Nestlé has played a key role in developing the first global standard to help companies and governments measure, report on and reduce food loss and waste, which costs up to 940 billion per year globally.

Launched at the 3GF Global Green Growth Forum in Copenhagen, the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard was developed by the multi-stakeholder Food Loss and Waste Protocol.

Members of this partnership include the Consumer Goods Forum (of which Nestlé is a key member), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Resources Institute.

In January 2016, Nestlé Paul Bulcke joined a new coalition, Champions 12.3, to accelerate progress towards fulfilling United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 12.3 on food waste.

Independently, we're targeting zero waste for disposal at all Nestlé sites, just one of our commitments to environmental sustainability.

Read our full press release (pdf, 285 Kb) on the new standard.

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