Sealed Air Invests in Gastromotiva to Improve Food Security Worldwide
October 06 2020 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
Collaboration responds to the urgent global
food crisis heightened by COVID-19
Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) today announced a three-year
partnership with Gastromotiva, a nonprofit organization based in
Brazil that uses the power of gastronomy, food, and education to
address social inequality, improve nutrition education, fight
hunger, eliminate food waste, and create local jobs.
Partnership and Collaboration
Since 2006, Gastromotiva has served more than 500,000 meals,
recovered more than 220,000 pounds of food and engaged more than
100,000 people worldwide in nutrition education. Sealed Air’s
investment will empower Gastromotiva to achieve food security goals
that align across three pillars:
- Education: Sealed Air and Gastromotiva will co-create a
global education module on sustainable packaging and food waste
reduction for students to learn more about innovations that
minimize food waste.
- Workforce Development: Sealed Air and Gastromotiva will
develop a system to connect low-income youth and other vulnerable
populations with Gastromotiva partners for job opportunities and
career development.
- Expansion: Gastromotiva will standardize its educational
methodology and develop an integrated educational platform for
expansion to strategic locations in Brazil and Mexico, which will
ensure vulnerable communities have access to the Gastromotiva
network of NGOs and partners working to create a sustainable food
system.
“Sealed Air is excited to partner with Gastromotiva to help
further its expansion, education, and workforce development
initiatives,” said Tobias Grasso, Sealed Air’s President of the
Americas. “Now, more than ever, hunger is a critical issue and we
are proud to use our expertise in food packaging, sustainability,
food security, technology, and innovation to help solve this issue.
Sealed Air’s mission is to leave our world better than we found it,
and this partnership is a meaningful step in that direction.”
Food Security Around the World
A recent report by the United Nations estimates that nearly 690
million people are currently hungry – up by 10 million people in
one year and by nearly 60 million in five years. COVID-19 has
amplified food insecurity and hunger, deepening the crisis in
affected areas and creating new hot spots across the world. At the
same time, nearly one-third of the world’s food is wasted. Food
production and supply chain interruptions, as well as loss of
incomes globally, have compounded food security risks, creating
another global crisis.
The Sealed Air/Gastromotiva collaboration and others like it are
critical to addressing global food security issues. As a leader in
the food packaging industry, Sealed Air’s decades of experience
will assist Gastromotiva in its goal to reduce hunger and food
waste for some of the world’s most vulnerable populations.
“Since 2006, all of our projects have used food as a tool for
social change, what we call social gastronomy. Today Gastromotiva
signs a three-year partnership with Sealed Air, which will enable
us to multiply our impact not only in Brazil but worldwide while
preserving the environment for future generations,” said David
Hertz, founder of Gastromotiva. “With Sealed Air, we will expand
our educational methodology, develop innovation and technology
projects, and co-create an educational module on sustainability and
waste reduction. With clear goals and focus on results, we seal,
with much enthusiasm and gratitude, this relationship of great
exchange and trust.” Hertz said.
About Sealed Air
Sealed Air is in business to protect, to solve critical
packaging challenges, and to leave our world better than we found
it. Our portfolio of leading packaging solutions includes CRYOVAC®
brand food packaging, SEALED AIR® brand protective packaging,
AUTOBAG® brand automated systems, and BUBBLE WRAP® brand packaging,
which collectively enable a safer, more efficient food supply chain
and protect valuable goods shipped around the world. Sealed Air
generated $4.8 billion in sales in 2019 and has approximately
16,500 employees who serve customers in 124 countries. To learn
more, visit sealedair.com.
About Gastromotiva
Gastromotiva, through connections, collaborations and
partnerships, offers professional training, creates opportunities
for people living in a situation of socioeconomic vulnerability and
awareness about the way of consumption and production of food,
throughout the food chain. Based on the experience accumulated over
more than a decade of work and social impact in Brazil, Mexico,
South Africa and El Salvador, Gastromotiva's methodology model
proved to be adaptable in different social contexts, but that
somehow face the same economic issues. Thus, Gastromotiva’s
scalability consists of methodizing its best practices and
inclusive and innovative way of teaching Gastronomy and, at the
same time - through cross-sector partnerships and a network of
actors - creating opportunities in the job market for people in
vulnerability.
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