Tag: Sustainable food

The European Commission launches the EU sustainable code of conduct plans for food businesses

08 Feb 2021

The European Commission has taken its first steps towards launching a ‘code of conduct’ for actors along the food chain, as part of its aim to increase the sustainability of th...

Tags: Code of conduct, European Commission, Farm to Fork, green deal, Sustainable food

CSOs send Joint Letter to EU leaders calling for better alignment between the CAP and the EU Green Deal

01 Oct 2020

This Thursday 1st October, SAFE and more than 250 Civil Society Organisations sent a joint Open letter to the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the Preside...

Tags: CAP, European Commission, european council, European Parliament, green deal, Sustainable food

NGOs call for a European Commission Vice President to be made responsible for ensuring the transition to sustainable food systems

08 May 2019

In an open letter to the lead candidates, 32 NGOs (including SAFE) call on the next European Commission President to put an EU food policy in place. The organizations also called f...

Tags: European Commission, Food Policy, IPES, SAFE, Sustainable food

CAPNGO’s Open letter to AGRI Committee MEPs concerning CAP proposals

21 Mar 2019

On 20th March, the CAPNGO Working Group, gathering around fifteen NGOs to advocate for better proposals for the next Common Agricultural Policy, sent an open letter to Members of t...

Tags: Agriculture, biodiversity, CAP, European Parliament, MEP, Sustainable food

‘TOWARDS A COMMON FOOD POLICY FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION’: IPES-Food latest Report

07 Feb 2019

Shaped by 400+ actors including SAFE during 3 years, IPES Food unveiled its blueprint for reforming European food systems (#CommonFoodPolicy). This enlightening report sheds light ...

Tags: CAP, Food Systems, Obesity, Sustainable food

Insufficient consideration for food issue in CAP

30 May 2018

The Commission is due to unveil its next Common Agriculture Policy on June 1st and Olivier De Schutter, former UN Special Rapporteur on the right for food and co-chair of the inter...

Tags: Agriculture, CAP, Environment, EU, European Commission, Sustainable food