OECD Trade and Agriculture 316d ago

Reducing food loss and waste (FLW) is critical to finding global solutions to the triple challenge of feeding a growing world population, ensuring the livelihoods of households along the agro-food supply chain, and delivering on climate and environmental sustainability commitments. Tracking the progress made in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 12.3, however, has been hampered by inconsistent definitions and metrics across countries and differing national policy approaches to FLW reduction. Reduction targets are often unclear, national policy commitments fragmented, and coordination is limited across government entities. Our new report Beyond food loss and waste reduction targets: translating reduction ambition into policy outcomes was released January 20, 2025. It can be accessed here: https://www.oecd.org/en/publications/beyond-food-loss-and-waste-reduction-targets_59cf6c95-en.html. The report provides a comprehensive review of the FLW policy environment, drawing on data collected by the OECD from 42 countries and the European Commission, to support cross-country dialogue and accelerate the implementation of more effective evidence-based and context-specific FLW policies. Please join us for our webinar on January 28 from 10.00 to 11:15 CET where we will dive into the report’s findings and be joined by policymakers from Australia, France, and Japan to discuss the accompanying case studies on their own countries’ FLW policies. Please note that this webinar will be recorded.