Event report
Rising to global challenges together
1,000 representatives gathered at Bühler Group’s global headquarters last month to discuss the urgent need for business to come together to accelerate the transition towards sustainability.
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n a demonstration of the commitment of businesses to be at the forefront of tackling the climate crisis to protect and restore nature and biodiversity, and close the gap in wealth distribution, 1,000 representatives of the world’s leading companies from 95 countries gathered in Uzwil at the Bühler Group’s global headquarters. Representing companies that between them feed 4 billion of the world’s population, and who move 2 billion, delegates attending the Bühler Networking Days 2022 event on June 27-28, heard from leading academics, business leaders, entrepreneurs, and innovators about how businesses can best meet today’s global challenges. Opening the event, Bühler Group CEO, Stefan Scheiber, told guests from the food, animal feed, and mobility sectors that despite businesses recently facing myriad obstacles, the examples of vaccine research, advances in digitalisation and the development of communication at scale during the lockdown all demonstrated the capacity of business to rise to global challenges when required. “We have experienced the power of science and innovation with industries collaborating at a new scale,” said Scheiber. “In our industries – in animal nutrition, food, and mobility – the innovation rate has never been as high as it is today, which creates impact because we need new technologies and widespread collaboration to tackle new challenges, and at the same time secure the future of our businesses in a responsible way. We need technologies, we need collaboration, and responsible leadership to shape the future.” Bühler Group Networking Days was launched in 2016 and is held every three years. The 2022 event with the motto “accelerating impact together” focused on leadership, the need for corporate purpose, education, technology, and innovation, along with examples of how companies are leveraging technology to protect biodiversity, improve food security, and promote social equality.
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Stephanie Michelsen, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Jellatech, a cutting-edge technology company producing animal-free collagen and gelatin in a laboratory, presented to the Networking Days event the first sample of sustainably grown animal-free collagen to ever be seen outside a laboratory.
Taking leadership to create impact In a session on how good business leadership is needed to mitigate climate change, Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, said that in uncertain times leadership qualities could be distilled down to three key attributes: he told delegates that when assessing future leaders at Microsoft he looked for their ability to generate energy, deliver results under constraints, and create clarity when none exists. “We live in a complex uncertain world, there will always be ambiguity in our work, true leaders always bring clarity and make a call even during uncertain times,” said Nadella.
Speaking in the same session keynote speaker Christian
Klein, CEO of SAP, the German multinational software corporation with over 400,000 customers globally, spoke of the need for leaders to thoroughly understand their industry and business, especially when it comes to complexity within supply chains. “We are all on social media sharing data all the time and yet when it comes to businesses, how much do we understand our supply chains? I am convinced this is where we must come together to share data and trace material flows,” explained Klein. “End-to-end traceability means you can think about how to measure demand in real time and adjust your inventory right down to the raw material.” He added that it is only when supply chains are fully understood that it is possible to improve standards on issues like human rights and properly address Scope 3 emissions.
Accelerating impact with innovation Delegates also heard from three start-ups driving sustainability through high-tech advances in cellular agriculture, satellite monitoring of restoration projects, and carbon removal. In a historic moment, Stephanie Michelsen, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Jellatech, a cutting-edge technology company
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