Key Objectives:

To understanding the carbon cost of local production and buying seasonal produce, whilst showing how food companies can decarbonise their supply chain.

Guest Speakers:

Andrew Griffiths, Head of Value Chain Sustainability, Nestle

Freddie Watson, Organic Pantry, St Helens Farm, Tadcaster

Arnold Warneken, Naturaw, pet food manufacturer

There will be a Q&A sessions after the speaker presentations.

The evening will conclude with the Zero Carbon Harrogate (ZCH) AGM, which everyone is warmly invited to attend but please note only ZCH members are able to vote.

This event will be held on Zoom and these are the login details required;

Join Zoom Meeting:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89725105457?pwd=Y3ZTbC9VcEZpdGhxMVNzcW1CUk0rdz09

Meeting ID: 897 2510 5457

Passcode: ZCHFood

We look forward to welcoming you.

Speaker Bios:

Andrew Griffiths: Andy is Head of Value Chain Sustainability for Nestlé’s UK&I businesses, responsible for the development and delivery of the Environmental Sustainability strategy both within the operation and across the value chain.

He has worked for Nestlé UK&I for over 20 years, originally in operational and engineering roles. He is both a chartered environmentalist and IEMA fellow, as well as a chartered engineer (IET). He is focussed on bringing together the engineering expertise, operational experience and environmental insights of the organisation alongside collaborative partnerships with academia and key delivery partners to develop and implement robust and effective sustainability programmes.

Andy co-developed the LENs (Landscape Enterprise Network) model with 3Keel, to enable effective shared interest investment, at scale, into the regeneration of multifunctional landscapes.

Arnold Warneken: Arnold has semi-retired but for the last 40 years with his wife Alex, a former director of Friends of the Earth, have been tireless in their work for environmental and social issues both locally and globally.