“There is real value in the Food Lab’s work convening companies engaged in measuring the status of their smallholder supply chains. By sharing our learning and collaborating to measure performance we avoid duplication of efforts and gather actionable data more efficiently.”

—Duncan Pollard, Nestlé

“Through Food Lab organized activities both Unilever and Oxfam have enlarged our views of each other’s goals and developed practical projects to collaboratively achieve those goals. The Food Lab intentionally cultivates cross-sector leadership, and these leadership capacities benefit our organizations.”

—Jan Kees Vis, Global Director Sustainable Sourcing Development, Unilever

“Sustainable Food Lab brilliantly brings together diverse stakeholders to develop actionable solutions. They strike the balance between realism and idealism, pushing us to stretch our thinking and willingness to collaborate for shared benefit.”

—Anna Swaithes, Head of Water & Food Security Policy, SABMiller

“The necessity of industry collaboration is clear as we consider the inherent complexity of managing biology-based production systems. That's why Mars has joined the Sustainable Food Lab.”

Kevin Rabinovitch, Global Sustainability Director

The Sustainable Food Lab knows the food industry well. They brought this expertise to us in a way that was sensitive to our own culture. They are such skilled facilitators that they became increasingly invisible through the process. We now own sustainability at the highest levels of our company more solidly than before this process. We are also better connected to the sustainability work of our suppliers and customers, and we are better able to report and communicate what we are doing."

-Neil Russell, Sysco Vice President of Investor Relations