BUSINESS ENGAGEMENT – C40 Good Food for Healthy Cities Guide: How your city can work with business to deliver a climate-friendly food sector

This session explores the crucial role of city–business collaboration in delivering climate friendly solutions for more sustainable food systems. 
 
Cities consume over half of the world’s food, and by 2050 they are expected to consume 80%. Most food-insecure people (76%) live in urban and peri-urban areas, while unhealthy diets are driving public health crises such as obesity and diabetes.

Although city governments are often the biggest single purchasers of food in a region, over 85% of food in many cities is supplied by food businesses. Food businesses therefore have a crucial role to play in developing and delivering positive, integrated solutions for climate and health – cities cannot do it alone. Successful engagement between cities and food businesses is vital to improve diets, reduce food waste and ultimately create equitable, sustainable and resilient food systems. 

At this event, C40 will present two Laudes Foundation-supported research projects: the report “Good Food for Healthy Cities”, featuring city case studies and strategies for climate-friendly food sectors, and early findings from “Quantifying the Impact of City-Business Alliances on Food System GHG Emissions and Public Health.” 

Through panel discussions and interactive dialogue, participants will explore diverse experiences of city–business alliances and their potential to accelerate food system transformation.

Moderation: Stefania Amato, C40, Head of Food Strategy 

Speakers

• Nico Muzi, Cofounder and Chief Programmes Officer, Madre Brava - Keynote
• Annelies Withofs, Head of the Food Programme, Laudes Foundation - Keynote
• Stefania Amato, Head of Food Strategy, C40 Cities - Findings from the “Good Food for Healthy Cities” Guide
• Shambhavi Gupta and Rashi Sharma, Researchers, Svarascape - Findings from “Quantifying the impact of city-business alliances on food system GHG emissions and public health”
• Lauren Drumgold, Policy Advisor at Mayor's Office of Food Policy, NYC - Panel Discussion: “Good Food for Healthy Cities”
• Lia Palm, Agricultural Coordinator, Sampa+Rural Program, São Paulo - Panel Discussion: “Good Food for Healthy Cities”
• Edwin Marty, Food Policy Manager Office of Climate Action and Resilience, Austin - Panel Discussion: “Good Food for Healthy Cities”
• Katie Rowberry, Head of partnerships and external affairs, ReLondon - Panel Discussion: “Good Food for Healthy Cities” - “From convening to action in London:  reducing food related consumption-based emissions”

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