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08:45 Registration and refreshments
09:30 Chairman’s opening remarks
Joke Aerts, Projects Coordinator, Sustainable Landscapes East Africa, Southern Africa, and South Asia, Rainforest Alliance, Sustainable Agriculture
09:40 Critically examining changing consumer trends and global shifts in supply and demand to shape your sourcing strategy for the coming year
• Identifying fluctuations in demand for natural, organic and ethically sourced products and the impact on sourcing strategies
• Global assessment of economic recover and how food markets are bouncing back
• Forecasting the stability and financial health and wealth for the next 12 months
• Recognising the buying power of the growing global middle class and how it is driving new patterns of demand
• Exploring if innovation will return to a top priority for manufacturers in the coming year
Francisco Redruello, Senior Food Analyst, Euromonitor
10:10 Planning for a changing planet: Creating ethical, sustainable and eco-friendly sourcing strategies
• Consolidating global supply chains to drive efficiency and reduce costs
• Debating global versus local supply: Assessing sustainability and cost pressures in your decision making process
• Analysing water usage and population growth: Preparing for potential challenges and impact on supply
• Reducing waste and using renewable energy throughout the supply chain to cut costs and embed an eco-friendly strategy
• Eco-labelling: Developing a carbon-neutral scheme to reduce your carbon footprint and effectively promote eco-benefits to the consumer
Dr. Hannah Sore, Research Analyst, Chemicals, Materials & Food, Frost & Sullivan
10:40 Questions and discussion
10:55 Refreshments and networking
11:15 Keynote Presentation: Integrating CSR to create a socially and economically effective sourcing strategy
Richard Anstead, Head of Product Management, Grocery, Fairtrade Foundation
11:45 Panel Discussion: Examining current and imminent regulatory drivers and ensuring compliance across your supply chain
• Navigating the red tape of import and export regulations in the EU to limit unnecessary expenses
• Overcoming challenges of global regulatory compliance and monitoring significant changes on the horizon
• Future EU policies on sustainable agriculture: How sourcing teams should prepare
• Reviewing the latest progress with origin labelling legislation and discussing its potential impact
This could be a panel discussion, could pole the audience for questions before hand to engage them more in the discussion as this is a very important topic during research calls: I want this to be interactive and engaging
Susanne Kettler, EUG SRA Director European Regulatory Affairs, Coca-Cola Europe
Christian Baz, Regulatory Affairs, Ajinomoto
Nicole Coutrelis, Partner, Coutrelis & Associes
12:35 Lunch and networking
13:35 WORKSHOP: Overcoming the Challenges of Implementing and Gaining Ethical and Sustainable Certification
A workshop designed to answer your questions regarding the process and requirements to obtain certification from NGO's. Guarantee your sustainable supply chain and improve consumer opinion of your product and brand
Joke Aerts, Projects Coordinator, Sustainable Landscapes East Africa, Southern Africa, and South Asia, Rainforest Alliance, Sustainable Agriculture
Safja Agius, Labelling & Guidelines Coordinator for the Sustainable Agriculture Division, Rainforest Alliance
Marcel Clement, Marketing Manager, Europe, Rainforest Alliance
14:40 Contingency planning to guarantee sustainability of supply in global commodity sourcing
Creating a strategy to cope with instability
• Managing relationships with partners to guarantee sustainability of your supply
• Introducing the challenges of developing a sourcing strategy for commodities and ingredients with high risk elements
• Analysing the journey towards certified materials and the role of roundtables in standard settings and what this means for brand owners and retailers
• Discussing the difficulties maintaining meaningful traceability to grower level
• Case study: Major Retailer
Liz Crosbie, Managing Director, Strategic Environment Consultant (former external consultant for Sainsbury's)
15:20 Refreshments and networking
15:40 Achieving supply chain transparency with low cost country suppliers to guarantee compliance
• Developing successful partnerships and overcoming challenges in communication, i.e. documentation and language barriers
• Performing stringent audits and using proper documentation to mitigate risk and maintain quality
• Managing compliance in a complex supply chain to avoid costly delays
• Analysing recent cases of breakdown in supply chain transparency: Learning from their mistakes
Antonia Wanner, Procurement Excellence and Development, Nestle
16:10 Case Study
Developing, implementing and guaranteeing ethical sourcing standards
• Overcoming challenges when incorporating environmental, social and economic aspects into every day operations
• Tracking and tracing social welfare across all suppliers
• How to transform your ethical sourcing strategy and benefit from positive PR
• Case Study: Cocoa
Harold Poelma, Managing Director Cocoa, Cargill
16:40 Guaranteeing a sustainable palm sourcing strategy: An RSPO perspective
• How can a manufacturer source RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Oil and ingredients made with this?
• Which supply chain models are in place today?
• Which requirements belong to each model?
• What claims can be made in the market?
• If needed and desired I can also give a general picture on the objectives and structure of RSPO
Marieke Leegwater, Manager Sustainable Production, MVO
Trade and Traceablility Chair, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
17:20 Chairman’s summation
17:30 Close of conference
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