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Feed the Planet partners proud to speak on sustainability at Stockholm Act

August 18, 2017: Electrolux is proud to be a contributing partner of the inaugural The Stockholm Act; a festival beginning August 21 to raise awareness for sustainable development towards 2030. Hosting a wide range of events in Stockholm during one week, Electrolux will work with partners to showcase initiatives related to sustainable cooking, reducing food waste and caring for clothes.

The Stockholm Act brings together people from politics, business, science and art to explore steps to build a more sustainable world – with action needed toward the ‘Agenda 2030’ to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals signed by all United Nations (UN) members in 2015.

Sustainability is a core part of the Electrolux business strategy and supports the company’s purpose to ‘Shape living for the better’. Electrolux sustainability framework comprises nine promises in three key areas, addressing many of the UN Sustainability Goals. With the events organized during The Stockholm Act, Electrolux will highlight and raise awareness mainly about goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production).

Electrolux Head of Sustainability Affairs Henrik Sundström said: “Partnering with The Stockholm Act is a great opportunity to jointly raise awareness of the UN goals and build a more sustainable future. Through showcasing our own sustainability initiatives, we hope to contribute to learnings that help drive sustainable development towards 2030 at both a local and global level.”

Events by or with Electrolux during The Stockholm Act include:

  • A taste-along with Tasteology, a mini-documentary series deconstructing the concept of taste from a fresh perspective. More info.
  • A Transformation Talk on Electrolux journey to work more with partners in the area of social enagement. Electrolux representatives discuss this together with partners Worldchefs, AIESEC and Stockholm City Mission. More info.
  • Waste Tasting – a unique dinner experience aiming to inspire and educate around food waste to make a change for the better. The dinner also includes a short panel discussion with spokespeople from Stockholm’s food waste scene and will be the premiere for a mini-documentary around food waste. More info.
  • A Care & Repair Station together with Houdini, aiming to educating around sustainability and how to better care for your clothes. More info.
  • The Zero Waste Market in collaboration with the Stockholm City Mission, shedding light on sustainable consumption patterns. Smoothies made by vegan chef Sebastian Schauermann using rescued fruits and vegetables and other sample treats made of donated surplus food will be served for free. More info.
  • A smoothie pop-up bar installed by Electrolux on the topic of how to reduce food waste. The smoothies will be served by Eat Easier, a startup run by three high school students. Food will be provided by Sopköket, a startup offering gourmet catering and school meals made out of rescued food and providing jobs for youths and long-term employees. More info.

For further information, please contact

Electrolux Press Hotline, +46 8 657 65 07.

Press release reprinted from: http://www.electroluxgroup.com/en/electrolux-partners-with-sustainability-festival-the-stockholm-act-23898/

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Feed the Planet Advisory Board collaborate for better food, better life, better future

Paris, France, June 2017:  The first ever meeting of the Feed the Planet Advisory Board was held earlier this month in Stockholm, Sweden. The full-day event brought together partners Electrolux, AIESEC and Worldchefs to discuss past learnings and future plans for the Feed the Planet initiative, which deliver strategies and projects that contribute to securing a sustainable and equitable food future.

“The Feed the Planet program represents a true partnership,” said Thomas Gugler, President Worldchefs and Advisory Board Member, “in that is was born from a shared vision, and will grow by leveraging our mutual core competencies to make a real-world impact. As a global authority on food, Worldchefs must show leadership on some very pertinent defining issues of our time- those of food sustainability, poverty alleviation, and equal opportunities for education.”

The Feed the Planet mission is to inspire better food consumption and cooking habits among consumers and professionals, and to help people in need, or simply to deliver better food, better life and a better future. Launched in September 2016, Feed the Planet started with food waste awareness initiatives in several regions, sustainability education for chefs in four culinary schools and emergency intervention in crisis areas such as in Greece for refugees, in Peru for flood victims, and in Italy for earthquake survivors through World Chefs Without Borders. Another achievement was finalizing the design of a mobile kitchen, to be deployable in emergencies globally.

“As three very different but complementary organizations united by shared values of sustainability and social responsibility we have come far during this period. We look forward to leveraging our learnings, replicating and scaling up the projects,” says Malin Ekefalk, Electrolux Director Social Responsibility.

A series of programs and initiatives are being planned – with some underway already – to deliver on these goals. Projects include for example hosting workshops to promote sustainable practices in the kitchens of chefs and consumers; helping to put better food on the table and providing advice on cooking on a tight budget; serving meals and raising funds for those in need in every corner of the globe; and providing workplace education and emergency relief efforts.

For news and updates, visit us at: https://feedtheplanet.worldchefs.org/

For more photos from this event, visit us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wacsworldchefs/posts/1491304397595439

 

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About Feed the Planet

Feed the Planet is a Worldchefs initiative in partnership with Electrolux and AIESEC. 

By leveraging our core competencies, we seek to develop collaborations, strategies and projects that contribute to securing a sustainable food future.

Our goal is to inspire better food consumption and cooking habits among consumers and professionals, maximizing sustainable choices and health while contributing to a reduction of negative impacts.

We are also working towards support people in need – in putting better food on the table, providing advice on cooking on a tight budget, offering workplace education and through emergency relief efforts.

About Worldchefs

World Association of Chefs Societies (“Worldchefs”) is a global network of chefs associations founded in October 1928 at the Sorbonne in Paris, where the venerable Auguste Escoffier was named as first Honorary President. Today, this global body has over 100 official member chefs associations that represent more than 8 millions of professionals worldwide.

WORLDCHEFS is a non-political professional organization, dedicated to maintaining and improving the culinary standards of global cuisines. We accomplish these goals through education, training and professional development of our international membership. As an authority and opinion leader on food, Worldchefs represents a global voice on all issues related to the culinary profession.

 

About Electrolux

Electrolux shapes living for the better by reinventing taste, care and wellbeing experiences, making life more enjoyable and sustainable for millions of people. As a leading global appliance company, we place the consumer at the heart of everything we do. Through our brands, including Electrolux, AEG, Anova, Frigidaire, Westinghouse and Zanussi, we sell more than 60 million household and professional products in more than 150 markets every year. In 2016 Electrolux had sales of SEK 121 billion and employed 55,000 people around the world. For more information go to www.electroluxgroup.com.

 

About AIESEC

AIESEC is the world’s largest youth-led network creating positive impact through personal development and shared global experiences. Our vision: peace and the fulfilment of humankind’s potential. AIESEC develops the leadership potential of youth through experiential learning, volunteer experiences and professional internships, enabling both employers and organisations to connect with a global network of talent.

http://aiesec.org/

 

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Electrolux launches Food Mission: Taste the Waste

Electrolux today launches the Food Mission project in Sweden, which aims to tackle the problem of food waste, by increasing awareness about the issue and supporting the development of models to minimize food waste. This is one of several employee-driven projects granted funding by the Electrolux Food Foundation.

Society has a giant problem on its hands – 795 million people are currently undernourished while 1.3 billion tons of food are being wasted. The Food Mission project, supported by Electrolux Feed the Planet partners Worldchefs and AIESEC, launches at Electrolux headquarters in Stockholm today (26 April) with ‘Taste the Waste’ – a tasting and fundraising lunch event to show how to turn perfectly edible food destined to be wasted into delicious meals.

Attendees will taste recipes that have been devised by Worldchefs to help change the perception of surplus food and show how good it can taste. All proceeds will go to Stockholms Stadsmission (City Mission), a Swedish not-for-profit organization who supplied most of the ingredients from its social supermarket which is filled with heavily discounted food that can’t be sold in supermarkets and surplus food directly from production.

Electrolux head of social responsibility Malin Ekefalk added: “Food waste is a huge global issue and with around 70% of Electrolux business being related to food, Electrolux believes it has a role in helping to solve this problem. Through Food Mission, our ambition is to support Stockholm in becoming a pioneer city in sustainable consumption, addressing the issue of food waste in the city. Our ‘Taste the Waste’ event is just the beginning and we look forward to launching Food Mission initiatives throughout the year and beyond.”

Food Mission is just one of several projects granted funding by the Electrolux Food Foundation, which was launched in September 2016 with an initial investment of SEK 10 million to support the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Leveraging on the Electrolux sustainability promise “Be a force for good,” part of the For The Better framework, the Food Foundation’s purpose is to contribute more to addressing global challenges such as food waste, responsible consumption, hunger and poor nutrition.

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How to Feed the Planet roundtable discusion at Worldchefs Congress

During the Worldchefs Congress 2014 in Stavanger a few distinguished individuals and world-renowned experts in different fields gathered for a single cause – to tackle a very important issue: How to Feed the Planet in the Future?

The Feed the Planet panelists who discussed sustainability issues form different perspectives but with a single goal were: eminent science communicator from Australia Julian Cribb, Worldchefs President Gissur Gudmundsson CMC, UK’s internationally awarded author and environmentalist Tristram Stuart, Kendall College School of Culinary Arts 
Vice President and Laureate at International Universities Center of Excellence in Culinary Arts Christopher Koetke and Nordic Alexander Throne Holst Managing Director at Unilever Food Solutions Nordic.

Many delegates who had the chance to participate in the roundtable discussion were able to bring a piece of the solution back to their home countries, get inspired and further engage fellow colleagues to join the Worldchefs mission and empower this venutre. Many questions were asked and many solutions proposed by the audience.

For all of you who didn’t have a chance to be with us during the Worldchefs Congress 2014, click here to view the discussion on Youtube.

 The quest for finding sustainable solutions and answers, providing examples and guidelines, as well as turning chefs into change agents will keep on paving its way.

Therefore we invite you all to join the Worldchefs and its partners, be a part of the positive impact, and add your word to already 10 million ones around the world!

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1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge ended and supported WACS FEED THE PLANET initiative

1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge ended and supported WACS FEED THE PLANET initiative

The 1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge 2013 successfully finished just few days ago. Even though the event is already behind us, excellent atmosphere, interesting program, satisfied competitors and sponsors as well as the great number of visitor will be still talking about this great competition and cheerfully waiting for the next one.

The entire competition was conducted under the supervision of WACS certified Judges and other national and international professionals that followed the highest standards. While the winners proudly and justifiably received their prizes, sponsors or the competition made sure they received some valuable awards as well. Furthermore, during the event educational workshop on food safety and hygiene, Halal diet and modern culinary trends was held thanks to the wonderful presentations made by international speakers. Furthermore, Myanmar professional baristas preformed a two hour session ‘Barista training’ as to educate young Myanmar baristas and raise the awareness of this important hospitality segment.

As being a WACS member since 2000, Myanmar Chefs Association has been actively involved in many aspects of raising culinary standards, helping national industry to flourish and also provide help those in need. Thanks to the initiative made by the President of the Myanmar Chefs Association and Board member of WACS initiative World Chefs Without Borders, Oliver Esser Soe Thet, and his team a great humanitarian action was taken. All the bakery and pastry products were brought to an organization that takes care for elder people, offering them a great gastronomy experience that mostly likely they haven’t had the chance to taste. Cooked meals went in hands of those in need, some skillfully and completely sanitary safe wedding cakes made by the competitors were sold for the Chefs Without Borders Myanmar, purposes that will be again use for humanitarians activities. Moreover, some hot meals made by volunteers and WCWB Myanmar Chefs were specially prepared for charity purposes. “It is all very possible if it’s well planned, taken care of and managed from the beginning”, said Oliver Esser Soe Thet.

Myanmar World Chefs Without Borders, national members of the Myanmar Chefs Association, were greatly active the last couple of years and showed excellent results in their humanitarian missions like, closely related also to WACS Feed The Planet initiative:

“Health Food for Healthy Teeth”, financial aid for medical operations and treatments, schools reconstruction and building, “Clean the beach” activity”, plenty of good actions in the field of community public service, donations for sport and recreational activities as well as the medical equipment, volunteer work to raise the educational standards and make knowledge available to everyone. As many new ventures to come, there seem to be no borders for Myanmar Chefs!

To take a look at the official 1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge press release as well as the photos, follow the links below:

Myanmar Chefs Association official press release

1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge photo album

1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge ended and supported WACS FEED THE PLANET initiative

The 1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge 2013 successfully finished just few days ago. Even though the event is already behind us, excellent atmosphere, interesting program, satisfied competitors and sponsors as well as the great number of visitor will be still talking about this great competition and cheerfully waiting for the next one.

The entire competition was conducted under the supervision of WACS certified Judges and other national and international professionals that followed the highest standards. While the winners proudly and justifiably received their prizes, sponsors or the competition made sure they received some valuable awards as well. Furthermore, during the event educational workshop on food safety and hygiene, Halal diet and modern culinary trends was held thanks to the wonderful presentations made by international speakers. Furthermore, Myanmar professional baristas preformed a two hour session ‘Barista training’ as to educate young Myanmar baristas and raise the awareness of this important hospitality segment.

As being a WACS member since 2000, Myanmar Chefs Association has been actively involved in many aspects of raising culinary standards, helping national industry to flourish and also provide help those in need. Thanks to the initiative made by the President of the Myanmar Chefs Association and Board member of WACS initiative World Chefs Without Borders, Oliver Esser Soe Thet, and his team a great humanitarian action was taken. All the bakery and pastry products were brought to an organization that takes care for elder people, offering them a great gastronomy experience that mostly likely they haven’t had the chance to taste. Cooked meals went in hands of those in need, some skillfully and completely sanitary safe wedding cakes made by the competitors were sold for the Chefs Without Borders Myanmar, purposes that will be again use for humanitarians activities. Moreover, some hot meals made by volunteers and WCWB Myanmar Chefs were specially prepared for charity purposes. “It is all very possible if it’s well planned, taken care of and managed from the beginning”, said Oliver Esser Soe Thet.

Myanmar World Chefs Without Borders, national members of the Myanmar Chefs Association, were greatly active the last couple of years and showed excellent results in their humanitarian missions like, closely related also to WACS Feed The Planet initiative:

“Health Food for Healthy Teeth”, financial aid for medical operations and treatments, schools reconstruction and building, “Clean the beach” activity”, plenty of good actions in the field of community public service, donations for sport and recreational activities as well as the medical equipment, volunteer work to raise the educational standards and make knowledge available to everyone. As many new ventures to come, there seem to be no borders for Myanmar Chefs!

To take a look at the official 1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge press release as well as the photos, follow the links below:

Myanmar Chefs Association official press release

1st Yangon Culinary Young Chefs Challenge photo album

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How to Feed the Planet initiative reaches the Philippines

Top hospitality professionals and social entrepreneurs signed the “How to Feed the Planet” declaration together with 50 local chefs and students following the panel discussion that took place in the Philippines at the WOFEX food show in Manila. The initiative received valuable support from Senator Bam Aquino, who is not only the youngest senator in the history of the Philippines but who also has been named one of Ten Young Outstanding Persons of the World 2012. Senator Bam Aquino is also a strong supporter of young social entrepreneurs poverty through economic and environmental sustainability… Read more

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