Live Expert Event · 4th November · 10:00–11:00 GMT
The next
risk
horizon.
Regulation, climate, water and supply chain pressures are arriving together, just as 2027 plans are being set. Join the leaders working out what will really disrupt supply, strategy and competitiveness, and what to plan around now.
For Procurement, Supply Chain, Finance, Strategy, Sustainability, Legal and Regulatory Affairs leaders across food and drink.
The planning question
Most businesses can name the risks heading their way. Far fewer can see how they connect.
Regulation is tightening on several fronts at once: HFSS, Extended Producer Responsibility, the Good Food Bill, EU deforestation requirements, UPF governance and human rights due diligence. Water stress, climate volatility and supply chain fragility are exposing weaknesses that many strategies weren't built to absorb.
All of this is landing as budgets, sourcing decisions and commercial targets for 2027 are being set. The organisations that see these risks together, and decide early what to prioritise, will be better placed to protect margin, secure supply and keep their strategy coherent.
Of senior food leaders at our October Expert Event said short-term commercial pressure had stopped a promising idea being backed
Will it push risk out of your 2027 plan?In the room
Five leaders. Five different readings of risk.
A foodservice operator delivering sustainability at scale, a global venture capital investor and publisher, a conservation organisation working with UK retailers and an investor engagement specialist with more than 25 years in asset management, with Future Food Movement founder Kate Cawley in the chair. We've brought them together so their views can challenge each other.
Kevin Watson
Sustainability Director, Levy
Delivering resilience and sourcing change at operational scale across major UK venues
Louisa Burwood-Taylor
Chief Communications Officer, AgFunder
Where global capital and innovation see risk building before it reaches corporate strategy
Sophie Bauer
Head of Food System Transformation, WWF-UK
Nature, accountability and what is changing in UK retailer supply chains
Ana Cuddeford
Head of Investor Engagement, Inside Track
How investors and boards read risk, and what makes them act on it
Kate Cawley
Founder, Future Food Movement
Connecting commercial decisions to the wider forces reshaping food
What you will leave with
A consolidated view of risk you can take straight into 2027 planning.
See the risks in one place
Regulatory, climate, water and supply chain risk brought together, rather than scattered across separate briefings and reports.
Know where the pressure will land
Understand how these risks interact and where compounding pressure is most likely to hit procurement, finance and commercial strategy.
Prioritise the timelines that matter
Get clarity on which regulatory timelines matter most, including HFSS, EPR, EU deforestation and human rights due diligence, and what they demand in practice.
Build risk into planning without paralysis
Practical ways to bring risk into planning cycles, resource allocation and board conversations so that it actually changes decisions.
Stress-test your assumptions
A grounded sense check from senior peers on where confidence is justified and where exposure is still being underestimated.
Inside an FFM Expert Event
Live · candid · commercially usefulFood is cheap at the point of purchase. It's actually incredibly expensive if you look at all of the other costs associated with it.
From our October Expert Event on investment and innovation
Our members are the leaders shaping the future of food, across retail, manufacturing, farming, finance, hospitality, technology and policy. We give them the cross-sector intelligence, strategic insight and leadership capability to move from awareness to confident action. Join us.
More than another webinar
See the system differently in one hour.
Future Food Movement brings together the people making commercial decisions with the people changing policy, behaviour, products and culture.
Our events are designed to surface the trade-offs leaders are dealing with now, then turn the discussion into practical insight you can take back into the business.
- Senior, cross-sector perspectives
- Live questions and candid discussion
- A practical takeaway report after the event
- Access to the recording on demand
The conversations shape action
Average rating senior leaders give our Expert Events for helping them prepare with confidence and move early on what matters.
Said the biggest difference would come from sharing the load across the supply chain, through transition costs, longer contracts or pooled investment.
Senior food leaders typically join our live Expert Event conversations.
Insights from recent Future Food Movement Expert Events and live audience polling.
This event is for you if
You are setting the priorities your business will live with in 2027.
Procurement & Supply Chain You are responsible for reliability, cost and supplier resilience, and need to know where climate, water and regulation will hit supply first.
Finance You manage risk exposure and long-term investment decisions, and need a clearer view of which risks belong in next year's budget.
Strategy & Sustainability You are shaping 2027 priorities and organisational readiness, and need to connect risks that usually sit with separate teams.
Legal & Regulatory Affairs You are tracking compliance timelines across several frameworks at once and need to know which ones demand action now.
4th November · 10:00–11:00 GMT · Online
See the risks together before your 2027 plans are locked in.
Join senior leaders mapping what could really disrupt supply, strategy and competitiveness next year.
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