“Being part of the Food Lab is the right thing to do, the good thing to do—for the world. It’s also good for our businesses. There’s a competitive advantage for SYSCO to be involved, but we can’t fully realize that competitive advantage without working together with others in this group to mainstream sustainability.”
—Larry Pulliam, Executive VP, SYSCO
We define a sustainable food and agriculture system as one in which the fertility of our soil is maintained and improved; the availability and quality of water are protected and enhanced; our biodiversity is protected; farmers, farm workers, and all other actors in value chains have livable incomes; the food we eat is affordable and promotes our health; sustainable businesses can thrive; and the flow of energy and the discharge of waste, including greenhouse gas emissions, are within the capacity of the earth to absorb forever.
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Unilever Commits to 100% by 2020 Global firm announces plans to: · halve the environmental footprint of its products · help 1 billion people improve their health and wellbeing · source 100% of its agricultural raw materials sustainably |
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Pepsi Commits to 50% by 2015 PepsiCo is one of the Food Lab's sponsoring partners in the Global Agriculture Climate Assessment. They are piloting the use of the Cool Farm Tool with their growers as one of the vehicles to help reach PepsiCo’s ambitious goal to reduce GHG emissions from their core crops in the |
Reports, Slideshow and more from Sustainable Food Lab Summit, June 2011
