Setting targets and
measuring food loss and waste are important.
Achieving SDG Target 12.3 will thus depend on countries and companies
measuring their food loss and waste.
Find details for upcoming and past webinars as well as short video clips that will guide you through the business case for
measuring food loss and waste, how to describe the scope of an inventory using the FLW Standard, and what's included in the FLW Standard.
These case studies share why some are
measuring food loss and waste and the benefits of doing so, how they define the scope of their food loss and waste inventory using the FLW Standard, and some of the innovations that are helping them achieve their goals.
To overcome the challenge of
measuring food loss and waste in a complex value chain in Pakistan, we conducted a detailed mapping across the entire value chain (from farms to consumers).
It also highlights efforts to help governments and companies
measure food loss and waste, such as the FLW Standard announced in June, and new funding like the Danish government's subsidy program and The Rockefeller Foundation's Yieldwise, a $ 130 million investment toward practical approaches to reducing food loss and waste in Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, the United States and Europe.
Every government, city and business involved with food must set reduction targets,
measure food loss and waste in their borders or supply chains, and act to reduce such waste.
Not exact matches
Absent other effective
measures to control dietary shifts
and reduce
food loss and waste, the world will need to produce about 70 percent more
food annually by 2050 to meet global demands.
Measuring and finding data on
food loss and waste are becoming easier.
Moreover, there is a lack of consensus on what defines «
food loss and waste,» as well as challenges in how to
measure it.
UNEP welcomes the new FLW Standard
and calls on countries
and companies to use it to start
measuring and reporting
food loss and waste, in parallel to taking action to deliver on SDG Target 12.3: Halve
food waste by 2030.»
The FLW Standard is the first - ever set of global definitions
and reporting requirements for companies, countries
and others to consistently
and credibly
measure, report on
and manage
food loss and waste.
Our members need to effectively quantify,
measure and report on their
food loss and waste,
and the FLW Standard will help them do this with consistency
and transparency.»
Some leading companies, like Nestlé
and Tesco, are already
measuring and publicly reporting on their
food loss and waste.
Established in 2011, The SAVE
FOOD Initiative is a joint project of the FAO, the United Nations» Environment Programme (UNEP) and Messe Düsseldorf with the goal to reduce food waste and loss by focusing on measures involving all parties concer
FOOD Initiative is a joint project of the FAO, the United Nations» Environment Programme (UNEP)
and Messe Düsseldorf with the goal to reduce
food waste and loss by focusing on measures involving all parties concer
food waste and loss by focusing on
measures involving all parties concerned.
That is why in 2013, a multi-stakeholder partnership named the
Food Loss & Waste Protocol set out to develop an internationally - recognized standard that outlines requirements and guidance for measuring and reporting on the weight of food and / or associated inedible parts that are removed from the supply chain, otherwise known as «food loss and waste» (F
Food Loss & Waste Protocol set out to develop an internationally - recognized standard that outlines requirements and guidance for measuring and reporting on the weight of food and / or associated inedible parts that are removed from the supply chain, otherwise known as «food loss and waste» (F
Loss &
Waste Protocol set out to develop an internationally - recognized standard that outlines requirements
and guidance for
measuring and reporting on the weight of
food and / or associated inedible parts that are removed from the supply chain, otherwise known as «food loss and waste» (F
food and / or associated inedible parts that are removed from the supply chain, otherwise known as «
food loss and waste» (F
food loss and waste» (F
loss and waste» (FLW).
In the second half, we provided an overview of the FLW Standard
and how it can be used to help companies, governments
and others to
measure and report on their
food loss and waste.
In this webinar, we guide you through the resources available on the FLW Protocol website that make it easier for you to
measure and report
food loss and waste and use the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Report Standard (FLW Standard) to do
food loss and waste and use the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Report Standard (FLW Standard) to do
loss and waste and use the
Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Report Standard (FLW Standard) to do
Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Report Standard (FLW Standard) to do
Loss and Waste Accounting
and Report Standard (FLW Standard) to do so.
We're here to help you understand how you can use the FLW Standard to
measure and manage
food loss and waste.
One of its cutting - edge studies is the
measuring of
food loss and waste at all stages — from production
and post-production to processing, distribution
and consumption — in order to identify the origin
and cost of
food waste and loss at the local, regional
and global level.
«The G20 Platform will enhance our capacity to accurately
measure and reduce
food loss and waste, both in the G20 countries
and in low - income countries»
Second, the old adage that «what gets
measured gets managed» should be applied to
food loss and waste.
WRI's new
Food Loss & Waste director Liz Goodwin suggests three key steps — setting strong targets, measuring for management, and concrete, replicable action — for reducing food loss and wa
Food Loss & Waste director Liz Goodwin suggests three key steps — setting strong targets, measuring for management, and concrete, replicable action — for reducing food loss and wa
Loss &
Waste director Liz Goodwin suggests three key steps — setting strong targets,
measuring for management,
and concrete, replicable action — for reducing
food loss and wa
food loss and wa
loss and waste.
This publication addresses this question by evaluating progress relative to a three - step pathway for reducing
food loss and waste: (1) target, (2)
measure,
and (3) act.
This second annual progress report assesses advances by governments
and companies over the past 12 months relative to a three - step approach for reducing
food loss and waste: target,
measure,
and act.
However, the report finds an insufficient number of governments
and companies are
measuring and reporting
food loss and waste, a key step to identifying hotspots
and knowing whether strategies are having impact.
A few countries with targets currently
measure and report on
food loss and waste within their borders.
Several of the world's largest
food companies are currently
measuring and a growing number are publicly reporting on
food loss and waste within their operations, but more must also do so.
Given the magnitude of
food loss and waste globally, the report recommends nations, cities
and businesses in the
food supply chain move quickly to set reduction targets,
measure progress
and take action to reduce
food loss and waste.
2030 Champions are responsible for setting their own baselines
and measuring their own
food loss and waste reductions.
This initiative has recently developed a technical platform, that will be launched in the coming days, to
measure and reduce
food loss and waste.
U.S.
Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions can join EPA's Food Recovery Challenge to access technical assistance for measuring food waste and assessing the positive environmental benefits of waste reduct
Food Loss and Waste 2030 Champions can join EPA's
Food Recovery Challenge to access technical assistance for measuring food waste and assessing the positive environmental benefits of waste reduct
Food Recovery Challenge to access technical assistance for
measuring food waste and assessing the positive environmental benefits of waste reduct
food waste and assessing the positive environmental benefits of
waste reduction.