According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, about a third of all food produced for human consumption is lost or wasted. This has massive economic, social and environmental impacts, and in the UK alone more than 10 million tonnes of food is wasted from farm to fork, worth over £20 billion a year.
WRAP and IGD have led an industry-wide programme of work developing a roadmap for how the UK food industry will help achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, consulting widely with businesses, trade bodies and others from agriculture, production and manufacture, retail and hospitality and food service.
This industry-wide roadmap and toolkit allows businesses to measure and report consistently and with confidence; helps food businesses take targeted action to reduce waste in their own operations, their supply chain and from consumers; helps the food sector deliver against Courtauld 2025 targets; and helps the UK deliver its part in delivering SDG target 12.3.