Sentences with phrase «global food losses»

Gustavsson, J., Cederberg, C., Sonesson, U., van Otterdijk, R. & Meybeck, A. Global Food Losses and Food Waste Section 3.2 (Study conducted for the International Congress «Save Food!»

Global food losses and waste vary widely depending upon the type of food, and can occur on the farm, and during postharvest handling, food processing, storage, distribution and consumption (Gustavsson et al in FAO 2011).

Recently issues of global food losses and food waste have been making the news.

This prompted the idea of joining forces with the Food and Agricul - ture Organisation of the United Nations and using our know - how and con - tacts to make our contribution to fighting global food losses.»

Global food losses and waste (sometimes referred to as FLW) vary widely depending upon the type of food, and can occur on the farm, and during postharvest handling, food processing, storage, distribution and consumption (Gustavsson et al 2011).

Recently issues of global food losses and food waste have been making the news, with estimates of 30 to 40 % of all the food produced on earth going to waste before it can be consumed.

FAO is working on the Global Food Loss Index indicator for 12.3.

The Food Loss & Waste Protocol (FLW Protocol)-- a multistakeholder partnership — has developed the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard for quantifying food and / or associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain — commonly referred to as «food loss and waste» (FLW).

DuPont actively supports the SAVE FOOD initiative instituted by Messe Düsseldorf GmbH and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, which helps fight global food loss and waste.

Save Food International Congress and Exhibition took place at Interpack and highlighted the reasons and solutions for global food loss.

The Food Loss & Waste Protocol is a multi-stakeholder partnership, which has developed the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard — also known simply as the FLW Standard.

Indeed, the ramifications of global food loss and waste hit home throughout the entire food supply chain in every country in the world and reverberate in corporate bottom lines.

She has championed of SDG Target 12.3 in particular — noted in her organization of an official and highly successful side event on halving global food loss and waste by 2030.

I hope and expect that the group of ministers for food will support efforts to reduce food waste in the primary sector and address food security with the purpose to reduce global food loss.

Champions 12.3 will complement and build upon ongoing successful UN programs to reduce food loss and waste including SAVE FOOD and Think.Eat.Save, efforts such as EU FUSIONS and the global Food Loss & Waste Protocol, private sector action like the Consumer Goods Forum's Food Waste Resolution, and other initiatives.

«I'm proud to be part of the Champions initiatives effort to raise awareness on sustainable development goal 12.3 and the reduction of global food loss and food waste in 2030.»

As Amy Kirtland from Unified Grocers noted, global food loss and waste reached an estimated 1.3 billion tons in 2012.

Champions 12.3 will complement and build upon ongoing successful UN programs to reduce food loss and waste including SAVE FOOD and Think.Eat.Save, efforts such as EU FUSIONS and the global Food Loss & Waste Protocol, private sector action like the Consumer Goods Forum's Food Waste Resolution, and other initiatives.

This guidance document provides an overview of global food loss and waste, carbon footprint of global food wastage, carbon footprint intensities and food wastage reduction scenario and climate change mitigation.

Not exact matches

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These 15 risks are: Lack of Fresh Water, Unsustainable Urbanization, Continued Lock - in to Fossil Fuels, Chronic Diseases, Extreme Weather, Loss of Ocean Biodiversity, Resistance to Life - saving Medicine, Accelerating Transport Emissions, Youth Unemployment, Global Food Crisis, Unstable Regions, Soil Depletion, Rising Inequality, Cities Disrupted by Climate Change & Cyber Threats.

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The new report will highlight untapped opportunities for both business and society, stemming from five risks: Resistance to Lifesaving Medicine, Accelerating Transport Emissions, Loss of Ocean Biodiversity, Global Food Crisis and A Generation Wasted.

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

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.

What many people may not know is that one in nine people on earth don't have enough food to lead an active life, or that food loss and waste costs the global economy $ 940 billion each year, an amount close to what the entire UK government will spend in 2016.

CHAMPIONS INCLUDE: Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco (Chair) Erik Solheim, Executive Director, United Nations Environment (Co-Chair) Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Peter Bakker, President, World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Nestlé Nguyen Xuan Cuong, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB Wiebe Draijer, Chairman of the Executive Board, Rabobank Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum Louise Fresco, President of the Executive Board, Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute Marcus Gover, Chief Executive Officer, Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture Gilbert Houngbo, President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Selina Juul, Chairman of the Board and Founder, Stop Wasting Food Movement in Denmark Yolanda Kakabadse, President, WWF International Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners Michel Landel, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Committee, Sodexo Esben Lunde Larsen, Minister of Environment and Food, Denmark José Antonio Meade, Minister of Finance, Mexico Gina McCarthy, Former Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Denise Morrison, President and Chief Executive Officer, Campbell Soup Company Kanayo Nwanze, Former President, International Fund for Agricultural Development Rafael Pacchiano, Minister of the Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Paul Polman, Chief Executive Officer, Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza, Chairman, Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin, Former President, The Rockefeller Foundation Oyun Sanjaasuren, Chair, Global Water Partnership Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Vice President for Country Support, Policy and Delivery, Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Feike Sijbesma, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Managing Board, Royal DSM Rajiv Shah, President, The Rockefeller Foundation Andrew Steer, President and Chief Executive Officer, World Resources Institute Achim Steiner, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Tristram Stuart, Founder, Feedback Rhea Suh, President, Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime, Former Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, The African Union Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, Group Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, Olam International Tom Vilsack, Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Republic of South Africa

Target 12.3 of the goals calls for nations to «halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses» by 2030.

Once registered members can take part in the SAVE FOOD global initiative on food loss and waFOOD global initiative on food loss and wafood loss and waste.

When you look at the kind of impact food loss and waste has on our environment, economy and society, it's clear why the United Nations included it among the most urgent global challenges the Sustainable Development Goals would address.

In May 2015 under the Turkey Presidency, the G20 agriculture ministers highlighted the extent of food loss and waste (FLW) as «a global problem of enormous economic, environmental and societal significance» and encouraged all G20 members to strengthen their collective efforts to prevent and reduce FLW.

FAO's Strategic Objective 4 Enabling more inclusive and efficient agricultural and food systems at local, national and international levels includes the Output on Evidence - based food loss and waste reduction programs developed at national, regional and global level.

Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12 «ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns» has target 12.3 «by 2030, halve the per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains including post-harvest losses».

The Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (or FLW Standard) is a global standard that provides requirements and guidance for quantifying and reporting on the weight of food and / or associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain — commonly referred to as «fooFood Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (or FLW Standard) is a global standard that provides requirements and guidance for quantifying and reporting on the weight of food and / or associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain — commonly referred to as «foofood and / or associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain — commonly referred to as «foofood supply chain — commonly referred to as «foodfood...

For more details see the Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction and Technical Platform on the Measurement and Reduction of Food Loss and Waste.

FAO can coordinate, at global level, the initiatives, activities and projects on food losses waste reduction by partnering with UN agencies, other international organizations, and worldwide stakeholders, including the private sector and civil society.

While it may not be getting much attention at COP21, food loss and waste plays a huge role in the global climate change battle.

Read a case study by the Global Knowledge Initiative on the PTSC concept: Rockefeller Foundation Global Knowledge Initiative (2014) «Reducing Food Waste and Spoilage: Assessing resources needed and available to reduce post harvest food loss in Africa.&raFood Waste and Spoilage: Assessing resources needed and available to reduce post harvest food loss in Africa.&rafood loss in Africa.»

Food loss and waste also contributes to climate change, accounting for about 8 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

The Food Loss & Waste Protocol Steering Committee is grateful to the Global Green Growth Forum for providing a platform to launch the FLW Standard, and to the following for their core funding of the World Resources Institute, which serves as Secretariat of the Food Loss & Waste Protocol.

A number of studies are now linking food losses and waste to rises in inflation, food security, resource inputs and climate change as the global food industry experiences its third bout of inflation in five years due to poor agricultural harvests in the US, Russia and South America.

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Target 12.3 is to halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reduce food losses along production and supply chains by 2030.

As a food protection ingredient, MicroGARD ® adds to DuPont's robust portfolio of ingredients that support the United Nation's global initiative on food loss and waste reduction.

This provided an ideal time to delve deeper into the way ahead around food loss and waste for improved food security, rather than going over the extensive global discussions to date.

OVERVIEW The Rockefeller Foundation and the Global Knowledge Initiative (GKI), report «Reducing Food Waste and Spoilage: Assessing resources needed and available to reduce post harvest food loss in Africa.&raFood Waste and Spoilage: Assessing resources needed and available to reduce post harvest food loss in Africa.&rafood loss in Africa.»

Following the Crawford Fund Conference, I have been able to bring new knowledge and ideas about food loss and waste to The University of Queensland School of Veterinary Science in order to raise awareness of the roles veterinarians and veterinary researchers can play in the global food supply chain.

A range of informative keynote speeches, programs and projects were presented; research undertakings were demonstrated on global efforts to combat food loss and waste in which Australia plays a significant role.

Reducing food losses & food waste (FLW) is a key global challenge to ensure sufficient and healthy food into the future, and to use available arable land as efficiently as possible.