The
UK's largest retailers, food producers, manufacturers, and hospitality and food
service companies have committed to ambitious milestones laid out in a new
ground-breaking industry Food
Waste Reduction Roadmap; developed with IGD and WRAP to
further reduce the UK's food waste problem.
The Roadmap encompasses the entire supply chain from field to fork, and clearly
shows the actions large businesses will take to address food waste both in
their own operations, and by working to support their suppliers. It also sets
out how these businesses can engage with consumers to help reduce their food
waste.
The Roadmap has the support of the UK's largest food trade bodies, businesses
across the supply chain and Defra, Welsh and Scottish Governments. Widespread
adoption of Target, Measure, Act, is vital to achieve national policy objectives
and targets on food waste reduction, including Courtauld 2025 and the
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3.
Today we announce 89 early adopters who are supporting the Food Waste Reduction
Roadmap. By September 2019, the first major milestone on the Roadmap, the aim
is to have fifty% of the UK's largest 250 food businesses measuring,
reporting and acting on food waste. With all 250 companies doing so by 2026. To
make this happen, the Roadmap is published with a wide range of new resources
to enable businesses to act consistently, and support work already underway by
many companies through setting out a clear collaborative journey the whole
industry can follow.
Marcus Gover, CEO of WRAP,
explains "Together, WRAP and IGD have mobilised industry leaders to create a
bold sector-wide Roadmap, showing clearly what UK businesses must do. This
Roadmap is hugely ambitious, and I'm delighted that the UK is the first country
anywhere to set a nation-wide plan towards delivering its part in SDG 12.3.
There are many businesses working hard already, but many more need to focus on
food waste. If the food sector follows this Roadmap it will significantly
accelerate work to achieving both Courtauld 2025, and SDG12.3 targets. And I
urge other companies to adopt the principles laid out in the Roadmap and join
the rest of the sector on this historic journey."
Joanne Denney-Finch, Chief
Executive of IGD
said "The Food Waste Reduction Roadmap presents a huge opportunity for every
business within the UK food and grocery industry to provide reassurance for
shoppers. UK shoppers see industry food waste at the top of their priorities
and by working together with the total food chain, we're delighted to have
secured a world first, with the UK leading the way in this important area. As a
result, I'm confident we will see continued momentum on this high profile
initiative."
Marcus Gover will also launch The Food
Waste Atlas in New York later today at the annual event of
Champions 12.3; organised by the World Resources Institute (WRI). Atlas is the
world's first global reporting portal to allow the capture and reporting of
global food loss and waste data in one place. Developed between WRAP and WRI,
Atlas allows companies and Governments to publish and compare their data with
others, including businesses supporting the UK Roadmap.
Businesses wishing to access the free resources and find out more about the
using the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap should click
here.
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A world first: UK food industry commits to a landmark Roadmap to halve food waste
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Post Date: September 25th, 2018