An interactive session to understand sustainability in the total supply chain for your products and customers.

Presented by IGD

• Reading (April 13)  
• Welwyn Garden City (April 14)
• Central London (April 15)
• Manchester (April 21)
• Bradford (April 22)

In today’s world understanding the sustainability of the total supply chain for your products is becoming more important. An unsustainable chain is by its nature, not a good business model.

We need to look at the global supply chain to quantify the robustness, fairness, environmental and economic impact of the food and grocery products we make, process, transport and sell. Factors such as carbon intensity, water scarcity, wasted product, packaging and ethics of trade are all important factors to consider and incorporate to successfully deliver a sustainable supply chain.

This master class is an excellent opportunity to appreciate the key elements of sustainability and understand how they might apply to your business.

By the end of the master class you will come out knowing what the future could hold and how you can influence certain factors to improve the sustainability of the supply chains around you.

Who should attend

This workshop is for you if you want to:

• Better understand this complex topic and what it means to your business
• Understand the main theories and challenges of sustainability
• Look at the concept of total supply chains with efficiency and productivity
• Identify key sustainability issues for the sector along with the risks and opportunities

Speakers

Our speakers for this series are Karen Chalmers and Simon Barnes, co-authors of the new module on sustainable supply chains in the IGD Postgraduate Certificate in Food and Grocery Industry Management.

Find out more here.

Reserve your place today!

This master class series is FREE for Leading Edge members to attend and will be running at venues nationwide during April 2010. The evening will begin at 6pm for registration, refreshments, and networking and will finish at approximately 8.30pm.

Attendance will be of real benefit to your career and places are limited, so make sure you don't miss out, reserve your places today!