Food and the cities. From policy to plate. Episode 8/9: Impact investing in Urban Food Systems

When we talk about food systems, we're addressing more than just the food on our shelves. We're also dealing with financial markets, where hidden forces can hinder the introduction of new ideas and the drive for change.

As Joe Robertson states, "Impact investing is a critical tool for correcting market failures. It can feel like swimming against the tide, but it's really about being honest about value creation."

In this episode of Food and the Cities, we explore how impact investing can drive positive social and environmental change in urban food systems.

Join our host, Natasha Foote, as she engages with Joe Robertson from Citizens’ Climate International, Senior Advisor of Sustainable Finance at the EAT Foundation, co-leader of the Food Trails Impact Investors Living Lab and the Good Food Finance Network, alongside Thom Aachterbosch, researcher on food systems transformation at WUR - Wageningen University and Research.

Together, they will discuss:

• What is impact investing, and why is it essential for urban food systems and policies?
• How can cities focus on impact investing, and which investments should be scaled?
• Insights and outcomes from the ‘Food Trails Impact Investors Living Lab’

This podcast is brought to you by the Comune di Milano and Slow Food as part of the EU Horizon 2020 Food Trails project.

Food Trails is an Eu Horizon 2020 project involving a consortium of 11 European cities, 3 universities, and 5 food organizations. Its goal is to promote more resilient, safe, fair, and diverse urban food systems through co-designed actions in Food 2030-led Living Labs, enabling the development of systemic urban food policies.

 

Useful links:

• Food Trails Policy Brief “Budgeting Urban Food Policies”
• Impact Investors Living Lab “Overview and Roadmap for Scaling Impact Investment in Urban Food Systems”
• Policy Brief "Impact Investment in urban Food systems"

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