Manufacturing giants slash food waste by 30%

That is a key conclusion of the latest annual progress report from the Food and Drink Federation, the industry body representing corporates and SMEs across the sector. The report documents progress towards the sustainability targets outlined in the FDF’s ‘Ambition 2025’ strategy, which is headlined by commitments to help members reduce absolute CO2 emissions by 55%, against a 1990 baseline, and to support year-on-year reductions in food waste on a farm to fork basis. On the former, the progress report reveals that FDF members have collectively halved their absolute CO2 emissions, putting them on-track to meeting the 2025 goal. This target was developed in line with the original 2008 Climate Change Act, with a longer-term aim set to be developed this year in light of the Act being amended in 2019 to set a national deadline of 2050 for net-zero.