Webinar -The Emerging Role of Online Food Retail Systems for Sustainability

The PLATEFORMS projectSustainable Food Platforms: Enabling sustainable food practices through socio-technical innovationBased in the Cork University Business School and the Environmental Research Institute of University College Cork, the research projectPLATEFORMSaims to produce in-depth knowledge on how food practices in the home are affected by new innovations in food provisioning platforms. These innovations may be social (e.g. urban gardening, buying clubs, food cooperatives) or technical (e.g. online supermarket/niche store, box schemes, sharing apps). This project takes a socio-technical practice approach, viewing consumption in all its phases of planning, provisioning, storing, cooking, eating, and disposing. The focus is on these practices as performed in the home rather than on individual choices. The project will include both business-driven platforms (e.g. supermarkets/ online stores) and consumer-driven platforms (e.g. food cooperatives) in Norway, Sweden, Germany, Italy and Ireland.The main aims of the project are to:Produce a catalogue of contemporary European sustainability initiatives related to modes of food provisioningExplore how socio-technical innovations in food provisioning platforms can drive/facilitate sustainable food consumption in householdsSuggest strategies to implement and emphasize drivers of sustainability in this contextExamine the possibility of scaling up these sustainable food consumption platformsThe ImpactHow can we contribute to sustainable food consumption? The project will promote sustainable food choices through involvement with platform owners and communicating findings and sustainable success stories across countries and platforms. We will share our findings with platform owners, policy makers and NGOs responsible for ensuring sustainable food systems. By producing new in-depth knowledge about how to enable sustainable food consumption via the use of new socio-technical innovations in food provisioning, the project will enable sustainable food practices among consumers on a larger scale.PLATEFORMS is funded by H2020 ERA-NET COFUND and SUSFOOD2.

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PLATEFORMS workshop: The Emerging Role of Online Food Retail Systems for Sustainability


This webinar will explore the emerging role of online food retail systems for sustainability in the Irish market. The webinar will provide a ‘map’ or overview of the online food providers in Ireland followed by a panel discussion with online retailers, who will share their experience with providing an online service to consumers, and research on consumer perspectives from the PLATEFORMS research team based in Cork University Business School. The PLATEFORMS project aims to produce in-depth knowledge on how food practices in the home are affected by new innovations in food provisioning platforms, such as online shopping. Together, we will explore areas of innovation and the potential value of these new platforms in enhancing the sustainability of food practices within households. The PLATEFORMS project is part of the European transnational ERA-NET SUSFOOD2 initiative for sustainable food systems research from production to consumption and is funded in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.Agenda09.30 Welcome Address from Professor Mary McCarthy of Cork University Business School09:35 Online food providers in Ireland: a current map, Dr Shadi Hashim (TC)Online food purchasing: An Opportunity to Enable and Promote Sustainable Household Food Practices? - A Sharing of insights09:40 A panel discussion chaired by Professor Mary McCarthy, Cork University Business SchoolPanel:<ul><li>Providing an online service for Supervalu customers, Niamh O’Mahony, Digital Operations Manager, Insights and Consumer, Musgrave</li></ul><ul><li> Are we all buying local and if not, why? Jack Crotty, Co-founder of Neighbourfood </li></ul><ul><li>The Consumer Voice: experiences of the online food consumer , Dr Claire O’Neill, Cork University Business School</li></ul>10.30	 Closing remarks from Professor McCarthyThis is a MS Teams Live Event which you can join using the MS Teams Live App or your browser. You will receive a link to join the online event when you complete registration. As an attendee, your microphone will be muted and your camera feed will not be transmitted. You can use the Q&amp;A box to comment and ask questions of the panelists during the course of the webinar.

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Webinar -The Emerging Role of Online Food Retail Systems for Sustainability

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