Biodiversity and the Food Sector – Lunchtime Session at DG ENV on 10 December

The Global Nature Fund will host a lunchtime session on Biodiversity and the Food Sector at DG ENV on 10 December 2019, 12.30 to 14.00 h.

In times of alarming news about the loss of pollinators, degradation of fertile land and destruction of forests the agri-food sector needs to show how it addresses biodiversity and ecosystems in their transition to sustainability. In this lunchtime session practitioners and experts will showcase how food companies and standard organisations can make a significant contribution to curbing biodiversity loss by applying effective policies, criteria and sourcing requirements on biodiversity.

The potential role of food standards and companies with ambitious requirements for biodiversity in the revised CAP and the new farm to fork strategy outlined by designed EC president von der Leyen will be addressed. The session will cover results from the EU LIFE Food & Biodiversity project and contribute to the objective of the EU Business @ Biodiversity Platform to promote business tools and approaches that integrate biodiversity considerations into business practice.

Presenters:

• Tobias Ludes, Head Agronomist, Global Nature Fund:
  Effective biodiversity criteria in standards and sourcing requirements of the food sector:
  Instruments for assessment and monitoring of biodiversity performance
• Patrick Trötschler, Director Lake Constance Foundation and N.N. REWE Retailer:
  Lessons learned in food retail: Improving biodiversity performance of agricultural producers
• Emma Habour, Director Advocacy, Rainforest Alliance:
  Global value chains and the promotion of biodiversity in the new RA/UTZ standard

More information is available here. To register please email hoermann@globalnature.org by 6 December.

If you cannot attend in person, you can watch the live-stream at https://webcast.ec.europa.eu/lunchtime-conference-biodiversity-and-the-food-sector