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EAT Foundation is registered as a legal entity in Norway through the Norwegian Registration Authority Brønnøysundregistrene. The Brønnøysund Register Centre is a Norwegian government agency that is responsible for the development, operation and management of numerous public registers and governmental systems for digital exchange of information between the Norwegian state, businesses and inhabitants. The registry is a subsidiary of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Industry and is part of the European Business Register. EAT is organised with the following organisational structure: 1) Board of Trustees: governs and manages EAT. The Board bears the ultimate responsibility for EAT, and carries out this responsibility through a stewardship role. The Board delegates EAT’s day-to-day management to the CEO and Executive Leadership Team. The Board meets formally four times each year, as well as between the regular meetings as needed to conduct the organization’s business, 2) Advisory Board: provides strategic advice to EAT’s management on the organization’s research projects, activities and long-term strategy. This includes defining research priorities, ensuring the scientific quality of the food forums, advising on new partnerships and increasing public awareness. EAT’s Advisory Board is made up of representatives from academic partner institutions and world-renowned experts from the food service industry, politics, international development, finance, civil society and media. The breadth of the group illustrates EAT’s vision of cross-sectoral collaboration, 3) EAT Executive Leadership Team: executes the operational plan and high-level decision-making, 4) EAT Senior Leadership Team: day-to-day management of the organisation across teams. EAT is further divided into four teams: the Policy Team, the Development Team, the Engagement and Communications Team, and the Science Team. |
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EAT is not a member-based organisation, but partners with a range of foundations, academic institutions, organizations and companies, with whom we collaborate on programs and who provide strategic advice, knowledge and financial support to EAT. The EAT community consists of the following partners: 1) Founding partners: Wellcome Trust, Stordalen Foundation, Stockholm Resilience Centre; 2) Governments: City of Copenhagen, Government of Finland, Government of Indonesia, Government of Norway, Government of Sweden; 3) Knowledge partners: World Resources Institute (WRI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH), City University London, Water, Land and Ecosystems Program at Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centres (CGIAR), Harvard - T.H. Chan School of Public Health, New York Academy of Sciences, Bioversity International, Cornell University, David R. Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Cornell University, Food and Brand Lab, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Johns Hopkins University, Institute of Marine Research, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE), Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI), The Lancet, University of Oslo - Center for Development and the Environment (SUM UIO); 4) Strategic partners: Coop Norway, Novo Nordisk, Aviva, Global Crop Diversity Trust, UMOE, Nordic Choice Hotels, Nofima, Google, City Finansiering; 5) Engagement partners (forums and events): Bayer, Nestlé, Nordic Council of Ministers, New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Oatly, Rockefeller Foundation, SDG2 Advocacy Hub, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); 6) Action partners (programs and projects): BAMA, C40, Cliamte-Kic, Deloitte, Eurofins, Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO), Swedish Postcode Foundation, Norwegian Cancer Society, Norwegian Football Association, Chatham House, Fazer, Food Industry Asia (FIA), Horizon 2020, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Science-based Targets Initiative, Seafood Innovation Cluster, SUN Movement, Systemiq, United Nations Development Program (UNDP), UNICEF, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), World Economic Forum (WEF), World Food Program (WFP), World Bank, World Benchmarking Alliance, WWF Food. |
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