Save Food Initiative

This is a unique partnership led by FAO, with over 500 companies and organizations from industry and civil society active in food loss and waste reduction. It aims to drive innovations, promote interdisciplinary dialogue and spark debates to generate solutions across the entire value chain, “from field to fork”. This initiative has recently developed a technical platform, that will be launched in the coming days, to measure and reduce food loss and waste. Altogether, this should allow a major reduction in agriculture emissions, as global food waste and loss account for 3.3Gt of CO2 equivalent per year.

Activity period 2011–present
Last CoAct update 2023
Web URL https://www.save-food.org/
Output effectiveness
0.53
Accountability Index
0.53
Inclusiveness Index
0.47
Num. actors 66
Functions Knowledge production, Knowledge dissemination, Campaigning, Lobbying, Participatory management
SDGs 2 3 4 6 9 12 15 17
Themes land use, industry
Policy focus Mainly adaptation
Sectors Accomodation and food service activities, Professional, scientific and technical activities
Implementation countries Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, France, Germany, Greece, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Italy, Japan, Netherlands (Kingdom of the), Nigeria, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Nothern Ireland (the), United States of America (the)
Target Target type
No targets have been defined