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Global Food Partners brings science- based welfare expertise to Asia
THE cage-free egg movement has gone global, with hundreds of food and hospitality businesses pledging to source only cage-free eggs.
This movement has spread to Asia in recent years, with industry gi- ants such as Accor, Mar- riott International, Hyatt, Sodexo, Carrefour (Tai- wan) and Compass Group announcing cage-free egg procurement policies for the region.
With deadlines in place to complete the transition to 100 percent cage-free egg supply chains (typi- cally by 2025 or earlier), major egg buyers are now focused on policy imple- mentation, and forward- thinking egg farmers in the region are retrofit- ting and/or upgrading their production systems to meet this growing de- mand.
Global Food Partners, a science-based non-profit consultancy company, was founded this year to assist companies in doing just this – to partner with food businesses to imple-
ment meaningful animal welfare procurement pol- icies and best practices, with a focus on cage-free egg sourcing and produc- tion in Asia.
The company’s team of experts, with over 10 years of on-the-ground, hands-on experience working in Asia and globally on cage-free egg policy implementation, understands the challeng- es the food sector faces in this area, particularly in Asia.
Through its collabora- tive approach with the food sector, farmers and other key stakeholders, the organisation develops innovative solutions to overcome the unique and local challenges specific to Asia, a continent re- sponsible for the majority of global egg production.
Global Food Partners CEO Elissa Lane said, “Our team at Global Food Partners has been working with food indus- try leaders for years, in- cluding egg farmers, food retailers, manufacturers and processors, restau- rant groups, hotels and
food service companies, to guide and offer exper- tise in the transition to higher welfare cage-free egg production systems.”
“We believe the key to success is collaboration and innovation among all stakeholders.
“By working together, we can achieve our com- mon mission, which is to offer higher-quality prod- ucts aligned with con- sumer expectations and concerns about animal welfare, and in doing so increase long-term busi- ness profitability.”
GFP works with compa- nies, both buyers and egg suppliers, to assess their individual needs and de- velop an implementation plan.
The team has experi- ence working with com- panies throughout the adoption and implemen- tation process and can help businesses from start to finish, including through:
• Development of policy language;
• Guidance with inter- nal and external commu- nication strategy, to help
strengthen business’s brand reputation among media and peers;
• Development of strate- gic plan and timeline that suit the particular needs of the company, helping set achievable goals that reflect the business’s cor- porate values;
• Implementation train- ing packages for busi- nesses and their egg sup- pliers;
• Leading technical workshops with compa- nies and their current egg suppliers;
•Organising farm vis- its for companies to high welfare cage-free produc- tion facilities;
• Technical and resources;
guidance
• Providing most up-to- date technical and scien- tific information; and
• Hosting joint events, conferences, and round- tables that bring together forward-thinking compa- nies and area experts.
GFP is based in Singa- pore and the US and is initially focused on South East Asia and China.
Page 10 – National Poultry Newspaper, August 2019
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