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These guidelines clarify and contextualise the requirements from the UK Guidelines for Measuring and Reporting Food Surplus and Waste (UK Guidelines), for the retail sector, based on retailers’ specific operational considerations.
The purpose is to help food retailers measure and report on food surplus and waste that occurs within their own operations, so they can reduce it through evidence-driven strategies.
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Retailers and brands
WRAP and UK food businesses have agreed a set of common guidelines for measuring and reporting on food surplus and waste, consistent with the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard).
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Guardians of Grub Becoming a Champion
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Hospitality and food service
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
Food surplus and waste measurement and reporting guidelines
WRAP and UK food businesses have agreed common guidelines for measuring and reporting on food surplus and waste, consistent with the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard).
These have been produced in support of the UK Food Waste Reduction Roadmap – to help the UK meet the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3 and the Courtauld Commitment 2030 target to halve food waste by 2030.
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Meat, poultry and fish
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
WRAP and UK food businesses have agreed common guidelines for measuring and reporting on food surplus and waste, consistent with the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard).
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Fresh produce sector
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
WRAP and UK food businesses have agreed some common guidelines for measuring and reporting on food surplus and waste, consistent with the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard (FLW Standard).
- Food and drink
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Dairy sector
Updated figures for surplus food redistribution via charities and commercial outlets from retail, manufacturing and the hospitality & food service sector for the three year period 2015-2018.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Hospitality and food service
- Non-governmental organisations
A guide to setting and maintaining quality specifications.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Fresh produce sector
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
Prepared on behalf of Champions 12.3, a new report finds a compelling business case for action on food waste prevention in the catering industry.
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Meat, poultry and fish
- Fresh produce sector
- Dairy sector
- Bakery sector
- Ambient foods sector
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
This guidance helps reduce consumer food waste, with a focus on fresh pork, beef and lamb. It covers advice and insights on changes to products, packs, labels and retail.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Meat, poultry and fish
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
This visual guide has been produced to help illustrate examples of how the recommendations in this guidance could look, be applied and, specifically, which labelling and design features are most effective in helping consumers reduce fresh chicken waste.
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Food date labelling
- Convenience, chilled foods and frozen
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
A preliminary study on strawberries and lettuces
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
A new generation of sustainable products by design
80% of the environmental impacts of today’s products and services are determined at the early stages of product design and development.
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands