Watch the full panel discussion from the Sustainable Foods Conference
Food and beverage supply chains are operating under unprecedented pressure. Climate volatility, nature impacts, rising input costs and growing Scope 3 expectations are forcing organisations to rethink what resilience really means, and how it delivers commercial value.
At the Sustainable Foods Conference, Mondra hosted a 45-minute panel discussion focused on one central question.
How do food businesses turn resilience from an abstract ambition into something that delivers tangible commercial outcomes?
From reporting to decision making
A consistent theme across the discussion was that resilience cannot be delivered through reporting alone. While carbon accounting and Scope 3 disclosures are essential, they do not, on their own, protect availability, margins or long-term competitiveness.
As Dorothy Shaver, Global Food Sustainability Director at Unilever, explained, resilience only becomes real when sustainability data is embedded in commercial decision making. That means informing how products are sourced, how suppliers are engaged and how trade-offs are managed as conditions change.
Connecting farm performance to business outcomes
Rob Fetter, Global Sustainability Lead at Kynetec, highlighted the importance of linking farm-level data to product and business outcomes at scale. Without this connection, organisations struggle to understand real risk exposure across their supply chains or to make credible progress on Scope 3 emissions.
This system-level view is increasingly critical as food businesses look to build resilience across climate, nature, supply continuity and farmer viability at the same time.
Resilience as risk management
Fran Haycock, Head of Sustainability at Greencore, reinforced a pragmatic view shared across the panel. Resilience is fundamentally about managing risk, not chasing ideals. To do that, organisations need data and digital infrastructure that supports action, not just disclosure.
Watch the full panel discussion
The full 45-minute session brings together perspectives from across retail, manufacturing and data, with practical insight into how organisations are reassessing forecasting, planning and target-setting models in response to volatility.
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