The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Food Waste Coalition and Capgemini have launched “Turning waste into value: A blueprint for collective food waste transformation”, reframing food waste as a strategic opportunity to drive business value, innovation, and resilience across the food system.
The blueprint outlines a two-pronged approach: preventing waste through smarter production, planning, and consumption, and valorising unavoidable waste by transforming it into new products and markets. It also provides a three-stage playbook for organisations to accelerate action, from setting solid foundations to tackling hard-to-reduce waste through collaboration and consumer engagement. The best-practice examples featured in the paper, shaped by qualitative interviews with CGF members including Kraft Heinz, Bel Group, Tesco, Loblaw Companies Limited, and Walmart, demonstrate the scale of impact that is already achievable, with member initiatives averaging around 6.9 kg of food waste per tonne handled, and targeted interventions delivering double-digit reductions in waste, significant cost savings and avoided emissions.
