On March 18, SFNV will be launching its Impact Platform on Sustainable Proteins. We sat down for a chat with Yasemin Sharityar, SFNV’s Head of Impact Platforms, to find out more about the platform’s focus and how ecosystem actors can get involved.

What are SFNV Impact Platforms?

Impact Platforms are all about unleashing purpose-driven innovation – collaboratively. SFNV members and ecosystem actors come together through a series of events to discuss the most pressing food system challenges and develop projects that can contribute to tackling them.

Working closely with our members, we defined five focus areas:

• Precision nutrition (launched in 2021)
• Sustainable proteins (launching on March 18)
• Food systems 4.0 (Q2)
• The future of farming (Q3)
• Sustainable packaging (Q4)

The SFNV Impact Platforms are all about harnessing the power of the Swiss ecosystem, creating synergies and doing things that we can do better together than alone. In 2021, we launched the first Impact Platform on precision nutrition. Now we’re now preparing to launch our second platform on sustainable proteins.

Why sustainable proteins?

The field of sustainable proteins is experiencing massive growth and there’s enormous potential for further innovation. In Switzerland we’re already lucky to have:

• • the Swiss Protein Association
  • the Cultured Food Innovation Hub, established by Givaudan, Bühler and  Migros
  • numerous startups and scaleups that driving product innovation in this space, including Planted, Essento, New Roots, Mirai Foods and Luya to name just a few.

SFNV members and food ecosystem actors are extremely well-placed to make a global contribution here. And of course, sustainable protein doesn’t always mean meat-free. We also want to explore potential opportunities to make conventional meat production more sustainable too.

When will the new platform launch – and how can I get involved?
We will be launching the Sustainable Protein platform on March 18. The launch event is open to anyone with an interest in this topic and free to attend. We’ll hear from sector experts, get to grips with the challenges and opportunities and develop an overview of the latest innovations in this space. Then, in the coming months, we’ll be holding a series of Garage events with SFNV members to dive into the detail and work alongside project leads and teams to develop new collaborative projects. SFNV members can sign up to receive updates and invites to our events here.

What else are you planning in 2022?
The Precision Nutrition Project Pitch event will also be taking place on March 22. All interested SFNV members are welcome to join the session to find out more about the platform’s open innovation projects and offer your input and expertise to take them to the next level.

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