«The Resolution on Food Waste the CGF Board of Directors has adopted demonstrates our willingness to engage and take action in an area where a collective industry effort can make a difference,» said Paul Bulcke, CEO of Nestlé S.A. «We will leverage the best practices we have developed for the implementation of the existing
resolutions on deforestation and refrigeration to engage the CGF's wider membership in the global effort on food waste.
Not exact matches
The announcement follows increasing debate
on what single «No
Deforestation» and «No Exploitation» standard will be adopted by the EU following the successful passage of the palm oil
resolution in April 2017.
It complements Board - approved
resolutions made in 2010
on achieving zero net
deforestation by 2020 and beginning the phase - out of hydro fluorocarbon (HFC) refrigerants by 2015.
With the COP21 Climate Summit occurring in Paris later this year, this new Food Waste
Resolution, together with the CGF's work
on deforestation and low - carbon refrigeration, demonstrates the industry's commitment to play a leading role in limiting global temperature rises to 2 °C.
Using daily imagery obtained via the MODIS (Moderate -
Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) instruments
on both NASA's Terra and Aqua satellites, and combining that with data collected by the WFI (Wide - Field Imager) sensor
on board the China — Brazil Earth Resources, or CBERS, satellite, INPE manages to issue every fortnight an assessment of areas at risk for
deforestation.