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The aim of the Sustainable Foods Summit is to explore new horizons for eco-labels and sustainability in the food industry by discussing key industry issues. How are eco-labels, such as organic and fair trade, evolving in the food industry? With growing proliferation in labels, what are the prospects for a single sustainability standard for food products? What is the future outlook for plant-based foods? What developments are occurring in sustainable ingredients? How can food & beverage firms move away from single-use plastic packaging? How can operators close their material loops? Such questions are regularly addressed at this international series of summits.

Since 2009, the Sustainable Foods Summit has been covering major developments in the food industry concerning sustainability and and eco-labels, such as Organic, Fairtrade, Rainforest Alliance, etc. The 6th Latin American edition will be hosted in São Paulo on 28-29th November 2023. The European edition will be hosted in Amsterdam on 15-16th June, Asia-Pacific edition in Singapore on 4-5th September, whilst the North American edition will be in San Francisco on 24-26th January 2024.

Impact Week is a unique opportunity for the global community of investing for impact changemakers to encounter cutting-edge ideas, discover new trends and engage with partners to maximise their impact for people and the planet. We will set the stage for bold ideas to drive transformative change and innovative breakthroughs in the impact space.

The Africa Investment Forum will hold its 2024 Market Days from 4-6 December in Rabat, Morocco.

The event will bring together investors, transaction sponsors, heads of government and development finance institutions to advance investment-ready deals toward market close.

Since its founding in 2018, the Forum platform has mobilized nearly $180 billion in investment interest for transformative energy, infrastructure and agriculture projects, cementing its standing as Africa’s pre-eminent investment platform for global investors.

Market Days 2024 will feature transactions in a range of sectors that have been sourced from the investment pipelines of the Africa Investment Forum’s partners. They are the African Development Bank, Africa50, Africa Finance Corporation, Afreximbank, Development Bank of Southern Africa, European Investment Bank, Islamic Development Bank, and Trade and Development Bank.

Please check the Africa Investment Forum web site(link is external) regularly for more information and updates about the 2024 Market Days.