Food manufacturers who respond effectively to climate change will have the advantage of being at the forefront of a new consumer trend - sustainably manufactured foods.
General Information
Sustainably manufactured foods are rapidly becoming as important to consumers as healthy, convenient, high quality and 'as-fresh' foods.
Sustainable food manufacturing minimises:
- the impact on the environment
- water use
- greenhouse gas emissions
- waste generation
- energy requirements.
Responding to increasingly environmentally-conscious consumers as well as reducing your environmental impact and your operational costs are just some of the benefits of sustainable manufacturing.
Long-term benefits
Other long-term benefits to sustainable manufacturing, and they will also be discussed at this forum, include:
CSIRO and industry will present the latest research and case studies about sustainably manufactured foods.
- greater understanding of the threat to food security and the risks to your future supply chain
- improved management of your inputs and outputs through application of quantification tools such as Life Cycle Assessment
- development of sustainability strategies such as process control/optimisation and water minimisation/reuse strategies.
CSIRO research and industry case studies
The latest research and case studies from CSIRO and industry will be presented.
Contributors include:
- Dr Roger Bektash, Director of Scientific Affairs, Mars Australia
- Mr Tony Mahar, Director Sustainable Development, Australian Food and Grocery Council
- Dr Peter Carberry, Theme Leader, Sustainable Agriculture National Research Flagship
- Dr Brad Ridoutt, Principal Research Scientist, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
- Ms Anne-Marie Poirrier, NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water
- Dr Manny Noakes, Research Program Leader and Co-author of the CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet books, CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences
- Kate Parker, Deputy State Director NSW/ACT, Enterprise Connect
- Ms Peta Ashworth, Co-author of the CSIRO Home Energy Saving Handbook, CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering
- Dr Silvia Estrada-Flores, Food Chain Intelligence
- Dr Steve Crimp, Stream Leader, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems.
Professor Martin Cole, Chief of CSIRO Food and Nutritional Sciences, will be opening the forum and sharing his insights on the topic from his recent five years in the USA.
Professor Cole will also chair an industry panel of experts to raise discussion on sustainable food manufacturing developments. The panel session will assist CSIRO to generate future strategies in addressing the food security challenges that we face post-farm-gate.
The panel will include several of the presenters listed above along with Julian Cribb, editor of the Australian R&D Review and ScienceAlert.com.au and Sean O’Malley, Head of Technical Consulting for Planet Ark.
View the full speaker program at the CSIRO Sustainable food manufacturing forum program.
An imperative
Changing consumer demands, increasing water scarcity and energy costs, tightening environmental legislative requirements and other climate change effects makes moving to adopt sustainable practices imperative for food manufacturers.
Learn how your business can be part of more sustainable food manufacturing practice in Australia.
Read more about CSIRO Food & Nutritional Sciences.
This forum is supported by Enterprise Connect, an Australian Government initiative backed by industry that offers comprehensive advice and support to eligible small and medium sized businesses to help them transform and reach their full potential. To learn more about this initiative, come along to the forum, call the Enterprise Connect hotline on 13 17 91 or visit
www.enterpriseconnect.gov.au [external link]
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