Watch: The Sector Strategy Workshop Speakers

Following the 2020/21 NZ Organic Market Report Launch event, OANZ was joined by members of the organic community for the first Sector Strategy Workshop.

Working with the sector, OANZ is developing a three-year pan-sector strategy and associated work plan that is based on new sector and consumer insights, opportunities and challenges. The shared goal is to identify opportunities and challenges within and around the organic sector and begin the work of establishing a clear pathway to ensure its continued growth.

Three respected speakers from both the international and local organic industry — Dr Vandana Shiva, Pavan Sukhdev and Ian Proudfoot — delivered thoughtful speeches during the facilitated strategy workshop.

OANZ invites you to watch them below or on our YouTube channel.

Dr Vandana Shiva

Dr Vandana Shiva has built a career — and a legacy — around advocating for Indian rural farmers who have been persecuted due to seed monopolies perpetuated by GMO multinational corporations. Trained as a physicist, Shiva founded the Research Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology in 1982, and later went on to create a charitable organisation called Navdanya, which seeks to protect the diversity of living resources — particularly native seeds. Read more about Dr Vandana Shiva here.

Pavan Sukhdev

Pavan Sukhdev is a sustainability thought leader, an experienced innovator in practice, and an influential voice amongst corporate leaders, institutional investors and national policymakers concerned about sustainability. Read more about Pavan Sukhdev here.

Ian Proudfoot

Ian Proudfoot leads KPMG's Consumer/Industrial Markets and Agribusiness lines of business. He provides audit and transaction services to clients in a wide range of sectors, including agribusiness, retail and distribution. Read more about Ian Proudfoot here.