🌏 Future Green 5 Must Reads 🌏


Future Green 5 Must Reads

Hey there sustainable food advocates – we are ‘glass more than half full’ people, and think Artificial Intelligence (AI) will solve many challenges in the food sector and beyond. That includes tackling AI’s current thirst for energy. (DeepSeek’s backers say they have already made progress there.)

It will be a while before you think about handing all your critical business processes to AI, but the world is just starting this revolution! You need to be thinking about AI now, for how your business will use it soon!

It will be a hot topic at our UnConference 3.0 – Our Food Our Future: Innovative Solutions in Action gathering on 21st March. Book your tickets today! Half the tickets are sold. Don't miss out!

👣 Food carbon-footprint accountancy for the food sector is a challenge. Software service provider Klimato says it has the tools, and will share more on that at UnConference 3.0!

🤖 Seeing double: a WWF early study points out AI can help you create a digital replica of your real-life business, for no-risk experiments with workplace layout, business processes, or even new services or products. Cool, eh?

🌽 ‘Precision agriculture’. A benefit predicted from matching farming, one of humanity’s oldest pursuits, with AI, one of its newest, including being able to drill down into data for an individual plant or animal.

📈 6: number of 'megatrends' for the food sector this year, identified by DigitalFoodLab’s ‘Future of Food – FoodTech Trends in 2025’ report.

🥭 351% - difference between the €5.50 per kilo top price farmers earned last year growing mangoes in Sicily’s warming climate, versus the lowest price of €1.22 per kilo they could get from growing traditional lemons. Climate change is impacting our food today!

A CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATOR KEEPING FOOD BIZ ON ITS TOES

Rebecca Connée of Klimato is one of our fab speakers at UnConference 3.0, on software as a service (SaaS) to simplify carbon labelling for food menus!

GREEN MACHINE: WWF SWEDEN ON ROLE OF AI IN FOOD SECTOR

Food-sector businesses can improve the effectiveness of their sustainability work and more precisely align that work with profit goals, by harnessing AI’s power.

THE AI ‘TODDLER’ IS LEARNING FAST. IT’S GOOD NEWS FOR FOOD SYSTEM

AI sometimes ‘hallucinates’ say critics. Soon – whether embodied AI in robots, or AI-powered platforms guiding manufacturers and retailers – it will transform the food sector.

SIX FOOD TECH ‘BOUNDARY BUSTERS’ IN 2025

The resilient farm, sustainable ingredients, food as medicine, smart supply chain, digital retail, and food automation. ​Six food sector trends to watch.

SICILY SOURS ON LEMONS. WARMER, DRIER MEDITERRANEAN MEANS MANGOES

Cultivation zones for sun-loving crops are moving from the equator as the Earth warms. Crisis is also commercial opportunity for farmers.



Empower Your Business with Carbon Literacy!

Join our Carbon Literacy for Food & Drinks Businesses training on 22nd & 24th April, 5–8:30 PM HKT. 🌍

Gain the knowledge and tools to cut carbon emissions, drive sustainability, and make a lasting impact in the food & drinks industry. 🍴🌱

Don’t miss out—register now and take the first step toward a greener future! 💡✨.

For our UK clients, The Carbon Literacy Project is offering a fully funded opportunity for food SMEs to become Carbon Literate in collaboration with Compass Group. Check out more details here.


Join Us as a Volunteer Community Manager! 🌱

Are you passionate about sustainable food systems and community engagement? We're looking for an enthusiastic and proactive Volunteer Community Manager to help grow and energise our online food sustainability community!

In return for your commitment, you’ll gain exclusive access to our cutting-edge food sustainability courses, keeping you ahead with the latest industry insights and best practices.

💡 If you're eager to make an impact while gaining hands-on experience, this role is for you!


WHAT DO WE DO

Are you a sustainability leader, foodservice professional, food retailer, or organisation looking to make a real impact on food sustainability?

Look no further than Future Green, Asia’s go-to food sustainability consultancy.

We work at the intersection of food and sustainability, delivering knowledge sharing and insights that help build end-to-end solutions from strategies to implementation with the mission to scale sustainable food systems. Our partners include foodservice businesses, retail businesses, NGOs, and governmental organisations.

Join our diverse and influential community of like-minded individuals and organisations who all believe in the importance of food sustainability and sharing knowledge.

How we work with businesses:

  • Members Monthly Meetups and regular knowledge sharing webinars with experts on relevant topics aligning with the Future Green framework
  • Food Vision workshops to build a food sustainability roadmap
  • Carbon footprinting of your menu, audits and much more

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to become part of a community that’s driving real change in the food industry. Book a call with Heidi and the team.


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