Developing Practical Solutions towards a Resilient and Equitable Food Value Chain

BSR Members Only

Date and Time

January 28, 2025
10:30 am-12:00 pm EST

Location

Webinar

This event is for BSR members only. Members, please log in to register.

Facilitated by BSR’s Futures Team and Food, Beverage and Agriculture team, join an intimate group of food sector peers for an interactive working session exploring the future of agricultural value chains.

Today's global food supply chains face numerous risks that make them unfit for the future. Critical supply chains are becoming less productive due to soil degradation, water scarcity, and climate change. Transitioning to regenerative systems requires substantial financial and technical support, as well as deeper engagement with farmers. Additionally, the farming population is aging, with younger generations increasingly viewing the profession as unattractive. These challenges, among others, highlight the urgent need for transformative solutions.

In this workshop, the group will leverage the Three Horizons framework to explore practical solutions and innovations that can address these sustainability risks in today’s food supply chains, and bridge towards a more desirable and viable future.

This event is invite-only, intending for an intimate group with active engagement and robust discussion. BSR suggests two participants per company to allow for sufficient support in taking outcomes forward. 

Scheduled Speakers

• Cliodhnagh Conlon, Director, Consumer Sectors, BSR
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Cliodhnagh Conlon
Director, Consumer Sectors, BSR
Paris
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Cliodhnagh focuses on supply chain sustainability under BSR’s consumer sectors practice. She has more than 10 years of international business experience, spanning business development, sustainability, technology, and design.
Previously, Cliodhnagh worked as a Sustainable Agribusiness Consultant with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). In 2017, she completed the Origin Green Ambassador Programme, a two-year executive education master’s program developed to support the promotion and implementation of Ireland’s Origin Green, the world’s first national sustainability plan for the food and drink sector. As part of the program, she spent three secondments delivering sustainability projects for FAO, Tyson Foods, and Sodexo. She has also worked with Burberry and Alexander McQueen.
Cliodhnagh holds a first-class honors MSc. in Business Sustainability from UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School in Dublin, a B.A. in Business and Economics from Trinity College Dublin, and a postgraduate degree in Design from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising in California. 
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• Jacob Park, Director, Sustainable Futures Lab, BSR
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Jacob Park
Director, Sustainable Futures Lab, BSR
New York
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Jacob leads BSR’s Sustainable Futures Lab, a new practice using strategic foresight techniques to help businesses engage with emerging issues that are reshaping the global landscape.
Before joining BSR, Jacob was the lead futurist in the New York office of Forum for the Future, where he used scenario planning and other futures techniques to develop sustainability strategy and drive innovation for leading businesses, foundations, and multistakeholder groups. Prior to that he worked at Adaptive Edge, a boutique strategic foresight consultancy, on collaborative scenario planning. Jacob began his career doing human rights research and advocacy at Human Rights First and the Center for Economic and Social Rights. He speaks English and French.
Jacob holds an M.B.A. in Sustainability from Presidio Graduate School and a B.A. in History from the University of Chicago. 
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Recent Insights From Jacob Park
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• Beyond 2025: Setting Credible Sustainability Goals for Long-Term Impact / April 16, 2024 / Blog
• A Business Guide to Responsible and Sustainable AI / March 27, 2024 / Insights+
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