Food Waste

Businesses that stop wasting food generate a 14-fold return on investment. Read More

Kellogg, IKEA and others are seizing financial opportunities from improving lives and reducing the environmental impacts of millions of smallholders in supply chains. Read More

An estimated 6.42 million tons of food loss and waste is generated annually in Japan. This is about twice the 3.08 million tons of food provided by the United Nations World Food Program as humanitarian aid in 2014. Kuradashi.jp is an initiative that uses online shopping to reduce food loss while also promoting solutions to other social issues. Read More

Creative businesses aim to get food that would otherwise be wasted into the hands of those who can use it. Read More

Rethink Food Waste through Economics and Data released its roadmap for cutting food waste in the United States. Read More

Starbucks and others are embracing a more holistic approach to waste, according to speakers at a Waste Management event livestreamed by GreenBiz. Read More

Sodexo and partners are targeting the economics and data in this multibillion dollar problem — which can become a business opportunity. Read More

There's increasing evidence that piles of food waste in landfills are contributing to the decline of various animal species, as the animals eat garbage. Read More

Implementing the Paris accord, green finance, reducing food waste, China's plans — these are some of WRI's predictions of big stories in the year ahead. Read More

A group of 30 leaders from business, government and NGOs joined ranks at the World Economic Forum in Davos to halve food waste in 15 years. Read More