Sustainable supply chains broadcast – Sustainable Procurement

Sustainable Procurement: Do you know the origin of the food and drinks you consume? 

Did you know that roughly one-third of the edible parts of food produced for human consumption gets lost or wasted globally? Or that a typical Columbian coffee farmer can earn as little as 2$ per day or less?

The supply chains of our food industry are filled with waste and social injustice, not to mention the pressure on biodiversity and climate change that comes with it. While this might be a grim outlook to most, some companies refuse to continue conducting business as usual, and take on the challenge to rethink how to conduct business in the future. Through innovation, these front runners take bold actions to transform their supply chains and create real sustainable impact while developing profitable business models. Two success stories at the forefront of this change are the Danish based Slow Forest and Eat Wasted.

Eat Wasted is a Danish start-up that transforms leftover bread into delicious pasta. Their mission is to convert surplus bread into a consumer product that supports social good. By doing so, Eat Wasted creates a sustainable cycle that nourishes communities in need. Their approach minimizes environmental impact by focusing on sustainability at every step from collection to production.

Slow Forest is a sustainable specialty coffee and chocolate brand founded in 2018 focused on regenerative agroforestry to combat climate change and deforestation. They engage directly with local farmers and enable them to grow coffee in a way that restores biodiversity and captures carbon, making them carbon negative.

Learn more about how they built their businesses, the challenges they faced on the way and how they solved them.