Building Resilient Supply Chains for a Changing World

Ingredient shortages, geopolitical disruptions, and supplier instability are now regular challenges for midsize brands. This session will explore how strategic sourcing, including supplier diversification, geographic risk balancing, and procurement practices, can mitigate disruptions to supply while maintaining product quality and sustainability commitments.

• Identify and assess hidden risks in ingredient sourcing, including over-dependence on single suppliers or geographic regions.
• Learn key criteria for selecting alternative or backup suppliers that balance quality, cost, and sustainability.
• Understand how procurement and sustainability teams can collaborate to build resilient sourcing models that minimise risk without increasing costs.

Disruptions in the agri-food supply chain, from climate shocks to shipping delays, can lead to major financial and reputational consequences. This session explores how insurance and contractual tools can be used strategically to manage these risks, safeguard ingredient supply, and protect business continuity.

• Understand how insurance and contractual strategies can be used together to manage ingredient supply risks, and what internal visibility is required to make them effective.
• Learn how supply chain resilience is evaluated by insurers, and how to align risk coverage with actual exposure to avoid costly gaps or unnecessary spend.

In an increasingly volatile ingredient supply landscape, product innovation is a critical lever for reducing risk and ensuring business continuity. This session will explore how brands can proactively design and reformulate products to lessen dependency on high-risk or scarce ingredients, turning supply challenges into opportunities for growth and resilience.

• Discover how product innovation can reduce reliance on high-risk ingredients through smart reformulation and flexible design choices that preserve quality and brand consistency.
• Learn collaborative strategies for aligning R&D, procurement, and risk teams to drive innovation that supports supply security and long-term resilience.