Business Models for Tackling Food Waste Effectively
Business models for impact: Tackling food waste effectively
Thank you to everyone who joined us for our recent panel event celebrating B Corp Month, co-hosted by the Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne and B Lab Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand . We were thrilled to share insights from new research led by Dr Krzysztof (Chris) Dembek , exploring how Certified B Corporations are tackling food waste through innovative business models and sustainable practices.
A special thank you to our panelists Josie Grenfell ( Food2Soil) , Sarah Turner ( 4 Pines Brewing Co. ), and Mindy Leow ( B Lab Australia & New Zealand ) for their generous and thoughtful contributions to the discussion.
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Thanks again for your interest and we hope to see you at our future events!
Event description
In celebration of B Corp Month , watch this interactive online panel event and learn about the exciting food waste research project from The Centre for Social Impact at Swinburne. The research, led by Dr Krzysztof (Chris) Dembek, Senior Lecturer Social Impact, focuses on how business models are used to implement and activate different solutions for food waste. This research also focuses on Certified B Corps , given they are more likely to have embedded such solutions.
At this interactive event, key research findings highlight the impact and achievements that B Corps are having in the area of food waste. As part of B Corp Month, the event also features select B Corps included in the research. A panel of B Corps facilitated by Mindy Leow, Director of Certification and Programs at B Lab Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand , were invited to share how they have introduced different solutions to combat the important issue of food waste.
Meet our speakers:
- Dr Krzysztof (Chris) Dembek - Senior Lecturer , Social Impact, Centre for Social Impact Swinburne (CSI Swinburne) .
- Josie Grenfell - Co-Founder & Co-CEO, Food2Soil
- Sarah Turner - Environmental & Social Impact Manager, 4 Pines Brewing Co. ,
- Mindy Leow, Director of Certification and Programs, B Lab Australia & Aotearoa New
The audience also had the opportunity to engage with panellists and the researcher directly during the Q&A following the panel discussion.
This event was hosted in collaboration with B Lab Australia & Aotearoa New Zealand and the Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University of Technology.