Newsweek Hosts Farm to Future Summit on Sustainable Wellness During London Climate Action Week

Newsweek hosted the Farm to Future: Sustainable Wellness Summit on Tuesday during London Climate Action Week 2026. The one-day event included six panel discussions, two keynote addresses and a fireside chat focused on business aspects of the sustainable wellness sector.

Newsweek Executive Vice President Amit Shah opened the summit by noting that consumers, investors and regulators now ask more questions about sustainability than in prior years.

Her Excellency Samira Bawumia delivered the first keynote, stating that wellness has become one of the world’s fastest-growing industries and that every supply chain begins with farmers, water and biodiversity. Bawumia added that degraded soil, declining biodiversity and climate-driven changes in rainfall and temperature leave no amount of marketing able to compensate for a failing supply chain.

Hospitality businesses. Palmer predicted an element of “green hushing,” in which companies stop communicating their efforts if they cannot afford the required audits. Isabella Tonaco, chief sustainability officer at Symrise, said some organizations will advance despite the challenges while others will stop their work.

Ann Tracy, chief sustainability officer at Colgate-Palmolive, described the company’s Bright Smiles, Bright Futures program, which now operates in 100 countries and surpassed its 2025 target of reaching 2 billion people one year early. The company has set a new goal of reaching 2.75 billion people by 2030 and has partnered with the World Health Organization Foundation.

Will Smelko, co-founder and CEO of Ora, advised consumers to demand batch testing results and third-party ISO-accredited lab data from supplement brands.