FOOD WASTE IS A SOLVABLE PROBLEM

But first, we need to measure, track and report

How Do You Measure Food Waste?

The UN SDG 2030 goal is to reduce food waste by 50%.

Unlocking a Sustainable Future: Harnessing Data to Conquer Food Waste

  • The most effective value creation comes from data standardization,
    accessibility, availability, and transparency.

     

  • Shared Data Commons illuminate waste and close the gaps between Supply and Demand.

  • Data Commons enable Circular Economies. Circular Economies enable sustainability by changing waste to surplus supply and finding the demand for that supply.

  • Innovation in the use of Data, the Circular Economy, and Shared Value in the Food Supply Chain is the path to achieving the UN SDG 2030 goal of reducing food waste by 50%.

DVNet is taking action on The UN Food Index Report

City of Vancouver Food Recovery Baseline

  • The work has started in Vancouver, B.C., with innovators like FoodMesh helping the city measure local food recovery activity.

  • FoodMesh invited food recovery organizations operating in Vancouver to share key insights on their efforts to divert surplus food away from waste streams, to understand the scale and impact of current activity in the city

  • We are now expanding to deliver more data and insights from more food recovery organizations operating across the province of British Columbia, driving greater impact and providing an example that can scale globally.

Key insights from the Vancouver Food Recovery baseline

Data-collection timeframe: 6 months

Number of data contributors: 9

Number of businesses known to have donated food: 673

Percentage of potential food donors in the city: 22%

Weight of food known to have been recovered: 1,234,761 KG

Equivalent number of meals created: 2,193,504

Weight of C02e emissions avoided: 3,127,780 KG

Technology Innovation and Partnership to expand and enhance impact

FoodMesh, Delphi, and DVNet have partnered to expand the City of Vancouver report to include more parties, data, and insights, extending its reach beyond the city to the larger ecosystem of British Columbia.

City to Province to Country to World.
Act local - think global.

Foundational Scope

  • Execute an enhanced report for 2024 data from 100 food recovery organizations

    operating across British Columbia

Outcome and Insights

Track the weight of food recovered

  1. Establish the monetary value and environmental impact of the rescued food

  2. Lay the groundwork for establishing a ‘real-time’ data collection process

  3. Explore opportunities for hunger relief organizations to get paid directly for

    recovering food

Approach

Value Perspective

  • Food recovery is an undervalued activity that requires a statistically relevant market assessment of its impact and benefit to society

  • The data is necessary to create a more sustainable operational model that includes cost recovery via public/private sector collaboration

Future Goals

  1. Accelerate the frequency of data collection and the availability of reports

  2. Establish the infrastructure and processes to assist hunger relief organizations

  3. Establish the methodology to harmonize the data collection and processes with global initiatives eg., the UN Food Waste Index

Alignment - UN Food Waste Index 2024 

1.Utilizing the food waste SDG 12.3 Methodology

a. Provides baseline for harmonizing data collection

b. Positions Canada to join 5 other G20 nations adhering to 2030 waste estimates

2. More detailed measurement of retail, food service and household waste

a. Best practices for prioritizing the measurement of subsectors

b. Exploring strengths and limitations of effective measurement methodologies

3. Moving from food waste to food waste reduction

 a. Identify sustainable strategies for redirecting food waste to circular use

b. Connecting the fight against hunger with climate change, pollution and loss of biodiversity 

Project Outline

Timeline

  • Project Launch January 2025

Participants

  1. Data Providers

    a. Target ~100 food recovery organizations participants including:

    hunger relief organizations, nonprofit/not-for-profit organizations

    food brokers, app providers, retail sector

  2. Funders

    a. Government agencies/municipalities/ministries

    b. Foundations, not-for-profit organizations

    c. Private enterprise

For more Information, please contact:

 

  • CEO-DVNet

    RonC@DVNet.co

  • CEO - FoodMesh

    Jessica@FoodMesh.ca

  • Director - Delphi

    BClark@Delphi.ca