Food Ethics Council

The Food Ethics Council has teamed up with the Food and Drink Innovation Network to run a one day seminar on Food Ethics on 16th April 2008.

Food businesses face a bewildering range of ethical issues – from ethical trade and obesity to ‘food miles’ and new technology – which both drive innovation and challenge the sector’s licence to operate.  Where do these issues come from? What are the common threads? How do you prioritise? And why should businesses care anyway?

To help businesses find a path through the maze, there will be in-depth analysis of the latest market and consumer trends, discussion on the place of ethics in company strategy, and practical case studies.

Helen Browning OBE, Chair Of The Food Ethics Council, is chairing the day and Ed Garner from TNS Worldpanel will set the scene with the latest analysis of market potential and trends.

Dragon Brands will tell delegates what they found from specially commissioned consumer research. The Food Ethics Council will present a primer on ethics and a toolkit for better business decisions. Julia Hailes MBE – author of The New Green Consumer Guide – will give a briefing on key issues like water scarcity.

Geoff Tansey, who has just published The Future Control of Food, will paint the big picture – ethical challenges to the food sector’s licence to operate. Then there will be a chance to focus on case studies – PepsiCo, M&S, Unilever and the Ethical Trading Initiative will will think aloud about the ethics of real business decisions.

The event will be held at the Hilton Metropole – NEC Birmingham, UK. 
Price £375 + VAT. Book your place here.