European Sustainability Forum English Version

Agenda

Thursday, 27 June 2024

09:00 am

Welcome by the organisers

09:05 am

Sustainability – ambition and reality

The food retail trade is known to be the interface to the consumer and therefore the final link in a long supply chain. What do retailers expect from their suppliers? What can it achieve itself? What do consumers want?
• Marc Rademacher, Head of Fruit and Vegetable Purchasing and Member of the Purchasing Management Board, Rewe Group

Many large retail chains have set themselves ambitious climate targets and are reorganising some of their supply chains to achieve them. It is important to set clear targets along the value chain and have them validated externally. As an international portfolio manager in the fresh produce sector, BayWa Global Produce was one of the first companies to commit to ambitious climate targets, both publicly and vis-à-vis the SBTi.
An insight into what it took to achieve this, what benefits it brings and what needs to be done now to reach the targets.
• Leonhardt Jancso, BayWa AG

10:00 am

Production – what can be done?

If you want to sell a sustainable product, do you also have to produce it sustainably? Where does sustainability start? What options are there? Which factors and parameters are important?
• Prof. Dr. Claus Bull, Faculty V – Life Sciences and Technology, Berlin University of Applied Sciences (BHT)

11:00 am

Water – foundation of our production used intelligently and efficiently

This is how it works - the intelligent and efficient handling and use of this unique and existential resource. Water is the fundamental basis for sustainable production - also in Europe. An example of intelligent use.
• Dr. Hansjörg Seybold, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH)

03:00 - 03:30 pm

Coffee break • Networking • Marketplace

03:30 pm

Packaging amendment 2022 – what does it mean for the industry?

As part of the so-called "European Green Deal", the EU Commission presented a draft EU packaging regulation on November 30, 2022, which aims to further counteract environmental pollution caused by packaging waste. Three main objectives are to be achieved: Prevention of packaging waste, promotion of recycling and the promotion of a market for secondary raw materials. What does this mean for the fruit and vegetable trade?
• Sonja Bähr, Packaging Analyst, Tilisco

03:50 pm

Recycling: endless cycle? How organic can plastic be?

Films and plastics are used in many ways in fruit and vegetable cultivation to increase harvest yields and ensure quality. Used films at the side of the field or the remains of drip hoses do not leave a good impression. It is therefore important to return as many of these plastics as possible to the material cycle. Where is this already working well and what are the goals for the coming years?
• Anne Biehl, RIGK GmbH / Initiative ERDE-Erntekunststoffe Recycling Deutschland

04:10 pm

Designing sustainable logistics and transportation

• André Jobmann, A Head of FMCG / Reefer, North Europe Continent, A.P.-Moller-Maersk A/S, angefragt

04:30 pm

What do we take with us to the future?

Closing of the event 
Moderation: Michael Koch und Kaasten Reh