Today (25 September 2018) the UK Food Waste Reduction Roadmap is launched, with CFA an Early Adopter signatory, committing to a landmark roadmap aiming to halve UK food waste by 2030.
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.
As a signatory of Courtauld 2025 and the UK Plastics Pact, CFA is delighted to play its role with other UK food trade bodies and businesses across the supply chain and Defra, Welsh and Scottish Governments to promote widespread adoption of Target, Measure, Act, which is vital to achieve national policy objectives and targets on food waste reduction.
The first major milestone on the Roadmap is for 50% of the UK’s largest 250 food businesses measuring, reporting and acting on food waste by September 2019, and all 250 companies doing so by 2026.
CFA is very pleased that its contribution to work on a standardised data collection template has come to fruition, and will play a key role in delivering the Roadmap.
The Food Waste Atlas is also launched today at the annual event of Champions 12.3. 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 the World Resources Institute, Atlas allows companies and Governments to publish and compare their data with others, including businesses supporting the UK Roadmap.
CFA is proud of the UK chilled prepared food industry’s record in sustainability. We will continue to provide leadership in the sector, building on 15+ years of our industrywide activity including our Sustainability Aims, which relate to energy, water and waste encourage the industry to minimise its carbon footprint, and also incorporate ethics.
For free resources and find out more about the using the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap click here.