As a host, your organization becomes an active innovation partner in transforming the agrifood system.
BSD fellows spend dedicated time at your site, observing daily operations, talking to staff, and working with you to uncover challenges, needs and opportunities within areas such as food waste reduction, strengthening plantbased value chains and valorizing sidestreams and byproducts
You gain a user-driven, crossdisciplinary perspective on your challenges, along with clear input on where to focus next
As a host in the BSD programme, your company or organisation gains several concrete benefits:
Fellows shadow employees and analyse workflows, data, and decision processes.
They identify needs and barriers that internal teams are often “blind” to due to operational pressure and habits.
At the end of the immersion period, fellows deliver a list of identified needs.
The host selects one need that the fellows will use as a case and later report back on with recommendations/solution proposals.
This can lead to improvements in areas such as food waste reduction, better utilisation of side streams, strengthening plant-based products/flows, optimised logistics, planning, or use of data.
The host gains access to a cross-disciplinary team (technology, food, business, data, etc.) and the BSD mentor network.
The host can test ideas and receive qualified input on specific challenges without hiring new employees.
Insights into state-of-the-art methods within need-driven innovation, circular economy, and sustainable business models.
Input for the host’s own strategy on: CO₂ reduction, food waste, plant-based products or resource efficiency.
Positioning as an innovative and responsible actor in the food value chain (towards the industry, authorities, and talent).
Early access to strong candidates (fellows) for future positions.
Access to a growing network of other hosts, universities, clusters, and innovation environments.
A dedicated Field Coordinator from the BSD plans and coordinates the engagement.
Shadowing is designed to interfere as little as possible with daily operations.
Clear confidentiality and data-sharing agreements ensure that the host can share knowledge safely.
Get in touch with our secretariat at info@biosustainabilitydesign.dk and we will help you decide whether or not BSD is a good fit for your organization.
