Overview: Press Releases
SAVE FOOD Congress 2014 brings together international organizations, industry, research and civil society
13/05/2015
Highly distinguished speakers from the FAO and UNEP and from leading private sector companies show how to reduce food loss and waste Three years after its establishment at the first SAVE FOOD Congress, the SAVE FOOD Initiative has already grown into a broad-based international alliance with over 110 members.SAVE FOOD Meeting 2015 at Nestlé a complete success
13/05/2015
173 participants from 12 nations Visible interest on the part of industry to engage in fight against food losses and wasteFinal Report SAVE FOOD Congress
13/05/2015
Further progress made in the fight against food losses and food waste • Second international SAVE FOOD Congress concludes successfully • FAO, UNEP and industry speakers, high-profile guests and a variety of approaches and alliances demonstrate the broad spectrum of possibilities for solving the problemSAVE 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.Unmistakeable Signal from Rome: Food Losses increasingly Higher on the Agenda for International Players
13/05/2015
The SAVE FOOD Initiative presents itself at the Permanent Representation of Germany to the United Nations marking the Day of German UnityThe SAVE FOOD Initiative welcomes its 100th partner from industry
13/05/2015
NESTLE® is the next major company to join the initiative A growing number of companies and organisations are supporting the SAVE FOOD Initiative dedicated to the fight against global food loss and waste.SAVE FOOD – Figure of the Month: March
13/05/2015
4,909 pallets of food and beverages are distributed by more than 900 food banks in Germany each year, reaching needy people throughout the country – over one and a half million by now.Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit becomes new member of SAVE FOOD
13/05/2015
Initiative now has more than 350 sponsors from business, NGOs and research With the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ) the SAVE FOOD initiative has gained a high-profile partner with political backing. The number of members who have committed to fighting food waste and loss has now risen to 120.First SAVE FOOD member from China
13/05/2015
173 participants from 12 nations Visible interest on the part of industry to engage in fight against food losses and wasteSAVE 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.