2024年食品浪费报告

Food Waste Report 2024 Ken MurphyGroup Chief Executive,Tesco plc No timefor waste. In 2012, we took our first steps on the path tolaunching our food waste reduction programmewhen we launched partnerships with some of theUK’s biggest food banks to make sure our surplusfood wasn’t wasted and instead benefited peoplein need. ‘No time for waste’ became a mindset thathas informed our approach since then. But tacklingfood waste, as we’ve learnt, requires comprehensiveand consistent effort at all parts of the supply chain,from farm to fork. But supermarkets can’t solve this issue alone. It’s thepractical frontline action that really changes thingsand our supplier partners are crucial to the fightagainst food waste. As a founding member of Champions 12.3, we’vesupported and promoted the reporting of food wastedata through Target, Measure, Act. As of today, over100 of our own suppliers have answered our calland now annually share their data using the Target,Measure, Act framework – 29 more than last year.We work with suppliers year-round to make sure aslittle food as possible goes to waste, whether that’sby helping them find ways to use surplus via TescoExchange, or buying up bumper crops to make suregood food isn’t left on the farm. Over the last 12 years, we’ve learnt a huge amountabout what works and sometimes what doesn’t.We’ve worked hard within our own business,with suppliers in our supply chain, nationally atindustry level and globally through initiatives suchas Champions 12.3 – all in pursuit of our ambition tohalve food waste. Along the way, we’ve been inspiredby best practice, and equally we’re proud to be ableto share our learnings. This report sets out the manyactions we’re taking to reduce food waste and alsooutlines four ways we believe the food industry canaccelerate its efforts through: ensuring no goodfood goes to waste, innovating and embracing newtechnologies, reporting and reducing householdfood waste. At Tesco, we know there is still a hugeamount to do. For all the progress achieved, we stillfind ourselves facing the same fundamental issue:too much good food is thrown away. But we arecommitted to doing everything we can to play ourpart to tackle this. Where we can’t avoid surplus food, we put it togood use. We’re proud of the connections we’vebuilt partnering with food banks, local charitiesand community food sharing groups to redistributesurplus food at the end of each day. Next year willmark 10 years since the pilot trial of our CommunityFood Connection programme in the UK, and sincerolling out to all stores in 2016, we’ve redistributed166 million meals to local communities. With the cost of living front of mind for manycustomers, we know that helping people to getthe most from their food has never been moreimportant. We are working harder than everto help our customers save money, use up all thefood they have at home before buying more, andcut waste. When food is wasted, global emissions from theproduction, transportation and storage of foodhave still occurred, using energy and resources,and releasing greenhouse gases like methane andcarbon dioxide. A reported 690 million people1around the world go hungry each night, yetaround one third of all food produced globallyis lost or wasted, accounting for around 10% ofglobal greenhouse gas emissions2. In short, theenvironmental impact of food waste is enormous. Working at each point of the journey – in our ownoperations, in our supply chain and in customers’homes – means we are making good progress.But as we face the impacts of climate change onfood systems around the world, and work towardsour wider goal to be net zero in our supply chainby 2050, we’ll need to do more and go further. We have a long-standing commitment to reducingfood waste from farm to fork and ensuring thatsurplus food fit for consumption is redistributed.We aim for suitable remaining surplus to beconverted for animal feed or used to recover energythrough anaerobic digestion. Transparency has beenkey to driving our food waste reduction progress,that’s why we support food waste reporting andbeing held to account for our progress, but alsowhy we are upfront when we uncover an issuesuch as with animal feed. That will mean continuing to optimise our ownoperations and working with partners in thesupply chain to tackle waste, as well as helping ourcustomers find ways to waste less. But it will alsorequire new and innovative solutions which supporta circular and more sustainable food system - likeusing insects to process the food that humans can’tconsume, with the resulting insect protein being usedin pet food — with the potential for this to expand toanimal feed. It’s time for industry and government towork together to unlock better, more efficient waysto minimise food waste. Reducing waste starts with avoiding it in the firstplace. Since becoming the first UK retailer tostart publicly reporting our food waste figures in2013, we’ve continued to improve across our ownoperati