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“Ylva opened our minds to ideas that we had never thought of…”
Ylva played an extremely important role in ensuring FoodSpace was on the right sustainability journey when setting up the company in 2016. Ylva opened our minds to ideas that we had never thought of and asked us questions that no one else had ever asked. Through her guidance and ideas she has helped us become one of the most sustainable catering companies in Ireland. Working with Ylva puts you on a sustainability journey that is practical for your company, timelined and a must for the future of our planet.
Conor Spacey Culinary Director at FoodSpace
“Ylva is able to tackle complex and often controversial topics in a way that ensures everyone in the room is comfortable yet challenged…”
I have worked with Ylva for over four years and have always been impressed with her holistic understanding of sustainability, her expertise in food systems and their impact on the planet, as well as her collaborative, enthusiastic and honest approach to work. Ylva is able to tackle complex and often controversial topics in a way that ensures everyone in the room is comfortable yet challenged, and as a result are able to make great strides in their sustainability journey. I would highly recommend Ylva if you are looking for someone who can initiate or accelerate your sustainability journey whilst having some fun along the way!
Henry Unwin Head of Sustainability at Nando’s
“The advice and tools provided were always practical and tailored to our brand…”
Ylva played a crucial role in mapping out CH&Co’s sustainability strategy. As a fast growing company, keeping up with sustainability trends while minimising risks is of high importance. Ylva ensured we understood both why we needed to change and how to action the goals we set. The advice and tools provided were always practical and tailored to our brand, and have been crucial in helping CH&Co become a leading sustainable contract caterer.
Emma Hill Group Head of Food: Health, Safety and Environment at CH&Co
“Ylva provided a step by step guide on how to improve our sustainability credentials…”
Ylva helped Eurostar get on a long and exciting sustainability journey, providing a step by step guide on how to improve our sustainability credentials from a sourcing, environment and community perspective, using SRA’s framework. The biggest partnership win was a workshop that Ylva facilitated to help find a suitable sustainable alternative to plastic water bottles on board our trains.
Yann Bayeul On-Board Services Contract and Service Innovations Manager at Eurostar
“Ylva is a pleasure to work with and did our company great credit...”
The very successful ‘Sustainable Wine Workshop’ was well planned out, highly organised and professional, making it completely stress-free for us. Ylva designed group activities that made it easy for everyone to get involved and the structure was clear, logical and effective. As the workshop facilitator Ylva was very warm and created an open atmosphere that was conducive to provoking honest debate and participation from all. She is a pleasure to work with and did our company great credit.
Miles MacInnes Managing Partner at Jascots Wine Merchants; Founder of WineED
“The food sourcing workshops were an eye-opener for our chefs…”
Ylva helped the National Theatre identify the big strides and the small steps needed to be a more sustainable catering operation, and provided us with a framework to write a comprehensive food procurement policy. Ylva’s leadership and the quality of the advice given was pragmatic, impressive and rigorous. In particular, the food sourcing workshops were an eye-opener for our chefs and helped them understand that as well as designing dishes that are tasty and affordable, from an organisational point of view we now expected them to make responsible choices in their menu planning too.
George Cardwell Director of Catering at the National Theatre
“Ylva understands the complexity and challenge of striving for integrated delivery of sustainability...”
Ylva understands the modern world of food systems and their dynamics, the complexity and challenge of striving for integrated delivery of sustainability and scans for new ideas and evidence. She is hugely interested in the issue of how the world may better and more sustainably fed, and how existing organisations and businesses can contribute. She brings great sensitivity to the complexity of issues. Ylva engages with people, introduces thoughtful dimensions to the topic in hand and always gets things done! She engenders great respect. I thoroughly recommend her.
Tim Lang Professor of Food Policy at City University
