PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Food: Waste (24 October 2016)

The Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) reports a strong start to Courtauld 2025 since its launch in March this year, with action being taken by a range of signatories to collaborate to reduce food waste from farm to fork. Courtauld 2025 now includes food & drink businesses representing 95% of the 2016 UK food retail market, as well as many leading brands, manufacturers and hospitality and food service companies.

WRAP has established industry-led working groups to address key issues, including reducing waste from fresh produce, meat protein, dairy, hospitality and food services and increasing levels of surplus food redistribution. WRAP is also initiating signatory-led innovation projects to develop best practice within food and drink supply chains.

Every year Courtauld 2025 signatories will be expected to submit data to WRAP on their food waste arisings, and a number of other indicators relating to specific activities and behaviours that will be important to ensure delivery against the target is achieved. WRAP will publish a short report on this every year. The first report will be published in the summer of 2017, covering the 2015 baseline and 2016 performance.