Moreover, discussion of
food loss and waste in terms of feeding the hungry misses the environmental benefits associated with better management of existing production.
These changes will save consumers money, since they won't toss food they can use, potentially reducing
food loss and waste by 8 percent.
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.
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.
Work with community and local business leaders to develop messaging to the public on the importance of reducing wasted food and the need to
address food loss and waste in your jurisdiction.
I am convinced that by working together, we can accelerate efforts and develop effective solutions to help reduce
food loss and waste globally.
This makes it difficult to develop strategies and prioritize actions for
preventing food loss and waste, and for identifying the most productive use of the lost or wasted food that does arise.
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.
They plan to develop a national strategy to
curb food loss and waste domestically and launch new projects to promote innovation.
His current research interests include reducing
food loss and waste through developing the circular food economy, as well as the development of functional foods.
Because
food loss and waste occurs at every stage of the system — from production to transport to retail sales to consumption — it's important to involve players from all those stages.
More than 10 percent of the world's 50 largest food companies now have
active food loss and waste reduction programs (the 2018 milestone).
The third phase of the program will address
food loss and waste with suppliers in our value chain and even how to work with the food waste initiative in product development.
This allowed us to define more precisely the scope and to identify the
main food loss and waste sources and destinations.
But one way to achieve this noble goal is actually quite straightforward: Reduce the massive amounts
of food loss and waste.
Help to create and deliver effective and consistent messaging to the public about the importance of food stewardship and the need to
address food loss and waste.
These commitments were made with the support of CEOs who are also members of Champions 12.3, a partnership (led by WRI and the Dutch government) of more than three dozen leaders dedicated to achieving progress on Target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which calls for
halving food loss and waste by 2030.
That's why the Rockefeller Foundation has launched YieldWise, a $ 130 million initiative that will work with private, public and non-profit participants across the entire global food supply chain to prove that we can slash
global food loss and waste by half.
In addition to the U.S. Food Waste Challenge, USDA has unveiled several food loss reduction initiatives over the past few years, including an app to help consumers safely store food and understand food date labels, new guidance to manufacturers on donating misbranded or sub-spec foods, and research on innovative technologies to make reducing
food loss and waste cost effective.
Quantifying food loss and waste within borders, operations, or supply chains can help decision makers better understand how much, where, and why food is being lost or wasted.