Pursuing SDG Target 12.3 on
Food Loss & Waste Reduction
March 23, 2017
Dr. Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director (Food Loss & Waste)
Why does food loss and waste matter?
Source: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations). 2011.
Global food losses and food waste – extent, causes and prevention. Rome: UN FAO;
FAO. 2015. Food wastage footprint & climate change. Rome: UN FAO.
Food loss and waste is greater nearer “the fork” in developed
regions and nearer “the farm” in developing regions
(Share of total kcal lost and wasted per region, 2009)
Note: Numbers may not sum to 100 due to rounding.
Source: WRI analysis based on FAO. 2011. Global food losses and food waste—
extent, causes and prevention. Rome: UN FAO.
TARGET 12.3
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at
the retail and consumer levels and reduce food
losses along production and supply chains,
including post-harvest losses
In January 2016, “Champions 12.3” formed to advance progress
toward SDG Target 12.3
Champions 12.3 is a unique coalition of leaders from around the world
dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress
toward achieving SDG Target 12.3
Members of Champions 12.3
Dave Lewis
CEO
Tesco
Chair of Champions 12.3
Shenggen Fan
Director General
International Food and Policy
Research Institute
Michel Landel
CEO
Sodexo Group
Erik Solheim
Executive Director
UNEP
Peter Bakker
Paul Bulcke
John Bryant
Senzeni Zokwana
Vytenis Andriukaitis
President
Chairman of the Board Chairman designate
Minister
Commissioner for
Nestlé S.A.
Kellogg Company
Ministry of Agriculture,
Health and Food Safety World Business Council
Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa European Commission for Sustainable Development
Peter Freedman
Managing Director
The Consumer
Goods Forum
Esben Lunde Larsen
Minister
Ministry of Environment
and Food, Denmark
Cao Duc Phat
Former Minister, Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural
Development, Vietnam
Paul Polman
CEO
Unilever
Oyun Sanjaasuren
President
2nd United Nations
Environment Assembly
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
CEO & Head of Mission
Food, Agriculture & Nat.
Resource Policy Network
Louise Fresco
President
Wageningen University
& Research
Gina McCarthy
Former Administrator
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza
Chairman
Global Forum on
Agricultural Research
Feike Sijbesma
CEO
Royal DSM
Liz Goodwin
Senior Fellow and
Director, Food Loss
and Waste WRI
Marcus Gover
Chief Executive
Officer
WRAP
José Antonio Meade
Secretary
Secretariat of Finance
and Public Credit, Mexico
Denise Morrison
President and CEO
Campbell Soup
Company
Judith Rodin
Former President
Rockefeller Foundation
Achim Steiner
Director
Oxford Martin School,
Oxford University
Andrew Steer
President and CEO
World Resources Institute
Sunny Verghese
CEO and Co-Founder
Olam International
Hans Hoogeveen
Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of the
Netherlands to UN Organizations
for Food and Agriculture
Yolanda Kakabadse
President
WWF International
Wiebe Dreijer
Chairman of the
Executive Board
Rabobank
Sam Kass
Senior Food Analyst
NBC News
(former White House chef)
Rafael Pacchiano
Kanayo F. Nwanze
Raymond Offenheiser
Secretary, Department of
President
President
Environment & Natural
International Fund for
Oxfam America
Resources, Mexico
Agricultural Development
Tristram Stuart
Founder
Feedback
Tom Vilsack
Former Secretary
U.S. Department
of Agriculture
Rhoda Peace Tumusiime
Rhea Suh
Commissioner for
President
Natural Resources Rural Economy and Agriculture
African Union
Defense Council
The strategy for reducing food loss and waste consists of 3 elements
Target
Measure
Act
TARGET: Targets set ambition, ambition motivates action
Status to date: 3 regional blocks with specific targets
Source: Lipinski, L., C. O’Connor, C. Hanson (2016). SDG Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2016
Progress Report. Champions 12.3
Bold idea 1: Countries in Asia announce national food loss and
waste reduction targets at UN General Assembly (Sep. 2017)
Source: Lipinski, L., C. O’Connor, C. Hanson (2016). SDG Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2016
Progress Report. Champions 12.3
MEASURE: “What gets measured gets managed”
Photo: www.cgu.edu
Guidance is now available to help countries and companies
quantify their food loss and waste
Big idea 2: Launch regional capacity-building program on
measuring food loss and waste and tracking progress
• Training (for countries and companies)
• Capacity building
• Building shared resources (FLW
database)
ACT: What ultimately matters is action
Source: Hanson, C. and P. Mitchell. 2017. The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste. Washington, DC: Champions 12.3
Bold idea 3: Join in creating a global “Food Loss and Waste Fund” (or
regional portfolio of finance mechanisms) to innovate and scale solutions
Investments
(projects, technologies,
small/medium sized enterprises)
IFAD
FLW Fund
Venture capital firms
Foundations
Development banks
Companies
Governments
Green Climate Fund
Project
preparation
facility
Commercial
banks
Bold idea 4: Asian Regional Champions 12.3?
Champions 12.3 is a unique coalition of leaders from around the world
dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress
toward achieving SDG Target 12.3
www.champions123.org