Overview: Press Releases
SAVE FOOD at interpack 2026: international expertise, strong packaging solutions and new impetus for sustainability and food protection
16.04.2026
How can packaging help to better protect food, reduce losses and promote sustainability? The SAVE FOOD Expert Talks at interpack on 12 May will provide answers – with contributions by international organisations, companies and initiatives along the entire value chain.
SAVE FOOD strengthens global alliance: Official partnership with UNIDO and World Packaging Organisation
02.03.2026
The SAVE FOOD Initiative is further expanding its international cooperation and deepening its partnership with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) and the World Packaging Organisation (WPO).
Tomato Jos in Nigeria is the winner of the 2024 SAVE FOOD project competition
17.01.2025
Every year, the SAVE FOOD project competition honours exemplary projects. This year, the award and the funding amount of 10,000 euros are going to Nigeria, where a combination of modern technology, transport packaging, education programmes and direct market access has significantly reduced post-harvest losses.
Image: WPO
SAVE FOOD and SUSTAINABILITY Design Awards for sustainable packaging solutions
09.12.2024
This year's SAVE FOOD Design and SUSTAINABILITY Design Awards were presented at the Shanghai World of Packaging in November 2024. The awards recognise innovative packaging solutions along the value chain with a positive environmental impact. The companies honoured are: United Caps (Malaysia), Koch Pac-Systeme (Germany), UBIS (Spain) and Multivac (China).
SIG Foundation wins first SAVE FOOD Project competition
13.12.2023
With “Cartons for Good” the SIG Foundation leverages SIG’s know-how to reduce worldwide food losses and prevailed in the Project Competition organised by the SAVE FOOD Initiative. The project stands for the use of innovation and technology to solve one of the most pressing global problems.SAVE FOOD Initiative continues with new projects
28.09.2022
What if wasted food could serve to protect other food? This is the question that a new SAVE FOOD research project has set out to answer.The SAVE FOOD Initiative Visits the UN in New York
07.08.2018
“Fixing Food Waste: What does it take?” This was the theme that UN Environment chose to unite high-profile guests, who focused on this topic in a panel discussion on 17 June.First SAVE FOOD Conference at IPACK-IMA 2018
13.06.2018
Experts from Industry, Associations and NGOs shed Light on Food Losses and Waste from Different PerspectivesSAVE FOOD Initiative Passes the 1,000 Member Mark
05.02.2018
Lidl Deutschland is the first retail company on boardSAVE FOOD Congress as part of interpack 2017: Messe Düsseldorf and FAO sign Prolongation of their Cooperation
17.05.2017
Messe Düsseldorf and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have agreed on continuing their cooperation for the coming years as part of the SAVE FOOD Initiative.