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Increasing consumer awareness of health, animal welfare and environmental issues has driven the rapid growth in the consumption of vegan and vegetarian foods – a trend that is expected to continue, and even accelerate. Recent research predicts that the global plant-based vegan market will grow to $4.2 billion by the end of 2021, achieving a growth of 17% in only one year. SGS and V-Label Launch Partnership, Bringing the Vegan and Vegetarian Mark to a Global Audience.
A Partnership That Builds Consumer Trust in the Vegan and Vegetarian Markets. V-Label is the most trusted and internationally recognised mark for vegan and vegetarian quality, while SGS is the world's leading food certification body, boasting the largest geographical auditor footprint. This fusion of strengths provides a transparent stamp of quality for vegan and vegetarian consumers globally.
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Donovan Will
ProVeg
Before ProVeg, Donovan was the Brand Manager at The Fry Family Food Co. (Fry’s), a Director at the South African Vegan Society, and part of the Vegilicious Cape Town team. He has a passion for connecting key stakeholders and demonstrating how healthy, delicious and ethical food choices can also lead to greater food security, improved equality and more efficient use of resources. Sometimes it seems that the main reason he joined ProVeg is that he gets to eat a lot of Fry’s Nuggets and Beyond Meat Burgers.
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Gulam Mather
ProVeg
Gulam is the newest member of the ProVeg South Africa team. For the past 30 years, he has held senior positions in the media, finance and tech spaces and now works as ProVeg's Corporate Engagement & Fundraising Manager, and administrator of V-label. Having been a vegan for 4 decades, he can attest to the significant shift and increase in consumer awareness and demand for more ethical and sustainable products and is excited to bring his corporate experience to help develop, promote and regulate the growing plant-based sector in SA.
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Donna Brown Crockart
SGS
Donna Brown Crockart was appointed Business Manager for SGS Agriculture, Food and Life in South Africa in July 2018.
Prior to joining SGS, Donna held various senior management roles, including the position of General Manager, Food Services and Business Assurance covering Sub-Sahara Africa for Intertek. She has a proven track record of business development in the food safety sector, including the founding of a leading South African food safety auditing company, Food Safety Assessment (FSA), and the specialist information website, The Food Safety Network. Her business was acquired by Intertek in 2013.
Donna is a Certified Natural Scientist at the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP) and was a Lead Auditor under the Southern African Auditor & Training Certification Authority (SAATCA), having previously held board positions for the organisation.
Donna holds a National Diploma in Food Technology from Technikon Witwatersrand, a Business Management Diploma from Varsity College, and is trained in several food safety management system standards, lead auditing, food law, corporate social responsibility, quality management systems, amongst a few.
Prior to her auditing and training business, she gained a broad level experience in food processing, food testing, retail and distribution sectors. She was promoted in her various roles to eventually be appointed the National Technical Manager for Corporate Brands Pick n Pay Retailers
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