Inspiring ambition and mobilizing action to reduce food loss and waste globally
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt (November 16, 2022) – Timed with COP27, the new ‘123 Pledge’ kicked off to accelerate action to reduce food loss and waste worldwide. The Pledge challenges governments, businesses, chefs and other important actors in the food system to commit to concrete steps that will make reducing food loss and waste a part of their action agendas on greenhouse gas emissions.
The '123 Pledge' is a call to action for governments, companies, institutions and single entrepreneurs (like chefs) to prioritize fighting food loss and waste within their climate action agenda.
Champions 12.3 is a coalition of executives from governments, businesses, international organizations, research institutions, farmer groups, and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving SDG Target 12.3 by 2030.
The United Nations' Sustainable Development Goal 12 seeks to “ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.” The third target under this goal (Target 12.3) calls for cutting in half per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer level, and reducing food losses along production and supply chains (including post-harvest losses) by 2030.
Find recent reports from Champions 12.3, including our annual progress report on how the world is doing toward achieving Target 12.3 and the business case for reducing food loss and waste.
