Sustainable Development Goals Webinar Series

Webinar 1: Sustainable Development Goals for business growth and resilience

Presenter: Martin Townsend, Head of Sustainability Portfolio

When price and convenience are king, how do we find the balance to combining value for our customers through high quality, ethically sourced products at the price that they want to pay? As business leaders, and as world citizens, the UN sustainable development goals provide a framework to protect our planet’s resources for future generations and a guide to secure the sustainable resilience and growth of business for years to come. Hear from Martin as he covers the essentials on sustainability policies and international megatrends concerning the UN SDG’s. Face real-world examples of how SDG’s are being used as a framework to provide better business outputs.

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Webinar 2: Sustainable packaging vs food waste, the full story

Presenter: Jo Griffiths, Global Food Community Director
Date: Thursday 15 October 2020
Time: 4pm AEDT, 6pm NZDT

Plastics and packaging are fast becoming public enemy number one, but packaging solutions have been extending shelf life and preserving the quality, safety, and integrity of food and beverage for years, while facilitating complex global supply chains. Will changes in the quantity of packaging used lead to an increase in food waste? This session will kick off with words from WRAP on the status of food waste today via video, to be followed up by our expert in food contact packaging. Discover innovations in sustainable packaging and what standards industry are working on relating to reduction in waste through the circular economy model. Looking for a balanced approach between packaging reduction and food waste, this session should particularly benefit those hoping to make a difference in relation to UN SDGs 2, 12, 14 and 15.

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Webinar 3: Ethical and risk-based procurement for people, planet and profit

Presenter: David Horlock, Managing Director, Global Food & RSC
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2020
Time: 2pm AEDT, 4pm NZDT

Modern-day supply chains require greater transparency and traceability than ever before, whilst supply chains are becoming more complex, greater distances and multiple geographies. The increasing importance of trust means that buyers need to know their supply chains inside out and ensure the appropriate controls are in place to manage compliance, social and ethical risks. The delivery of this session focuses on protecting your workers and your reputation, whilst avoiding funding and contributing to modern slavery and human poverty.

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Webinar 4: Combating greenhouse gas emissions in facilities, goods, and transportation

Presenter: Amanda Pakes, EMEA Product Champion

With rising greenhouse gas emissions, climate change is occurring at rates much faster than anticipated and its effects are clearly felt worldwide. Discover how leading logistics and food production organizations can align to SDGs 7, 12 and 13, to reduce energy consumption GHG emissions, shrinking the size of your carbon footprint.

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Webinar 5: Reducing waste- circular economy in the food, beverage and packaging sectors

Presenter: Ryan Lynch, Practice Director - Sustainability and David Meyer, Regional Practice Director - Sustainability
Date: Tuesday 24 November 2020
Time: 11am AEDT, 1pm NZDT

Our global resources are finite. The waste we create today will potentially be pulling the planet in tens, hundreds or thousands of years to come. The circular economy model tips the culture of single-use on its head, with the focus on designing a product to be transformed and have multiple uses across the material’s lifetime. Aligning with the principles of the UN SDG’s, discover how organizations are aligning to UN SDG 12, responsible production and consumption with intelligent use of the circular economy model in new product development (NPD).

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