Overview: Press Releases
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.Queen Letizia of Spain attends SAVE FOOD Meeting 2016
12/10/2016
• Spanish minister and employees from the French Ministry of Agriculture are further high-calibre political representatives among the delegates • Approx. 300 guests from industry, associations, political circles and NGOs discussed on food losses and wasteSecond SAVE FOOD Meeting in Madrid with top-ranking participation
26/07/2016
Spanish Exporters and Investors Club along with business association AECOC/GS1 Spain as co-organizer Top-ranking speakers from the primary sector, (packaging) industry, retail and politicsNew SAVE FOOD Study on Food Loss in India
23/05/2016
FAO examines the reasons and mechanisms of food loss in chickpeas, mangos, milk and rice The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is carrying out extensive studies on the topic of food losses in various districts of India between May and July 2016. This was made possible by the membership fees of the SAVE FOOD Initiative.SAVE FOOD – Figure of the Month February
13/05/2015
The carbon footprint of worldwide food losses and food waste amounts to the equivalent of 3.3 giga tons of CO2 emissions.SAVE FOOD – Figure of the Month April
13/05/2015
45% of the fruit and vegetables produced worldwide are not consumed but lost. With the exception of roots and tubers there is no other food segment where the losses are so high on an international scale.