Tesco partners with key suppliers to tackle food waste | Progresiv

Tesco announced that it has agreed partnerships with 24 of its largest food suppliers who will adopt the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal to halve food waste by 2030.

The agreement will see the suppliers, who represent over 17 billion pounds worth of Tesco sales, publish food waste data for their own operations within the next year.  They have also committed to take the steps needed to reduce food waste in their supply chain as well as innovating to make it easier for consumers to reduce waste in their homes.

Tesco said the agreement is the first struck between a major retailer and its food suppliers. It follows agreements over the last 12 months at IGD and Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) with branded suppliers to align efforts around Champions 12.3 goals.

In addition, Tesco announced its businesses in the Republic of Ireland, Poland, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Hungary have now published their food waste data, following four years of publication in the UK. The move builds on the retailer’s commitment to transparency on food waste data to use that information to help reduce food waste in its operations.

Food waste campaigner Tristram Stuart welcomed the group’s move, saying: “We have been challenging Tesco and other supermarkets on transparent reporting of food waste for years now. This commitment to ensure that supply chain waste is measured and reported makes Tesco the world-leading supermarket on transparent food waste reporting, and represents a significant step towards meeting the global goal to halve food waste by 2030.

Champions 12.3, chaired by Lewis, is a coalition of leaders from government, businesses, international organisations and research institutions dedicated to accelerating progress towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development target of halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reducing food losses in supply chains by 2030. (www.kamcity.com)