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Fights Food Waste

The brand currently operates one or more initiatives intended to prevent food from going to waste or to reduce the amount of surplus food produced. Food waste can occur anywhere throughout the entire supply chain.

Criteria

Option 1

  • Products are designed or made to prevent food waste. This includes innovative solutions such as engineering product packaging to prolong the life of food.
  • The brand must not send surplus food and food waste to landfill. Include your premises such as offices, shops, stock and manufacturing processes. This includes any type of organic food waste from your operations such as employees' lunches, restaurant leftovers, unsold food, ingredients or raw materials produced, etc.

Option 2

  • Brand facilitates or engages in food redistribution initiatives on an ongoing basis.
  • The food waste prevention initiative must be in practice at the time of application and also operative on an ongoing basis (min. 13 months from the date of assessment) or whilst the product designed to prevent food waste is on sale.
  • The brand must not send surplus food and food waste to landfill. Include your premises such as offices, shops, stock and manufacturing processes. This includes any type of organic food waste from your operations such as employees' lunches, restaurant leftovers, unsold food, ingredients or raw materials produced, etc.
Accepted Proof

Option 1

  • A description of the product(s) with ingredients and/or materials.

  • A description of how the product has been designed to prevent food waste.

  • Data on the amount of waste diverted from landfill on a monthly or annual basis as a result of the product or packaging design.

Option 2

  • A description of the main initiative and other initiative(s), a breakdown of how the brand prevents food from being wasted.

  • Data on the amount of waste diverted from landfill on a monthly or annual basis as a result of the initiative.

  • Appropriate evidence of implementation, for example, a report or contract with a third-party designed to prevent food waste, such as Olio, food banks etc.

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