Another Step Towards a Global Food Loss and Waste Movement

A statement by the World Resources Institute regarding Ikea's commitment to halve food waste by 2020 and its joining of the Champions 12.3 global coalition to address the economic, social, and environmental impacts of global food loss and waste.

• Ikea has announced a target to reduce food waste from its own operations by half by the year 2020.
• Global food loss and waste is estimated at 32 percent of all food produced, resulting in annual economic losses of approximately $940 billion.
• Food loss and waste has significant environmental impacts: it uses roughly 25% of agricultural water, requires cropland equivalent to the size of China, and generates an estimated 8% of global greenhouse gas emissions.
• Champions 12.3 is a global coalition established to drive the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 12.3, which aims to halve food waste and reduce supply chain loss by 2030.
• Ikea's potential to influence behavior change stems from its scale, serving approximately 650 million meals annually across nearly 400 stores in 48 markets, with a workforce of about 18,000 Ikea Food co-workers.

APA

Goodwin, L. (2017). Another Step Towards a Global Food Loss and Waste Movement. World Resources Institute. https://www.wri.org/insights/another-step-towards-global-food-loss-and-waste-movement

Chicago

Goodwin, Liz. Another Step Towards a Global Food Loss and Waste Movement. World Resources Institute, 2017. https://www.wri.org/insights/another-step-towards-global-food-loss-and-waste-movement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{goodwin2017another, author = {Goodwin, Liz}, title = {{Another Step Towards a Global Food Loss and Waste Movement}}, publisher = {World Resources Institute}, year = {2017}, month = jun, url = {https://www.wri.org/insights/another-step-towards-global-food-loss-and-waste-movement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }