An Action Agenda for Halving Food Loss and Waste

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An Action Agenda for Halving Food Loss and Waste

Join Champions 12.3 for landmark announcements in the fight against food loss and waste

By Champions 12.3

Date and time

Tuesday, September 24, 2019 · 10:30am - 1pm EDT

Location

Apella

450 East 29th Street Second Floor New York, NY 10016

About this event

Join Champions 12.3 – the world’s leading coalition of public and private sector executives working to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 – for landmark announcements in the fight against food loss and waste. An astounding 8% of planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions result each year from food that is produced and never eaten. Find out if the world is on track to meet the global goal on reducing food loss and waste, where momentum is picking up, and how you can play an important role.

Stay after for a light lunch and networking.

Keynote:

  • Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary, UN Climate Change Convention & Founding Partner, Global Optimism

Speakers:

  • Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive of Tesco
  • Sunny Verghese, Co-Founder, CEO and Group & Managing Director of Olam International
  • Laura Tuck, Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank
  • Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture
  • Liz Goodwin, Senior Fellow and Director, Food Loss and Waste at WRI
  • Denis Machuel, CEO of Sodexo
  • Theo De Jager, President of World Farmers' Organisation
  • Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Co-Chair of Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture
  • Marcus Gover, Chief Executive of WRAP
  • Michael La Cour, Managing Director of IKEA Food Services AB
  • Yolanda Kakabadse, Member of WWF US Board
  • and more!

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SDG Target 12.3:

By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses

Organized by

Champions 12.3 is a coalition of nearly 40 leaders from government, business and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilizing action, and accelerating progress toward achieving Target 12.3 of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.  The Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and World Resources Institute serve as co-secretariats of the coalition.

Learn more at Champions123.org.

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