Food Loss & Waste Webinar – YouTube
Facilitators
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Dr Ifeyinwa KanuDirector, IntelliDigest and AFN Network+ Champion on BioeconomyShe holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering with research interest in the use of Artificial Intelligence to optimise Anaerobic Processes.
Dr Kanu loves nature and she is passionate about engineering solutions to address environmental and societal challenges. She is leading IntelliDigest on a mission to empower global food sustainability, eliminate food waste and zero hunger.
Dr Kanu is an Enterprise Fellow of Royal Academy of Engineering and Royal Society of Edinburgh. She is a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Associate Fellow of UK Higher Education.
Dr Kanu is a Champion of the STFC Food Network.
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Prof Sonal ChoudharyProfessor of Sustainable Management, York University and Principal Investigator at Science Technology Facility Council Food Network+
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Dr Liz GoodwinSenior Fellow and Director Food Loss and Waste at World Resources Institute
Liz Goodwin is a chemist by background and started her career in the chemical industry. In 2001, she joined the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) and was appointed CEO in 2007 which position she held until 2016.
Liz joined the World Resources Institute (WRI) in 2016 as Senior Fellow and director, Food Loss and Waste. She is a Champion of the UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 whose aim is to halve global food waste by 2030.
In 2015 Liz was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List. In 2017 Liz was appointed Chair
of ReLondon (formerly the London Waste and Recycling Board, LWARB), by the mayor of London. -
John PrenticeBerwickshire Farmer
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Lisa LambieChair; CEO & Trustee, Positive Planet UK
Proven track record in the UK and globally as a board member, serial entrepreneur, investment and banking professional facilitating US$30bn+ in capital. Lisa is passionate about delivering authentic tangible impact, protecting our environment and in past 2 years has successfully supported the launch and/or scaling of 55 women-led impact ventures including in Health, AgriTech, and Circular Economy.
Current positions include Impact Partner at GG Ventures, CEO & Trustee of Positive Planet UK, and Advisory Board Member of Farmer Charlie. Over a 25+ year career, Lisa has successfully founded and/or built early-stage entrepreneurial and corporate ventures, including as Founder and seed investor in a family office and strategic investment advisory firm; as a senior investment banker at JP Morgan, Banc of America Merrill Lynch (Principal in Leveraged Finance & Financial Sponsor Coverage), Barclays Capital (Head of SSA Distribution); and as Managing Director for $212mm Africa private equity fund. Lisa is also respected globally as Founder of WCA Family Office Network, The Wharton Club of Africa, and London Womens Entrepreneur & Angel Network.MBA in Finance from The Wharton School, and BSE in Civil Engineering & Operations Research from Princeton University.
