Sealed Air recently attended the Global Food Safety Conference in Malaysia, where I had the honor to participate in a breakout session titled “Where Food Safety Meets Sustainability.” As a long-standing partner of the GFSI, Diversey Consulting, the Consulting arm of the Diversey Care Division of Sealed Air, organized a very interesting round table discussion in which food waste played a big role.

Consider these facts that make food waste a serious global issue that concerns us all:

Diversey Care will, once again, be an official partner of Bocuse d’Or 2015 – the prestigious, biennial competition which sees world-renowned chefs from across the globe vying to be crowned winner at what is widely considered the culinary equivalent of the Olympic Games.

“Sustainability is the other name of quality,” said our CEO, Jerome Peribere, when he addressed guests at our customer dinner in Anaheim in California, during the recent Global Food Safety Conference.

I had the honor of hosting Diversey Care and Hygiene Care clients, along with Jerome and Karl Deily. More than 70 customers and several non-customers attended our evening event at the Bowers Museum.