PAN International Joins EU Policy Action Brief for Healthy, Sustainable and Just Food Systems
A new EU Policy Action Brief, developed with more than 90 organisations, translates EAT-Lancet science into concrete policy recommendations for European leaders.
PAN International has joined EAT, The Protein Project, BirdLife Europe, FEAST, Convene, Fern and more than 90 organisations from across Europe’s food system in launching a new EU Policy Action Brief for a healthy, sustainable and just EU food system.
The brief brings together organisations from across the food system, including farmers, food businesses, retailers, food service actors, public health organisations, cities and consumer groups, around a shared call for EU policy action.
For PAN International, the launch forms part of its wider leadership in advancing evidence-informed nutrition and the Planetary Health Diet, helping move science into practical action across healthcare, communities and policy.
Inspired by the science of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission, the Action Brief sets out concrete policy recommendations to support healthier, more sustainable and more equitable food systems in Europe.
From science to policy action
Europe’s food system is under increasing pressure. Diet-related diseases and rising healthcare costs, economic pressures for farmers, climate impacts, rising food prices and import dependencies all point to the urgent need for more coherent food system policy.
The new brief uses the scientific vision, definitions and guardrails of the 2025 EAT-Lancet Commission to guide action across three central pillars: sustainable production, healthy consumption guided by the Planetary Health Diet, and reduced food waste and loss.
Through six Communities for Action, food system actors were asked where policy change could help them make progress faster. Their insights have been brought together into six actionable policy packages for EU policymakers.
These policy packages focus on:
Strengthening value chains for healthier and more sustainable foods
Providing fiscal and economic support to enable transition
Using public procurement to create stable demand
Improving information, transparency and trust
Investing in research, innovation and knowledge sharing
Aligning trade and market rules with health, social and environmental goals
A shared call for EU leadership
Across all six Communities for Action, the message is clear: food system actors are already taking action, but they need coherent, aligned and cross-sectoral EU policy support to go further.
The participating organisations are calling on EU institutions to establish an EU Action Plan for a healthy, sustainable and just food system, developed and delivered in close collaboration with scientists and food system communities.
As the coalition states: “The science is clear.” What is needed now is political leadership and collective action.
Read more about the EU Policy Action Brief here, and learn how PAN is helping translate the Planetary Health Diet from scientific guidance into practical action across healthcare, communities and policy.