Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef announces 2018 leadership

The Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB) recently announced the election of Nicole Johnson-Hoffman to serve as the group’s president. She previously served as vice president, chief sustainability officer and senior vice president for OSI Group. Additionally, Dr. Leon Mol, director of product safety and social compliance for Ahold Delhaize, was elected vice president and Cameron Bruett, head of corporate affairs for JBS, was reelected executive committee member at-large. These three join Carlos Saviani of World Wildlife Fund, who is the secretary/treasurer, and executive committee member at-large, Dr. Ignacio Blanco-Traba of McDonald’s Global, to make up the 2018 GRSB executive committee. “The GRSB focuses on continuous improvement, regardless of region, production system, scope of operation, or past performance. I’m pleased to be leading a growing membership-based organization that believes there are many paths to sustainability. GRSB brings together people from across the world, who represent all segments of the beef value chain, including individual producers, who ultimately agree there’s massive value in sharing knowledge, and who want to partner to drive exciting new levels of performance in areas impacting GRSB’s Principles and Criteria of Sustainable Beef,” said Johnson-Hoffman. — WLJ