Next, the committee will hear from Andrew Opie, The British Retail Consortium and Sophie Lawrence from Greenbank on the role of the industry in diet and obesity trends.

▶️ Follow House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee for updates

📽️ Why we need mandatory reporting by food sector companies - as set out by Sophie Lawrence of Greenbank

🍟 14 Government obesity strategies
📝 689 policies
🚑 Obesity rates double

Watch the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee session in full here: bit.ly/3UlJ4Gu

Our stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence was invited to present evidence to the House of Lords Food, Diet and Obesity Committee this morning to discuss the role that investment can play in promoting healthier diets. Watch here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/77…

🥳 As the world marks #InternationalWomensDay we'd like to thank all of our women Food Ambassadors for helping us to drive change in the food system!

In the spirit of #GenderEquality we're also highlighting 5️⃣ key policy areas where we'd like to see change - given they can…

Fantastic Nesta panel on the future of good food and prevention with Tony Blair Institute for Global Change's own Hermione Dace!

Lots on smoking atm - and that's important.

But diet related ill health is responsible for far more deaths.

We must tackle obesity if we want to improve popn health!

Brilliant panel on what is arguably the most important question for the future and sustainability of our health service: prevention & public health. Some useful reflections on balancing drugs for obesity vs improving our food environment Hermione Dace Hugo Harper Ravi Gurumurthy

On Monday, we’re talking to experts in policy, public health & the food industry w/ Tony Blair Institute for Global Change to explore how to improve the UK food system. #LPC2023

Speakers include: Sophie Lawrence, Asda's Kris Comerford, Preet Kaur Gill MP, Hermione Dace

Watch online: bit.ly/3QUOIxZ

Greenbank’s Sophie Lawrence was the guest speaker for The Farmers Club dinner last week where she shared the investor perspective on the risks and opportunities facing the food system and how investors are engaging to address them. Pictured here with Chairman Meurig Raymond CBE DL

The House of Lords today voted in favour of mandatory due diligence to prevent the financing of #deforestation . This would take a huge step towards reducing UK finance driving biodiversity loss and alignment with the #GlobalBiodiversityFramework : globalwitness.org/en/press-relea…

Looking forward to the City Food and Drink Lecture sponsored by Rathbones Group Plc about ‘The shifting challenges of building a just, healthy and sustainable food system.’
Greenbank’s #stewardship and #engagement lead Sophie Lawrence will be on the panel.
#CFDL2023
cityfooddrinklecture2023.com

Sophie Lawrence, Stewardship and Engagement Lead at Greenbank, says:

‘one of the real challenges when we look at the food system is how we look at multiple issues together, an important part of this is policy’.

#CFDL2023

Such an engaging and interesting panel discussion!

Last pic from last night... panel session in full flow City Food and Drink Lecture supported by The Farmers Company Fruiterers Livery TWCDLondon Worshipful Company of Poulters Cooks Livery Worshipful Company of Bakers Butchers' Livery Co. The Fishmongers' Company and sponsors including Rathbones Group Plc HSBC UK Agri-EPI Centre Roythornes Solicitors Compass Group UK & I

Thank you to this year's panel of industry experts; charlotte smith, Sophie Lawrence, The Black Farmer and Sue Davies for coming together to discuss the future of food and drink sustainability.

#FoodSector #DrinkSector #Sustainability #ClimateAction #CFDL2023

With nearly 3.1 billion worldwide unable to afford a healthy diet, what can we do to fix the unprecedented challenges facing our food system?

Sustainability expert Sophie Lawrence of Greenbank explores the answers in our podcast.

🎧 bit.ly/40TP8aC
#InvestorSummit

Our first session is underway - 'How investors can and should engage with governments and policy makers to bring about industry-wide change'

It features speakers Martin Buttle Jessica Attard 🏳️‍🌈 Sophie Lawrence and Rune-Christoffer Dragsdahl
#InvestorSummit #NetZero #FoodSystems

Season's greetings! As we take a break over the holidays, don't forget to book tickets for our stellar panel on Earth in January, with Isabella Tree, Misha Glenny, Philip Lymbery & Sophie Lawrence!
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Thanks to Daniel Zeichner The Good Food Institute Europe FixOurFood Robert Martin Dustin Benton / dbenton.bsky.social Caroline Keohane UEA Rebecca Sudworth Food, Poverty, Health & the Environment Committee Sophie Lawrence Kristin Bash FFPH Liz Leffman Ben Reynolds Lucy Antal Dr Jason O'Rourke & attendees for joining us yesterday!

Our stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence will discuss ‘The outlook for high fat, sugar and salt regulation, mandatory standards reporting and developing transparency’ at WFNF Events Food and Nutrition Forum policy conference tomorrow:
westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/conference/Foo…
#WFNFEVENTS

Our stewardship and engagement lead Sophie Lawrence has been shortlisted for Rising Star Sustainable Investment Champion of the Year at Investment Week Sustainable Investment Awards 2022. Find out more here: event.investmentweek.co.uk/sustainableinv…