This London Climate Action Week, Pow Food was thrilled to deliver a fully carbon-conscious catering experience for The Blue Earth Forum at Protein Studios. Over three days, we provided food and bar service for more than 1,200 delegates per day, including 400+ investors, thought leaders, innovators, and partners committed to climate action.
From the very beginning, our goal was clear: to create a catering offer that aligned with the forum’s mission, demonstrating how the future of food can nourish both people and the planet.
Climate Action Through Food - Mitigating The Catering Emissions
Pow Food contributed to nature-positive climate action at this year’s Blue Earth Forum by supporting the restoration of UK peatlands through The Future Forest Company.
Peatlands are one of our most powerful natural allies in tackling the climate crisis. They lock away vast amounts of carbon, restore biodiversity, and protect precious ecosystems. Our contribution will secure the future sequestration of one tonne of carbon, helping to ensure that, over time, more carbon is naturally captured and stored in these restored landscapes.
For us, this isn’t about quick fixes or empty claims. It’s about investing in long-term solutions that genuinely help nature recover.
To ensure accountability, our catering emissions were measured via My Emissions using Kafoodle, amounting to just under one tonne. We rounded up the value and partnered with The Future Forest Company to mitigate the total impact.
A Menu Designed for Health, Transparency & Impact
Our catering offer celebrated British-focused, seasonal produce with a plant-based core. Every dish was designed to support complete nutrition, biodiversity, and education, with transparent nutritional information and carbon data shown in easy-to-read comparisons. This empowered knowledge and reinforced our principles around educating for a positive impact on eating behaviour beyond the event.
We believe that conference food should energise, not deplete. Instead of leaving delegates tired, bloated, and undernourished, our goal was to leave them feeling inspired, fulfilled, and fuelled for impact. Many attendees told us they had never experienced conference catering like this before, proof that rethinking food at events can transform the experience.
Opening Night Reception
Sponsored by HSBC Innovation Banking with support from Extantia, Clean Growth Fund, Carbon Limiting Technologies, Google, Capsule, and Woven Capital.
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British plant-based canapés
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Organic wines and Toast Ale (brewed with surplus bread)
Breakfasts, Snacks & Lunches (Day 2–3)
All options were presented on platters and served with palm leaf, home-compostable plates and bowls, or Notpla’s innovative seaweed-based boxes. This approach ensured minimal carbon impact from packaging while staying true to our commitment to sustainability.
Highlights included:
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Oat and chia birchers
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Vegan energy balls and raw energising bars
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Soba noodle salad with British tempeh, carrot and cabbage slaw, house kimchi, activated seeds & ginseng dressing
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White quinoa tabbouleh made with Hodmedod’s Essex-grown quinoa and a vegan sunflower seed pesto
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Seasonal organic crudités with hummus
Beyond the Plate: Education & Insights
Alongside nourishing delegates, we gathered valuable insights by running a food habits and preferences survey. These findings will shape our future initiatives, helping us continue to drive food system transformation with data-led action.
Why It Matters
At Pow Food, we believe that catering should never be an afterthought, it’s a critical part of any event’s message and impact. Food has the power to influence health, spark conversations, and drive education. By showing what’s possible at scale, we hope to inspire other organisers to see food as a tool for change.
Working with Blue Earth was a true alignment of values, and we are proud to have showcased a model of responsible, nourishing, and transparent catering that sets a new benchmark for climate-conscious events.
Because when food fuels both people and the planet, everyone wins.
