Spotlight topic: Food

05 Consumer

1. Despite efficiency improvements, our societies consume unsustainable levels of raw materials
2. While some of us are over-consuming, others don’t have enough
3. Our food systems have huge hidden costs
4. Sales of plant-based products are rising, and the amount of choice is increasing
5. Technological progress has been rapid, and financing has grown
6. Interest in organic and plant-based food continues to rise
7. Ensuring access to healthy, sustainable food for everyone remains a huge challenge
8. Despite the initial rush on supermarket shelves, food supplies have so far been resilient to the COVID-19 shock
9. Food insecurity is rising fast due to inability to pay, a major indirect effect of the pandemic
10. The lockdown has also left many people exposed to hunger in the developed world