Future of food industry and retail sector – Futurist articles, videos and keynote presentations on the future of the food and retail industry by conference speaker Patrick Dixon. Patrick Dixon is one of the world's best-known Futurist keynote speakers, has worked with hundreds of the world's largest companies and has been ranked one of the 20 most influential business thinkers alive today. Clients include Carlsburg, Unilever, McDonalds, PepsiCo, Kraft Jacobs Suchard, Sara Lee, Diageo, Danone, Femsa, Co-op Group, Steinhoff, Tulip, Bord Bia - Irish Food Board, European Coffee Federation, Food Business Forum, Swedish Groceries Association, Givaudin, Nutreco, RPC, British Frozen Foods Federation, Schwan's Frozen Foods, Tetrapak, Smurfit Kappa. Retail chains: Saks 5th Avenue, Proffitt's, Loveman's, Parisian, Macrae's, Herberger's, Carson Pirie Scott, Boston Store Department Stores and Younkers. Patrick Dixon has given keynotes on retail related issues to audiences in North America, Central America, Latin America, Western Europe, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Baltic States, Scandinavia, Africa, Central Asia, South East Asia and Asia Pacific.

It allows one business to fund energy savings in another, and to use those savings as a credit or allowance against its own energy use. It works because it is often cheaper to save a ton of carbon in another company rather than your own. There are many challenges eg proving rapid, genuine benefit, preventing fraud.

Post / video made in 2008 - very accurate forecasting.