The Need for Action
The challenges facing the food industry are striking: the global population will rise from 7.2 billion to 9.7 billion by 2050 necessitating 60% more food; a burgeoning middle class will increasingly demand a high-protein western diet; and the planet will see a water shortfall of 40% by 2030.
Food and beverage companies have daunting sustainability agendas as they seek to nourish a growing population while sustaining natural resources, and providing economic opportunity, all while staying competitive in a crowded marketplace.
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Our Approach
Our technical experts help build strategies, enable performance, and deepen engagement throughout the organization and into the product and supply chain to reduce risks and costs, gain consumer trust and brand strength, and develop growth and resilience:
Build Strategies
- Understand impacts
- Develop business case
- Align organization around clear priorities
- Set goals and develop tracking approach
- Report progress
Engage Supply Chains
- Communicate program priorities and evaluate performance
- Collaborate with farmers and suppliers and build capacity
- Source sustainably
Optimize Development and Operations
- Integrate sustainability into functions
- Design for sustainability (product and packaging)
- Efficient manufacturing
