April 28-30, 2025

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Dog and cat food research experts who will present at Petfood Forum & Petfood Essentials

Gail Tavill
Global Chief Sustainability Officer
OSI Group
Gail Tavill joined OSI Group in 2022, bringing 30 years of experience in the packaged foods industry and a proven track record as an industry sustainability champion. Key accomplishments include completing a full climate inventory globally, setting climate targets and working toward them by initiating several partnerships and customer collaborations to promote and progress sustainability interventions in the animal agriculture sector in the U.S., U.K., Europe and Australia. Previously, Tavill served as vice president of corporate social responsibility and sustainability at Conagra Brands, and also in various packaging research and development roles at Kraft Foods. Throughout her career, she has been active with industry collaborations and organizations on topics of food waste, packaging, transparency and sustainability. She earned a bachelor of science in packaging from Michigan State University, where she has been inducted into the Packaging Alumni Association Hall of Fame, and a master of science in environmental management from the Stuart School of Business at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Date/TimeTitle
Mon Apr 28
11:00 AM - 12:15 PM
Petfood Essentials: How human food and pet food can work together to deliver sustainability outcomes
KCCC Room 2215

Leveraging learnings on climate accounting from the human food sector, Gail Tavill, global chief sustainability officer, OSI Group, shows what is possible for pet foods and pet food ingredients in terms of setting baseline footprint targets, developing strategies for achieving those targets, sharing lessons learned and methodologies for making claims. She will share real-world examples of co-creating value for customers to deliver claimable carbon reductions through custom supply chain solutions. Session includes time for group work on the mock LCA.

 

Session supported by Midwest Labs