September 2007 Newsletter

Largest School Districts Meet to Coordinate School Food Reform

Representatives from 17 of the largest school districts in the country and others gathered in Austin, Texas for two days, to develop a coordinated network to improve school meals.

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Business and Civil Sector Leaders Launch Healthy Value Chains Community of Practice

Some forty business, academic, and civil society leaders gathered in Boston for two days to share best practices, pressing questions, and inspiration. Most participants were from the food industry, but several non-food companies such as Nike and IKEA attended as well.

European NGO Publishes Best Practices in Public Food

Recent initiatives featured covering the breadth and dept of current efforts to make public and institutional food more sustainable: from working with regional organic producers to develop supply chains in Andalusia, to sourcing Fair Trade products in Genoa and using traditional breeds and varieties produced by local farmers in Ancona (Italy).

SFL Calendar

Sustainable Food Lab Meeting, October 15-18, 2007 Antigua, Guatemala (Learning Journeys lasting 2-7 days will precede this meeting) (contact: LeAnne Grillo)

The Role of Public and Institutional Food in Promoting Sustainable Rural Development, Seville, Spain, November 8-9, 2007 (contact: Clive Peckham).

China Learning Journey, April 6-17, 2008 (contact: Hal Hamilton)

Transatlantic "Big Cities" Network, focus on city region sustainable food strategies, November 2008 (contact Clive Peckham)

Addressing the Blind Spot of Our Time

In his new book Otto Scharmer, introduces the theory and practice of the U process, based on a concept called "presencing." Presencing signifies a heightened state of attention that allows individuals and groups to shift the inner place from which they function. When that shift happens, people begin to operate from a future space of possibility that they feel wants to emerge. Read the executive summary...

Related Events

Carbon Footprint Consumer Products 2007, September 13-14, Chicago, USA.

The Sustainable Finance Summit 2007 - Climate change and the environment - How to maximise opportunities and mitigate risk, September 18-19, 2007, London, UK: 2-Day Business Conference with exclusive Linklater Equator Principles masterclass. Featuring sessions on: the current sustainability strategies of major banks, the perspective of other key industries, and the business case for sustainability.

Sol Sustainability Consortium, September 24-26, 2007, Burlington, Vermont at Seventh Generation.

Corporate Climate Response, 25-26 September 2007, Chicago, USA, To address the fundamentals of corporate climate change strategy in detail with top names like Ford, Wal-mart, McDonald's, Time Inc, Walgreens, Dow, Anheuser-Busch, Kimberly Clark, IBM, PG&E, BP, DTE and Abbott among those presenting.

Provenance and Carbon Footprint of Food and Drink, September 25, 2007, London.

Responsible Business in Emerging Markets Summit, October 9-10, 2007, London, UK, Ethical Corporation
Director-level speakers from the supply chain and CR arenas to discuss the biggest issues in ethical supply chains today: labour standards, auditing, regulation and working with trade unions to name a few.

Taking Action for the World's Poor and Hungry People, October 17-19, 2007 Beijing, China.

Ethical Sourcing Forum Europe, October 18-19, October 2007, Paris, France, Ethical Sourcing Forum. A multi-stakeholder event, addressing the latest social and environmental challenges facing global supply chain professionals. Speakers include CSR Europe, Microsoft, Fairtrade, M&S, L'Oreal, ILO, Volkswagen, Johnson & Johnson. Mini-forums, speed networking, interactive business training and discussion.

One Planet Leaders, September - November 2007, Geneva, Switzerland, WWF International and Exeter University Centre for Leadership Studies: An new corporate responsibility programme for business managers: explore and apply cutting edge thinking on sustainability; build your competence to drive company value through sustainable business models.

CIAA & SAI Platform Conference on Sustainable Agriculture, November 22-23, 2007, Brussels, Belgium.

Unlocking Change in the Food Chain, November 7, 2007, London, England - Seven RELU projects reporting results and implications of research on sustainble food chains. Booking will open in August.

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