Panelists discussing sustainability in the food industry: Dr. Ludger Breloh, REWE Group (left) with moderator Dr. Lydia Kocar (University of Vechta) and student Mathias Stohr (University of Vechta)
This year, the German Days of Action for Sustainability took place from 30th of May until 5th of June.
The University of Vechta participated with various activities. The working group for sustainability at the University of Vechta, a student initiative, a project seminar and the canteen had information booths to present ideas and inform about activities for more sustainable practices and developments at the University of Vechta. Prof. Dr. Georg Müller-Christ, Professor of Business and Sustainable Management at the University of Bremen, had been invited to speak on the topic of “Sustainable Development of Higher Education”. A panel discussion entitled “Sustainable paths in the food industry” took place with Dr. Ludger Breloh, Head of Green Products at REWE Group, Dr. Christoph Schank, Professor for Economics and Ethics at the University of Vechta, Mathias Stohr, member of the student initiative sneep e.V., as panelists and Dr. Lydia Kocar as moderator (University of Vechta). The discussion was followed by about 50 interested students, university teachers and further guests like a local school class for young farmers. The panelists agreed that companies in the food industry have to take on their responsibility for more sustainably produced products and that this responsibility cannot be completely passed on to the consumers.
