Source: WFA Summit
April 22, 2022

Now more than ever leaders of global food and ag companies must consider how they can not only solve the ever-growing challenge of feeding the world sustainably, but also prioritize achieving gender diversity, equality, and inclusion at all levels within their organizations to accelerate their businesses. The highly anticipated WFA Summit is providing an opportunity for CEOs, aspiring leaders and industry professionals to come together and address the biggest issues facing the industry today.

Women in Food and Agriculture is an international initiative promoting greater gender equality and diversity within the food and ag industry, while providing agribusinesses with programmes, content and resources to build a more inclusive working environment for all. Run by Urner Barry’s parent company AgriBriefing, and having been in operation for over 4 years, WFA offers exciting networking opportunities for women across the supply chain to advance in their careers.

Their annual WFA Summit, which brings together C-suite executives, DEI specialists and senior industry professionals from the world’s top food and ag companies is taking place in Frankfurt, Germany on 14th – 15th June. Featuring inspirational speeches, panel discussions and interactive workshops led by 35+ inspiring speakers, the event will benefit international participants seeking practical advice and solutions to some of the biggest challenges we face.

Why are female-led events so important in the food and agriculture industry?
Expanding your global network in an open environment with like-minded professionals has never been more important to working collaboratively on solutions to the sector’s biggest challenges and improving your personal brand. Listening to senior speakers from across all food and agriculture value chains allows attendees to gain a different perspective on shared challenges, which can allow you to approach your strategic decisions with a different mindset.

In a world where recruitment and retention of staff is a multi-billion-dollar industry, the WFA Summit will also offer leaders the opportunity to learn about the issues that impact staff retention and recruitment strategies to ensure your company is employing the optimum workforce. The Summit’s 2-day agenda will address crucial topics such as reducing the food production carbon footprint, the ways businesses can adapt to changing consumer demands, leveraging digitalization in our sector and much more. Several key speakers will also delve into DEI themes and will discuss their challenges, share their expertise, and offer business solutions to retaining new talent, increasing the representation of women in executive leadership, and navigating race and gender in the workplace today.

Attendees will get to hear thought-provoking insight from the likes of Gunhild Stordalen, the Founder and Executive Chair of EAT, Ruth Kimmelshue, the President of Cargill Animal Nutrition and Health, Tanya Kopps, the CEO of Metro Italia and male allies in the sector such as Sunil Nayak, the CEO for Corporate Services Segment Worldwide at Sodexo, Aaron Buettner, the President of Bunge Loders Croklaan and many more key figures.

This timely event will benefit women and men across the global food and ag industry who are looking to hear different cultural perspectives, understand new technologies, get access to key information and make meaningful connections with potential business partners.

Register for the WFA Summit 2022 and find out more about event agenda here: https://www.wfasummit.com/

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