Getting innovative with the Food Systems Game Changers Lab

Forum has joined with EAT, IDEO, Thought For Food, The Rockefeller Foundation, Meridian Institute, SecondMuse and Intention 2 Impact to support ideas, enterprises and initiatives that have the potential to transform our world’s food systems.

Find out more about the Food Systems Game Changers Lab, a global programme to build a better food future.

How can business action drive co-benefits for climate and health? 

The climate crisis is also a health crisis, so we have to see – and act on – climate and health as part of a single system. In response to a current lack of guidance for the private sector, Forum, in collaboration with Bupa, GSK Consumer Healthcare and Walgreens Boots Alliance recently published “Driving Co-benefits for Climate and Health: How private sector action can accelerate progress”.

This new report includes practical guidance for businesses to use their net zero strategies to act on the twin crises of climate change and public health simultaneously.

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Radical shifts are needed in how we think about farming and land 

The food and agriculture sector accounts for a rising 30% of our carbon footprint, presenting an urgent need to reframe land and reinvent farming. In a net zero world, land will need to sustain inter-cropping, livestock, pasture, biodiversity, water services, carbon sequestration and more. But as we strive for just transitions that leave no one behind, what are the implications of making these shifts? Forum’s Director of Global Programmes, Caroline Ashley, explores. 

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In other news 

• Financial Times: CSR careers finally come of age — and are breaking sector boundaries (paywall). Forum’s CEO, Dr Sally Uren, shares her thoughts on the skills needed for a career in sustainability. Non-paywalled version.
• Climate Week NYC: Review of the launch event for Driving Co-Benefits for Climate and Health: How private sector action can accelerate progress.
• Lesley Mitchell comments on food systems transformation at: FeedNavigator: Food system transformation is daunting and galvanizing in equal measure, and BusinessGreen: Demystifying food systems transformation: 10 key principles for success.