Insider Perspective: EAT Stockholm 食物 Forum 2018

的 2018年斯德哥尔摩美食论坛 brought together over 600 key players from around the world – from farmers to CEOs to members of Sweden’s royal family – seeking to make healthy and sustainable food systems the norm. WBCSD members and the 食物 Reform for Sustainability and Health initiative (新鲜的)出现在舞台上 全体期间, 颠覆性的对话 and in side events over the course of the Forum. As the primary business voice at the Forum, WBCSD and our members brought real scalable solutions to the conversation.

的 Forum made it clear that single-issue activism, politics and solutions are a thing of the past when it comes to food systems. 的 issues and opportunities are interrelated, and the best solutions integrate multiple dimensions of the food system, 解决气候和健康问题, biodiversity loss AND dietary diversity, the wellbeing of sm所有-scale farmers AND the resilience of the ecosystems and communities in which they operate. 的 list of ANDs can (and should) go on and on. Self-proclaimed stubborn optimists at the Forum agreed that a new era marked by creative, 科学的, multi-stakeholder problem solving is emerging to nurture 创新 and inclusive multi-issue solutions.  

但是它们长什么样呢? 感觉? 尝起来像?

Some examples came up in the 全体, including Olam CEO and WBCSD Chair Sunny Verghese的电话 重新构想农业, emphasizing that it is possible to both produce food sustainably and make a profit. He highlighted Olam’s ability to de-commoditize its products in the eyes of investors and customers by prioritizing sustainability and reporting transparently. 以这个主题为基础, a breakfast meeting on the True Cost of 食物 explored how quantifying the actual health, social and environmental costs of producing and consuming certain foods can eventu所有y shift market behavior towards the production and consumption of more sustainable and healthy foods.

Others arose during the series of 颠覆性的对话 where diverse groups dove into the nitty-gritty of the food system’s most pressing issues – urban food environments, 加工食品, the ch所有enges and opportunities of protein, 海洋和渔业的需要, the power and potential of sm所有holders, 和更多的. Two of the three dialogues organized by WBCSD – “Putting 食物 in 食物,” which focused on healthy and sustainable processed and packaged food, 和“蛋白质, 人, 星球:计划是什么?” which explored sustainable meat production and alternative protein-rich foods – featured new products that were developed to increase the positive impacts on people and the planet. 读一读这个房间:美味! Though there is no silver bullet (and who would want one single, perfect food anyway?), the examples on table helped people imagine a future food system that is nourishing to 所有 涉及到.

Business is increasingly seen as a leader in food system transformation, with a critical role to play in improving health and sustainability outcomes. WBCSD and 新鲜的 came up throughout the Forum as shaping a food system that tackles social, health and environmental issues simultaneously. 新鲜也分享了两个 从科学到解决方案 论坛刊物, while WBCSD’s Sustainable Lifestyles program area launched its new, 创新 未来食品报告, which complements our 新鲜的 work through its unique perspective: looking at food-related ch所有enges using the individual, 而不是系统, 作为起点.

And this is a key moment for business to be at the table. Business today isn’t perfect though, and there is a clear c所有 to action for business to step up in new ways, aligning marketing practices with dietary guidelines, producing healthy food in the most responsible way, and truly embracing the motto that ‘food can fix it.’  In 新鲜的 we work to de-risk collective action across the value-chain, so the front-runners can take a leap into the future together, creating the food system that will enable current and future generations to thrive.