Circular Economy & Food Waste: the $700 Billion Opportunity

Introduction:
Preventing food waste is one of the most effective solutions to fight climate change (Project Drawdown 2020), but general awareness about it close to nil. We want to maximize 8 years of expertise to share unique insights and equip participants with a much clearer picture about why is food waste an issue, why is happening, what are some of the existing solutions and how can anyone start tackle it now.

Language:
English

Target Group:
Anyone curious to get a grip on a widely overlook issue with dire social, environmental and financial consequences: food waste. 

Learning Outcomes:

• Understand food waste as a systemic issue linked to our linear and globalized economical model
• Identify the main food waste generation points along the supply chain
• Understand the fundamental of Circular Economy
• What can I do as a consumer on a daily basis
• Know the Zero Food Waste to Landfill principles
• Learn to prioritize the most effectives Solutions based on the Pyramid of hierarchy (US-EPA), and potentially identify market gaps

Main Content:
Two sessions of 90 minutes:

• Session 1: The Big Picture 
  • Connecting Food and Sustainability
  • The 1.6 billion tons crisis: overview of the global state of waste and the urge to take action.
  • Why Food Waste really is an Issue: the social, financial and environmental impacts, and the situation in Thailand
  • Food Loss and waste along the supply chain, circular economy and its principle applied to this issue
• Session 2: Connecting the Dots
  • You don’t manage what don’t measure: data, metrics and new performance analytics around food waste
  • Striving for Zero: Innovative solutions, technologies and business models available to tackle FW and fully divert it from the landfill.
  • At home: tips and tricks to start adopting a “food waste-less” lifestyle
  • Experience sharing: becoming a food waste entrepreneur

Specificities, Strengths:
Participants get access to dozen of resources (studies, papers, articles, videos, tools..)

Cost:

• For members: 6,000 THB per person
• For non-members: 8,000 THB per person

*Vat 7% excluded 

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Intervenant(s)

Benjamin LephilibertFounder & Managing Director

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