FOOD Conference at the European Parliament, 31st May 2011

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The FOOD (Fighting Obesity through Offer and Demand) will be held under the high patronage of the Hungarian Presidency of the European Union on 31st May 2011 at the European Parliament in Brussels. The main results of the project will be presented at this conference which will mark the beginning of a new implementation phase in other member countries.

Experts from all over Europe will join 25 partners from the public and private sector in order to share their experience and to contribute to the next phases of this programme. The conference will also provide the opportunity to sensitize new partners with the aim of fine-tuning the tools and the recommendations and to further develop the FOOD programme within the 6 countries in which the pilot has been undertaken – and beyond their borders.

The Food Conference to be held on 31st May 2011, at the European Parliament offers the opportunity to go beyond theoretical concepts and take practical action!
The day will be organized around a plenary conference in the morning and practical workshops in the afternoon.

The conference will be attended by high-level participants, among them the Vice President of the European Commission, Antonio Tajani, Despina Spanou, DG SANCO, President of the EU Action Platform on Diet, Physical Activity and Health, the European representatives Elisabetta Gardini and Mario Mauro, Jacques Stern, President and Managing Director of Edenred, as well as Professeur Ambroise Martin of the Faculty of Medicine at Claude Bernard University in Lyon.

The conference is aimed at scientists, political decision-makers, national and local government representatives, and health professionals, but also at HR managers, managers of sustainable development projects and at anyone interested in a balanced diet.

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Edenred is a leading digital platform for services and payments and the everyday companion for people at work, connecting more than 52 million users and 2 million partner merchants in 45 countries via close to 1 million corporate clients.

Edenred offers specific-purpose payment solutions for food (such as meal benefits), incentives (such as gift cards, employee engagement platforms), mobility (such as multi-energy, maintenance, toll, parking and commuter solutions) and corporate payments (such as virtual cards).

True to the Group’s purpose, “Enrich connections. For good.”, these solutions enhance users’ well-being and purchasing power. They improve companies’ attractiveness and efficiency, and vitalize the employment market and the local economy. They also foster access to healthier food, more environmentally friendly products and softer mobility.

Edenred’s 12,000 employees are committed to making the world of work a connected ecosystem that is safer, more efficient and more responsible every day.
In 2022, thanks to its global technology assets, the Group managed some €38 billion in business volume, primarily carried out via mobile applications, online platforms and cards.

Edenred is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange and included in the following indices: CAC 40 ESG, CAC Next 20, CAC Large 60, Euronext 100, FTSE4Good and MSCI Europe.