Martin Koehring 🌏 Global Blue Economy and Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Trustee | TEDx Speaker

Podcast: Circular Food

The global food system accounts for 30% of carbon emissions. Yet a third of food is lost or wasted yearly. How can we redesign food products and food systems in line with a circular economy?

Find out in the latest episode of Economist Impact’s “Inside the Circle” podcast, hosted by me: https://econ.st/3LP5p7X

Supported by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation. Featuring insights from Rob Cameron (Nestlé), Philippe Schuler (Too Good To Go), Turner Wyatt (Upcycled Food Association), and Winnie Yegon (FAO).

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Martin is a global ocean, climate and sustainability expert and futurist with 20+ years of experience. His recent roles include Director/Trustee at the Marine Conservation Society (the UK’s largest marine conservation charity), Sustainable Blue Economy consultant at the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), Senior Strategic Expert in Blue Economy at the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), Global Director of Impact at the international sustainability NGO Forum for the Future, Director/Trustee at the New Economics Foundation (a leading sustainable-development think tank), Head of The Economist Group’s World Ocean Initiative, and Practice Lead for Sustainability, Climate Change and Natural Resources at Economist Impact (part of The Economist Group).

A prolific global speaker, Martin has chaired the World Ocean Summit since 2019 and spoken at other major global ocean, climate and sustainability events such as the UN Ocean Conference, UN World Ocean Day, COP26/World Biodiversity Summit, Island Finance Forum, Virtual Island Summit, World Water Week, Blue Earth, edie, Climate Week NYC, London Climate Action Week, Economist Sustainability Week and the World Green Economy Summit. He has published widely on ocean and sustainability issues on Economist Group platforms and in other reputable outlets such as UN Today, BusinessGreen, the T20 compendium for India’s G20 presidency and the Ocean Yearbook.

Martin is known for accelerating the growth and impact of the World Ocean Initiative, helping to establish Economist Impact’s Sustainability Project (winner of a Webby Award for “Best Writing – Editorial”), serving as project director for the award-winning Food Sustainability Index, and giving a TEDx talk on “How a just & regenerative mindset can help us navigate the polycrisis”.

Martin is available for consulting and speaking opportunities.

Martin Koehring 🌏 Global Blue Economy and Sustainability Expert | Ocean Futurist | Charity Board Trustee | TEDx Speaker

Martin’s TEDx talk about the power of mindset shifts

Podcast: Circular Food

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