Dr Theun Vellinga, PhD
Dr Theun Vellinga, PhD
Senior Researcher, Livestock Farming & Environment, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) & Livestock Research Team (WRL)
Dr. Theun Vellinga has over 30 years’ experience in animal husbandry research, ranging from grassland management and nitrogen utilization (grazing, fertilization, grass-maize crop rotation), agricultural nature management. International experience with livestock farming, GHG emissions, the cattle feed chain, manure management and the closing of mineral cycles. Also, intensively works with policy makers, the private sector and NGOs. Strongly focused on the application of developed knowledge in models and practical tools for users.
Elena Koukouna, MSc.
Elena Koukouna
Consultant, Blonk Consultants
Elena Koukouna consults the Food & Feed sector on achieving business competitiveness through measuring and reducing their environmental footprint. She has been a consultant at Blonk Consultants since 2015. Elena’s work mainly involves the quantification of the environmental impact through established calculating methodologies and the development of customized tools for specific industries to track and trace their impact. To be able to serve her clients, Elena holds a BSc. in industrial engineering, an MSc. in Industrial Ecology and is very competent in analysing data. She has a keen interest in problem solving taking a holistic approach and collaborating with interdisciplinary groups.
Şeyda Özkan, PhD
Şeyda Özkan, PhD
Senior scientist, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) & Livestock Research Team (WLR)
Dr Şeyda Özkan Gülzari’s expertise is environmental impact assessment of livestock farming. She is an animal scientist with over 10 years of experience in farming systems analysis in the context of alternative feeding practices and climate change. Her current research focuses on redesigning livestock systems that address the challenges of the capacity of land in relation to meeting the demands of future population growth; livestock intensification in the developing world; resource use efficiency; and greenhouse gas emissions associated with alternative management practices at farm and regional level.
Matija Kajić
Matija Kajić
Masters student, Utrecht University
Matija is a PhD Candidate at Utrecht University’s RENFORCE (Utrecht Centre for Regulation and Enforcement in Europe) and UCWOSL (Utrecht Center for Water, Oceans and Sustainability Law). Research interests are driven by the reciprocity between legal developments in EU waste management and biotechnological developments for the circular economy.
Amanda Deakin
Amanda Deakin
Researcher, FAI Farms
Amanda Deakin is a researcher at FAI farms, Oxford UK. Founded in 2001 at the Oxford University farm estate, the Food Animal Initiative (FAI) comprises an interdisciplinary team of scientists, veterinarians, consultants and producers. FAI operate commercial farms, research sites and offices in Europe, North and South America and provide consultancy and data management solutions that improve animal health and welfare, and the overall sustainability of our food system. Their work is science-based and commercially relevant.
Her background is in animal behaviour and welfare research. She holds a PhD from Bristol University where she studied decision-making under ambiguity to measure emotional states in laying hens. Amanda currently works across all farmed species on land and at sea and is particularly interested in the emerging welfare issues in aquaculture.
Raquel de Paiva Serôa da Motta, MSc
Raquel de Paiva Serôa da Motta, MSc
Interdisciplinary Researcher & Project Manager, Wageningen University & Research (WUR) & Livestock Research Team (WRL)
Raquel de Paiva Serôa da Motta has experience in food & agri projects with a specific focus on climate-smart and circular food production systems. She has performed international work in Latin America, Europe and East Africa. Working for the past 5 years at organisations from Brazil and in The Netherlands. Currently, she is an Executive MBA candidate and her primary field of interest is on managing programmes in developing economies with an overarching aim of overcoming Feed-X Food dilemmas and reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Project X Goes To Davos 2019
Project X Goes To Davos 2019
Project X Co-Founder, Marcela Navarro will be attending the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos, alongside industry leaders to be part of shaping the global-scale discussions on tackling environmental degradation.
The theme of Davos 2019 is “Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution”. The WEF’s Global Risk Report 2019 clearly shows how environmental crises are among the biggest risks that the world faces in the next 10 years. Meanwhile, there is significant discussion amongst leaders of both public and private organisations about how this new industrial age can foster positive environmental change.
Project X’s work is radically transforming the architecture of global industries’ supply chains which are most responsible for biodiversity decline and climate change impact. Our stakeholders are working together to de-risk the adaptation of innovation and bring the necessary changes to life. No single organisation can afford, never mind tackle, a change of this magnitude by themselves. It has to be a multi-stakeholder effort.
“We are just at the beginning of Globalization 4.0, and are significantly underprepared for the magnitude of change we are facing. We are still approaching issues of globalization with an outdated mindset. Tinkering with our existing processes and institutions will not be enough. We need to redesign them so that we can capitalize on the abundance of new opportunities that await us, while also avoiding the kinds of disruptions that we are witnessing today,” Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum.
Thomson Reuters and Project X – A Strategic partnership with solid, data driven foundations
Thomson Reuters and Project X – A Strategic partnership with solid, data driven foundations
We are delighted to announce that the global intelligence provider Thomson Reuters has agreed to sit on the strategic partner advisory board of Project X and we are working with them on some very exciting projects throughout 2018 and beyond.
To kick start this exciting relationship, we are pleased to share an Executive Perspective interview with our Co-Founder and CEO, Marcela Navarro, by Thomson Reuters’ Sustainability Editor Tim Nixon.
Project X Co-Founder and CDO, Kate Wolfenden, said of the news: “Project X is inviting a small series of global organisations to become strategic partners and play an important role in delivering on our 2030 goals. As a company that works across more than 100 countries, providing intelligence, technology and human expertise to find trusted answers for more than 45,000 professionals, we are thrilled to be working with Thomson Reuters as our Access to Trusted Data Partner.”
Project X Hosts Leaders On Purpose Pre-Summit Reception At British Embassy
Project X hosts Leaders on Purpose pre-summit reception at British Embassy
The CEO Summit, hosted by Leaders on Purpose, in collaboration with contributors and experts from The London School of Economics, Harvard University, and the World Bank, was held in Washington, D.C. last month.
It was the first time that this group of renowned leaders came together in person as a community in person, and Project X was honoured to host a reception at the British Embassy, with a welcome speech by Dr Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank.
The dinner was held at the private residence of Sir Kim Darroch, KCMG, British Ambassador to the US, with thanks to our board member Major-General James Michael Shaw, CBE, for his help in arranging this event.
Attendees at the dinner included CEOs and leaders of some of the world’s largest and most influential organisations, including Danone, Mastercard, Mars, InBev and Cummins.
Marcela Navarro, Co-Founder and CEO of Project X, said: “We were proud to be a strategic partner on this important event for leaders in the 21st Century. As an organisation focused on driving transformational change into industry, the willingness from leaders to come together to disclose and discuss their challenges is exactly the kind of thought and action that we need right now.”
This event also gave Project X the opportunity to share the scale of ambition of the 10 Industries in 10 Years Programme – enabling a $1.3 trillion shift from unsustainable dollars spent to sustainable dollars, by 2030. This news was received very well and several 10 in 10 leader relationships are developing as a result of this announcement.
As strategic partners to Project X we were delighted to be able to ensure WWF and Thomson Reuters were able to join for this exclusive event. This is the first in a series of events for Project X as we extend the message of our two pilot programmes and 10 in 10 report out to targeted industry leaders around the world.
UNEP One Planet Network
UNEP One Planet Network
We are delighted to announce that as part of our partnership with the UNEP One Planet Network, we recently shared information through a webinar about how our FEED-X programme is contributing to the collective goals of the network.
We will soon be sharing this information with you about how FEED-X is accelerating the transition to a sustainable food system.