The global food system has delivered major human development benefits in recent decades. Food processing technology and packaging solutions, such as those that Tetra Pak has been proud to develop, have helped to protect, improve and deliver food and nutrition across the world, safely and securely.
And yet, the global food system accounts for over one third of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Approximately a third of all food produced is lost or wasted, accounting for 8% of global GHG emissions.
The current way food is sourced, processed, packaged, and disposed of, needs to change if the UK, and the world, is to meet its net zero ambitions, meaningfully address climate change, and ultimately achieve greater food security.
This report, and the discussions and research that have informed it, are an attempt to play our role in galvanising action to drive change to decarbonise the UK’s food system.