Beyond the Plate: Investing in Nutrition to De-risk Food Systems
The 2024 World Bank Investment Framework highlights the cost benefit of investing in nutrition at 1:23. While the macroeconomic case for nutrition is clear, the business case for investing in healthier foods is less so. This session will dive into the investment case for nutrition and recent developments which are improving food systems in high income markets as well as in emerging markets.
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The 2024 World Bank Investment Framework highlights the cost benefit of investing in nutrition at 1:23. However, while this macroeconomic case for nutrition is clear, the business case for investing in healthier foods is less so. This session will dive into the investment case for nutrition and recent developments which are improving foods in high income markets as well as in emerging markets. It will look at the recent alignment on defining investments in nutrition; metrics used by both S&P Global and large corporates on one hand, and by impact investors on the other; and discuss actual investments flowing into healthier foods and companies which are going to scale.
