Food lost and/or wasted along the relevant stages of the value chain

Unit

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: Metric tonnes (t)

Indicator

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: Waste generation and disposal

Metric type

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: Pressure

Framework alignment notes

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GBF Target 16
TNFD FA.A2.0, TNFD C2.2
ESRS E5-5
SBTi - FLAG: Land Management (non-LUC) emissions

Target example
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[Company name] will reduce food lost and/or wasted in [value chain stage] by [target amount, in absolute MT, or percentage] by [target year], compared to a [baseline year] baseline.

Target source: WBCSD target template

Sector

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Agri-food

Value chain stage

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Manufacturing

Metric assessment

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Relevance: High
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Feasibility: Low
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Additional Metric Notes
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Rationale

Understanding the destination of food waste is important, as this can provide an indication of the pressure placed by the disposal of food waste on the environment.

Additional/complementary metrics

  • Disaggregation by type (eg, grains, produce, meat) and by destination (landfill, composting, controlled, combustion, refuse, land application, co-digestion)
  • Proportion of food waste repurposed into by-products and/or co-products (response metric)

Related actions

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Reduce food loss and waste across the value chain

Reduce food loss and waste across the value chain

Description

Value chain stage

Manufacturing

Sector of stage operator

Agri-food

How the action applies

Coming soon