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

Unit :Metric tonnes (t)

Indicator :Waste generation and disposal

Metric Type :Pressure

Frameworks alignment notes

Target 16: Enable Sustainable Consumption Choices To Reduce Waste and Overconsumption
TNFD Additional Sector Guidance Food and Agri FA.A2.0; TNFD Core Global Disclosure Metric C2.2
ESRS E5-5
Land Management (non-LUC) emissions

Target example

[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

Agri-food

Value chain stage

Manufacturing

Metric assessment

Relevance: High

Feasibility: Low

Related Actions

Reduce food loss and waste across the value chain

Reduce food loss and waste across the value chain

Description

Additional Metric Notes

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. Key resources: Food Loss + Waste Protocol; Ellen MacArthur Foundation; WWF "Save 1/3"; UNEP Food Waste Index Report 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)