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Exploration Workshop

How can digital technologies support the fight against food waste on the consumer side? 

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Background:

Food waste has received growing interest from stakeholders and policymakers world-wide due to  the increasing concerns about food security and environmental impacts (e.g. resource depletion,  GHG emissions attributed to food waste).  In Switzerland, food consumption generates 2.8 million tonnes of avoidable food waste per year at all stages of the food chain.  Although food waste occurs along all the stages of the food supply chain, the three main actors representing each one third of the food waste (bafu.admin) are: 

  • Processing and transformation of food,
  • consumer side,
  • agriculture, catering and retail.

In the context of the United Nations sustainability goals, Switzerland aims to cut its food waste in half by 2030 (bafu.admin). In order to reach this goal, efforts need to be along the entire supply chain, to enable a collaborative approach.

Exploration Workshop:

During the workshop, we concentrate on one source for food waste: we aim to enable existing networks and find digital solutions to reduce food waste on the consumer side to support Switzerland in reaching the aforementioned sustainability goal. During the workshop, we connect different organisations from the ecosystem to exchange knowledge and ideas to especially enable the ecosystem to benefit from solutions already in place.

To conduct this workshop, we work closely with a group of five ZHAW students pursuing a Master's degree in Business Administration with a Major in Innovation and Entrepreneurship. During approximately 1000 working hours, they will gain practical experience by conducting a system analysis based on existing networks and projects. The students, therefore, play a crucial role in defining our focus during the workshop and are thus heavily involved in its organisation. 

 

 

Interested to learn more about food waste, go read our new blog post

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Are you a digitalswitzerland member organisation? If so, join us for the workshop!
***Kindly note that the timing of workshops is subject to change. 

 


Food Waste | Thursday, 18 November, 09:00 - 12:00am  (physical* – Bern)

Based on the information above, we are excited for a Leap Workshop centred around the following question:

  • How can we enable existing networks and find digital solutions to reduce food waste on the consumer side?

We will meet physically (event location tbd) and refreshments will be provided. The number of participants in workshops is limited to 25 people. The principle "first come, first serve" applies. We look forward to your participation and a fruitful exchange!

 

If you have any questions, please contact us at leap@digitalswitzerland.com

 

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*COVID guidelines at a physical event:

We follow the rules of the BAG/OFSP regarding COVID-19 at the time of registration, which means only participants who meet the criteria of the 3G rules are admitted to the event. There is no possibility of testing on site.

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This workshop is done in collaboration with

           wwf