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With her start-up Reflaunt, Stéphanie Crespin connects luxury brands to the second-hand market using blockchain technology. She recently raised 2.7 million US dollars in funding for her venture. Crespin's ambitious goal is to solve the fashion industry's sustainability problem.

Classically trained chef Matthew Kenney owns more than 40 restaurants around the world, from Bogotá to Kuwait – all specialising in plant-based cuisine. In his test kitchen, Kenney and his chefs are creating a plant-based future. Learn about his projects here and at the 1st International Food Innovation Conference.

Thirty minutes – that's how long we use a plastic bag for on average before we throw it away. It often ends up in the sea, together with 5 to 13 million tonnes of other plastic waste per year. Javier Goyeneche turns it into clothes. He explains his business model here and at the GDI Retail Summit.

Anne Lévy has probably one of the most difficult jobs in Switzerland at the moment. Lévy is Director-General of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). At the GDI conference "Rethinking Prevention: Stable Routines in Unstable Times" on 29 April 2021, Anne Lévy will take part in a panel discussion of scenarios for a new health ecosystem.

The next great scientific revolution is underway: discovering new methods to create enough food for the world’s population. In his book "Clean Meat", Shapiro chronicles the entrepreneurs and investors racing to commercialize the world’s first real animal products grown without animals.

A revolution has swept the world of nutrition, and the pressure on the entire system is increasing. One thing is clear: If we continue to focus only on our individual needs and ignore the big picture, we face the threat of collapse in the medium to long term. The GDI Food Trend Map summarizes current developments.

It is no secret that Amazon has been able to increase its profits and its claim to power during the Corona pandemic. But resistance has formed on the long-lost book front: Bookshop.org.

Everyone is talking about cellular agriculture, but it will be some time before meat, fish, eggs and dairy products from the lab end up on the plates of a broad majority. Our infographic shows the most important players working in this area.

Sales via the online platform Alibaba already account for one-sixth of China's retail volume. They are doing everything right, says founder Jack Ma’s biographer Duncan Clark. In a video and at the GDI Retail Summit Duncan Clark will present the trends shaping e-commerce in China.

Anne Lévy has probably one of the most difficult jobs in Switzerland at the moment. Lévy is Director-General of the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH). At the GDI conference "Rethinking Prevention: Stable Routines in Unstable Times" on 29 April 2021, Anne Lévy will take part in a panel discussion of scenarios for a new health ecosystem.