Who decides what you eat? The power of food environments on consumer diets

Sustainable food consumption

Evidence increasingly shows the way we farm and eat has a big impact on the planet, public health, animal welfare and more. Shifting to healthier and more plant-based diets with ‘less and better’ animal products can be beneficial on many counts. You will also have the opportunity to hear from experts on how they can be used to influence consumer behaviours and shape our food systems for the better.

Programme

15:00 – 15:10 | Welcome and Opening Remarks

15:10 – 15:20 | Commission Keynote
Claire Bury | Deputy Director General for Food Sustainability at DG SANTE, European Commission

15:20 – 15:45 | Towards sustainable food consumption – What does science say?
Erik Mathijs | Chair of the SAPEA Working Group
Eric Lambin | Group of Chief Scientific Advisors

15:45 – 16:50 | Panel debate: Who decides what you eat? Food environments in our daily life
Claire Bury | Deputy Director General for Food Sustainability at DG SANTE, European Commission
Christel Delberghe | Director General of Eurocommerce
Francisco Guerreiro | Member of the European Parliament
Monique Goyens | Director General | BEUC
Lynnette Neufeld | Director Food and Nutrition Division, FAO

16:50 – 17:00 | Closing remarks

17:00 – 17:30 | Reception

The discussion will be moderated by Natasha Foote (Euractiv).

This event was co-organised with BEUC, Eurogroup for Animals and EPHA and you can re-watch it here.

Event details

28 June 2023

Brussels

SAPEA is funded by the European Union. The activities of associated partners Academia Europaea and Cardiff University are funded by UKRI (grant number 10033786).