What it Means
Goodman Fielder are extremely passionate in our efforts to tackle food waste. Every year, about 30% of the world’s food is wasted and it is estimated if food waste were a country it would be the third largest GHG emitter, behind the USA and China*. The extensive impacts of food waste range from biodiversity loss and climate change to food insecurity and social inequality. Tackling food waste helps deliver so many of our sustainability priorities.
Our goal is to halve food waste by 2030, from the farm right through to the home. We will achieve this by working with primary producers and processors to identify major food waste sources with a focus on avoiding food waste and utilising high quality ‘by-products’ as ingredients for new or improved products. We know that some of our most popular products are among the most wasted products within the home, so it's important our action stretches to our consumers to support food waste prevention strategies in the home.
*Champions 12.3 – SDG Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste – 2018 Progress Report
What We’ve Achieved
Goodman Fielder has invested in improving the performance of our factories achieving up to 90% reductions in food waste, with all major sites in Australia and New Zealand also having alternate disposal options for food waste (e.g. donations, stockfeed). We have also implemented a bread waste collection service, collecting in-store-bakery and private label products from major retailers and processing them through our existing stockfeed arrangements. This initiative is still being rolled out and is currently diverting about 240 tonnes of bread waste from landfill per month. Our Wonder White and Helgas half loaf bread products help consumers better manage food portioning to reduce waste and Pampas Pastry’s Re-Pie-Cling campaign aims to inspire consumers to reduce food waste in the home by providing creative recipes for using today’s leftovers as tomorrow’s fillings.
What’s Next
Goodman Fielder is creating a baseline measurement using the Food Loss and Waste Protocol to help prioritise food waste opportunities. This will inform the creation of Goodman Fielder’s Food Waste Policy which will embed the food waste hierarchy across our organisation. We have a pipeline of capital projects over the next 12 months designed to reduce food waste within our operations.
To find out more about our food waste goal please click here.
