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Greener Food - Carbon Free Food?

06/04/2009

Hosts: LSx
Address: Cinnamon Club, Old Westminster Library, London, SW1P 3BU
Contact: Alasdair Tatam, a.tatam@lsx.org.uk, Tel: 020 7234 9413
Cost: Free
Places Available: Yes

What's It About?

  • A seminar about the latest developments in reducing the environmental impact of London’s food and drink sector.
  • Share the learning from Greener Food, the first pan-London project to systematically green this sector

Why Attend?

  • Participate in a discussion as to how the sector can be supported to change its practice
  • Get up to speed with the latest research, analysis and policy development relating to low carbon catering

Who's It For?

  • Organisations providing support to businesses
  • Businesses with an interest in reducing carbon, waste and/or water use
  • Anyone with an interest in improving resource efficiency

 Agenda

3.00 - 3.20pm: Registration, coffee

3.20 - 3.30pm: Welcome and Introductions -Samantha Heath, Chief Executive, LSx

3.30 - 3.35pm:
Healthy and Sustainable Food in the Capital - Rosie Boycott, Chair of the London Food Board
London as a culinary capital; Mayoral priorities, strategic issues and responses; including the London Food Board and CC Action Plan

3.35 - 3.50pm: The Environmental Impact of Food - Shirley Rodrigues - Head of Policy, Transport and Environment, GLA
Presenting recent research findings on the greenhouse gases arising from the food sector in London, and a compelling case for continued action

3.50 - 4.00pm: How Greener Food Helped Me - Phil Roker - Vacherin
Greener Food member, Vacherin, will describe how the project helped reduce their carbon footprint, one of many actions the business took which ultimately resulted in winning the City of London’s Sustainable City Awards 2009 for ‘Sustainable Food’

4.00 - 4.15pm: The Bottom Line - Gayle Burgess - LSx Programme Director
Presenting the results of the Greener Food project

4.15 - 5.00pm: Drinks, Canapes and Networking 


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