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1 FOOD LOSS AND WASTE World Bank Breakfast Brown Bag May 11, 2016 Photo Source: Justin Sewell

2 A significant share of food intended for human consumption is lost or wasted 32% of global food supply by weight 24% of global food supply by energy content (calories) Source: WRI analysis based on FAO Global food losses and food waste extent, causes and prevention. Rome: FAO.

3 Food is lost or wasted along the entire value chain During or immediately after harvesting on the farm After leaving the farm for handling, storage, and transport During industrial or domestic processing and/or packaging During distribution to markets, including at wholesale and retail markets In the home or business of the consumer, including restaurants and caterers Source: WRI analysis based on FAO Global food losses and food waste extent, causes and prevention. Rome: UN FAO.

4 Losses at production are more prevalent in developing regions while food waste at consumption is more prevalent in developed regions (Percent of kcal lost and wasted) Note: Number may not sum to 100 due to rounding. Source: WRI analysis based on FAO Global food losses and food waste extent, causes and prevention. Rome: UN FAO.

5 If food loss and waste were its own country, it would be the thirdlargest greenhouse gas emitter

6 Need for consistency and transparency of reported data (what was measured and how it was measured) Recommendation 1: Develop a global food loss and waste protocol Steering Committee of Food Loss & Waste Protocol

7 Food and associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain as defined by the FLW Standard a Intended for human consumption (i.e., excludes crops intentionally grown for bioenergy, animal feed, seed, or industrial use) b At some point in the food supply chain (including surplus food redistributed to people and consumed) Source: Adapted from FAO (2014). Definitional Framework of Food Loss. Working paper of the Global Initiative on Food Loss and Waste Reduction. Rome, Italy: FAO.

8 TARGET 12.3 By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses

9 Champions 12.3 Dave Lewis CEO Tesco Chair of Champions 12.3 Achim Steiner Executive Director UNEP Co-Chair of Champions 12.3 Vytenis Andriukaitis Commissioner for Health and Food Safety European Commission Peter Bakker World Business Council for Sustainable Development John Bryant Chairman of the Board Kellogg Company Paul Bulcke CEO Nestlé S.A. Wiebe Dreijer Chairman of the Executive Board Rabobank Shenggen Fan Director General International Food and Policy Research Institute Louise Fresco Wageningen University & Research Liz Goodwin CEO Waste and Resources Action Programme Hans Hoogeveen Vice-Minister for Agriculture Netherlands Ministry of Economic Affairs Yolanda Kakabadse WWF International Sam Kass Senior Food Analyst NBC News (former White House chef) Michel Landel CEO Sodexo Group Esben Lunde Larsen Minister Ministry of Environment and Food, Denmark Gina McCarthy Administrator U.S. Environmental Protection Agency José Antonio Meade Secretary Department of Social Development, Mexico Evelyn Nguleka World Farmers Organisation Kanayo F. Nwanze International Fund for Agricultural Development Raymond Offenheiser Oxfam America Rafael Paachiano Secretary Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Mexico Cao Duc Phat Minister Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Vietnam Paul Polman CEO Unilever Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza Chairman Global Forum on Agricultural Research Judith Rodin Rockefeller Foundation Tristram Stuart Founder Feedback Rhea Suh Natural Resources Defense Council Rhoda Peace Tumusiime Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture African Union Oyun Sanjaasuren United Nations Environment Assembly Lindiwe Majele Sibanda CEO and Head of Mission Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Network Feike Sijbesma CEO Royal DSM Andrew Steer and CEO World Resources Institute Sunny Verghese CEO and Co-Founder Olam International Tom Vilsack Secretary U.S. Department of Agriculture Senzeni Zokwana Minister Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa

10 What Champions do Dedicate to SDG Target 12.3 Lead by example Showcase successes Advocate for enabling conditions Achieve concrete results

11 Draft FLW Standard at: Release date: June 6, To contact Secretariat (WRI Food Loss & Waste Protocol team): Kai Robertson, Brian Lipinski, Craig Hanson,

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