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What financial, regenerative, and sourcing opportunities lie in a bio-based economy, and how can your company support a sustainable transition?

Transitioning to a renewable, circular, bioeconomy is crucial. This transformation could help address climate change and biodiversity loss, avoid reliance on harmful and non-renewable materials, divert financial risk and create economic opportunity,with a market for bio-based products projected to grow to $7.7 trillion by 2030. But shifting from finite and often petroleum-derived materials to a renewable, biobased economy brings not just new solutions, but also new challenges. With competing biomass demand between food, fuel, fiber and other applications, finding the right balance to sustainably manage natural capital while remaining within planetary boundaries will be key. Join this session to explore the opportunities and limitations of biobased solutions across sectors, and how your company can support a sustainable, regenerative transition.

How can the transition to a circular economy support the preservation of biodiversity?

With more than one million species under threat of extinction, the natural world is facing threats from every direction. Among numerous, staggering repercussions loss of biological diversity represents a significant business risk as over half of global GDP depends on natural resources and services. Can a circular economy help mitigate risk and reverse this trend? While circular principles will not solve this problem alone, they do have the power to alleviate pressure on biological sources while regenerating living systems. What role does the circular economy play in preserving biodiversity, and what strategies can your company employ to protect the natural world? Join this session to hear from experts and practitioners tackling this question. 

What are some of the most groundbreaking innovations in upcycled food?

More than a third of the food produced in the United States — valued at roughly $408 billion — is never eaten. Enter: a new class of innovators focused on upcycled food. Sourcing food surplus, “ugly” produce and manufacturing byproducts, these companies are hacking the food system to reduce waste, save carbon emissions, feed our communities and generate profit. Come be inspired by this showcase of upcycled food innovations.

Connect with like-minded participants for interactive virtual discussions around a hard question or hot topic within the circular economy. Select your topic of interest to join a group discussion led by a moderator. The group will then be split into breakouts — allowing for deeper conversation around the topic you care about most. Bring your own challenges, questions and ideas to these interactive discussions. Cameras on!

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What does a regenerative, just food system look like, and what will it take to bring it to scale from farm to factory to fork, and back?

How can an interconnected food system effectively minimize waste, and what intervention points in that system should be leveraged to avoid spoilage? 

Over $408 billion of food in the United States, more than a third of what we produce annually, is wasted. This wastage is due, in part, to the complex supply chains that distribute food in cities, communities and stores across the country, but lack intervention points for food surplus and waste. Reinvesting just $14 billion in solutions to the U.S. food systems could save 45 million tons of food waste, 4 trillion gallons of water and 75 million metric tons of emissions. This session will explore the most impactful interventions to design out waste in the food system.  From corporate to city-scale action, what are the solutions we need to prioritize to decrease food waste, and what leverage points in our food system are rife with opportunity? Join this session to find out.

How can an interconnected food system effectively minimize waste, and what points in that system should be leveraged to avoid spoilage?

Connect with like-minded participants for interactive virtual discussions around a hard question or hot topic within the circular economy. Select your topic of interest to join a group discussion led by a moderator. The group will then be split into breakouts — allowing for deeper conversation around the topic you care about most. Bring your own challenges, questions and ideas to these interactive discussions. Cameras on!

Discussion topics coming soon! 

Stay tuned! 

Connect with like-minded participants for interactive virtual discussions around a hard question or hot topic within the circular economy. Select your topic of interest to join a group discussion led by a moderator. The group will then be split into breakouts — allowing for deeper conversation around the topic you care about most. Bring your own challenges, questions and ideas to these interactive discussions. Cameras on!

Discussion topics coming soon!