In 2014, we presented our first Vision toward sustainability. Today, our Association is reaffirming its commitments and putting them into action, in partnership with UNESCO.
In 2014, we drafted a Vision affirming our commitments for “a better world through cuisine and hospitality”. Since that time, although our members have been working hard to these ends, it is clear that the world is struggling in the face of mounting challenges: increasing effects of global climate change, alarmingly rapid biodiversity loss, social crises throughout the world. What actions can we take to address these? How do we embrace our responsibility – individually and as an Association – in this changing world and contribute meaningfully – each of us where we live – to the creation of a new harmony between humans and nature? How can we play our individual parts, making the most of our differences?
We know that these intentions must become tangible, clear, and measurable actions, and we hereby express these actions in the form of 12 commitments, designed to pursue three major missions:
1. Preserve the world's hospitality & culinary traditions
2. Contribute to the protection and development of biodiversity
3. Take daily action for a more humane world
