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  1. Global challenges
  2. Food

Food

Food is at the heart of many of the world’s environmental, social and economic challenges. The issues – from soil health to public health – are complex and cannot be solved in isolation. As it stands, the way we produce and consume food is pushing the planet and its systems to the limit.

So how do we ensure enough safe, nutritious food for everyone, and food that’s produced sustainably and affordably? We call this sustainable nutrition - an approach that optimises health and nutritional outcomes whilst restoring the key ecosystems and farming livelihoods on which we depend.

Our vision? Simply put, by 2030 we want to have catalysed a new system in which food is produced and consumed in a way that is affordable, healthy and good for the planet.

What are our goals?

  • To ensure that sustainable diets are the norm with more fruit, veg and plant-based proteins
  • To radically reduce food waste across the system
  • To fast track the ability of the food industry to deliver sustainable nutrition outcomes
  • To make regenerative, resilient agriculture the mainstream

Talk to Lesley Mitchell, our Associate Director of Sustainable Nutrition or see more about our work in food below:

We're tracking this challenge live on the Futures Centre, head over to see what #signalsofchange we're spotting

Edible Fats and Oils Collaboration

Edible Fats and Oils Collaboration

A collaborative, open-innovation initiative aiming to shift the edible fats and oils sector onto a sustainable footing. Read more

Published: 4th April, 2019

Updated: 15th June, 2020

Author: Madeleine Wild

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Feed Compass: acting on animal feed

Feed Compass: acting on animal feed

Accelerating momentum across the animal feed system to act on sustainability. The goal of Feed Compass is to enable the scaling up of sustainable animal feed innovation to meet current and future demand for animal protein. Read more

Published: 15th February, 2018

Updated: 15th June, 2020

Author: Madeleine Wild

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Future plates: rebalancing protein in diets

Future plates: rebalancing protein in diets

We envisage a future in which everyone in our growing global population has access to healthy, affordable, tasty nutrition, where sustainable animal protein is well-balanced in our diets with plant-based and alternative proteins, and all of it has been produced within environmental limits. Read more

Published: 7th June, 2019

Updated: 9th December, 2020

Author: George Harding-Rolls

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Future Plates: Transforming culinary skills and training

Future Plates: Transforming culinary skills and training

Piloting a new mainstream culinary curriculum to build sustainability knowledge and skills. Read more

Published: 17th February, 2020

Updated: 9th December, 2020

Author: Lucinda Thurmer

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Future Plates: Transforming school lunches in the USA

Future Plates: Transforming school lunches in the USA

Transforming school lunches in the U.S. by increasing the quality and quantity of plant-based protein options available in school cafeterias, and empowering students to be influential agents for change. Read more

Published: 17th September, 2020

Updated: 15th October, 2020

Author: Ulrike Stein

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  • Food
Growing our Future

Growing our Future

A new Forum report reveals 16 systemic barriers to scaling regenerative agriculture and a seven-point-plan to overcome them. Read more

Published: 20th May, 2020

Updated: 4th December, 2020

Author: Maria Powazka

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Protein Challenge 2040

Protein Challenge 2040

The Protein Challenge 2040 is the first global coalition of its kind, aiming to tackle the question: How do we provide up to 10 billion people with enough protein in a way that is healthy, affordable and good for the planet? Read more

Published: 29th November, 2017

Updated: 16th July, 2020

Author:

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  • Food
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The Future of Food: are businesses on track to deliver a sustainable protein system by 2040?

The Future of Food: are businesses on track to deliver a sustainable protein system by 2040?

Our latest report, The Future of Food, explores this question and reviews the current state of the market. Read more

Published: 19th November, 2019

Updated: 15th June, 2020

Author: Lucinda Thurmer

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