Food Waste

Useful takeaways and examples to help retailers take their food waste work to the next level.

As much as 63 million tons of food is wasted in the U.S. each year. 52 million tons are sent to the landfill and 10 million tons are discarded or left unharvested, generating as much CO2 emissions as 212 million cars.

Gaining an understanding of the issues surrounding food waste is the first step in mitigating it.

Because food waste is a vast and complex issue, we will break up the supply chain in 7 sectors and provide detailed, industry-specific solutions to reduce food waste in our following documents. Here are the in-field food waste solutions!

Because food waste is a vast and complex issue, we will break up the supply chain in 7 sectors and provide detailed industry-specific solutions to reduce food waste in our following documents. Here are the processing & distribution food waste solutions!

Because food waste is a vast and complex issue, we will break up the supply chain in 7 sectors and provide detailed, industry-specific solutions to reduce food waste in our following documents. Here are the retail food waste solutions!

Because food waste is a vast and complex issue, we will break up the supply chain in 7 sectors and provide detailed, industry-specific solutions to reduce food waste in our following documents. Here are the product design & packaging solutions for food waste.

Because food waste is a vast and complex issue, we will break up the supply chain in 7 sectors and provide detailed, industry-specific solutions to reduce food waste in our following documents. Here are the consumer food waste solutions!

When mitigating food waste from your supply chain, there are many stakeholders — both inside and outside of your company — that you may need or want to engage.

If you wish to assess a product across the value chain with a focus on packaging and/or plastic waste, please consider the true environmental cost of plastic packaging.

In 2018, suppliers reported a total of 633 MtCO2e in annual emission reductions — an amount greater than the emissions of South Korea. This led to a collective cost saving of US$19.3 billion. With major purchasers now deselecting suppliers based on environmental performance, taking action is no longer an option.

When navigating the complex landscape of sustainability assessments and solutions, how do retailers, brands, and suppliers get everything into one place so that the value of sustainability data can be fully tapped?