GRSB announces dates for 2016 sustainable beef conference

10/03/2016
Multi-stakeholder initiative the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) has announced that it will host the 2016 Global Conference on Sustainable Beef in Banff Springs, Alberta, Canada, from October 4-6.

GRSB launched in 2014 to provide “a common baseline understanding” of sustainable beef. Its founding stakeholders included JBS, Cargill, McDonalds, Wal-Mart and the World Wildlife Fund.

It said on making the announcement that the event in Alberta will bring together the world’s leading beef producers, environmental organisations, beef processors, retailers and other “key stakeholders” to share details of work being carried out across the world to “enhance the sustainability of all segments of the beef value chain”.