At the 6th project meeting held in Thessaloniki, Greece on April 20th and 21st, 2023, participants discussed the project’s progress and the challenges that lay ahead.
The Ploutos H2020 project works with 11 Sustainable Innovation Pilots (SIPS) in 13 European countries, implementing & testing sustainability-oriented innovations (SOIs). s. Together with other initiatives, such as the Ploutos Innovation Academy, one of the tools to facilitate this exchange and horizontal learning process is the use of case studies. The tool’s purpose is to produce case studies that are accessible and pedagogical to facilitate learning across SIPs and to inform their practices.
At Lowlands Science 2022, TNO applied the futuring technique of “closed eye visioning” to bring festival participants to a dystopian or optimistic perspective in the year 2050. Both perspectives were based on realistic energy scenarios. Read the blog post to find out insights for policy recommendations.
Through the past weeks, Ploutos’ partners from the Sustainable Innovation Pilots (SIPs) in Greece, Cyprus, Serbia and North Macedonia, shared exciting news about their growth and how they make sustainability in the agri-food sector possible. Greece is one of the most prominent European countries that produces honey. Because of its unique richness in varieties of […]
During the Expo 2020 Dubai, the Digital Innovation Observatories of our partner Politecnico di Milano (POLIMI) is organising a conference on “Digital Innovation for Sustainable and Inclusive Agrifood Systems”. The event will take place virtually on Monday, February 21, 2022 at 14:00 – 16:00 CET and Ploutos will participate and present the Sustainable Innovation Framework […]
We are excited to present our interview with three of our partners, who work actively within the Ploutos’ Sustainable Innovation Framework and make a reality the project’s purpose of re-balancing the agri-food value chain and making it more sustainable. Dr. José A. Gutiérrez from the Agriculture and Food Development Authority (Teagasc), Μr. Nikos Kalatzis from […]
Food security is an important issue, that affects people all over the world. It is defined as the right of every person to have access to adequate food, that is not only healthy, but also sufficient and can serve each individual’s dietary needs. Due to several circumstances such as the environment’s degradation, the growing global […]
Carbon is an essential element found everywhere; from our atmosphere, to the food that we eat. In spite of this, carbon emissions have a major impact on the environment, as they increase the concetration of CO2, that contributes to climate change. The European Union (EU) aims to be climate-neutral by 2050 and reach net-zero greenhouse […]
The European Union’s (EU) Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste plays a key role in mobilizing action to reduce food waste across the EU, as part of the Farm To Fork Strategy. According to a recent evaluation, 70% of food waste in the EU arises in the households, food service and retail sectors. The […]
The Farm to Fork Strategy is an essential part of the European Green Deal! It is an initiative of the European Union to support the global transition to more sustainable agri-food systems, making them fair, healthy and environmentally-friendly. Research and innovation, together with advisory services and financial instruments constitute the development of this plan. This […]
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