10th meeting - EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste

Online only - 10.20 - 17.45 (CET)

The 10th meeting of the EU Platform on Food Losses and Food Waste will be held virtually and will provide the opportunity to discuss recent developments in food loss and waste prevention across the EU, as well as on an international level. 

It will start with an opening statement by EU Commissioner for Health and Food Safety Stella Kyriakides, followed by a discussion on the re-establishment of the Platform for a new mandate, as of 2022. Member States and private sector organisations will also take the floor to present concrete initiatives that demonstrate how the work of the Platform and its recommendations for action, adopted in 2019, supported their activity on the ground.

Nathalie Chaze, Director, Food sustainability, international relations, will be chairing the meeting (in English only; translation will not be provided).

Interested stakeholders can follow the discussions live via webstreaming. The recording and the presentations will be published on the European Commission’s food waste website shortly after the meeting takes place.

Agenda

10.00 - 10.20 (Europe/Brussels)

Technical start (participants connect to the meeting through WebEx Events; technical assistance is provided as needed)

10.20 - 10.30

Introduction by the Chair

10.30 - 10.45

Opening statement by Commissioner Stella Kyriakides – Health and Food Safety

10.45 - 11.20

Re-establishing the EU Platform: update on process and timeline, presentation by the Commission and discussion with members

11.20 - 12.30

How has the Platform and its recommendations supported your work on the ground? Introduction by the Commission and exchange with members

Interventions from Member States

Interventions from private sector organisations

Discussion with members

12.30 - 13.30

Lunch break

13.30 - 13.50

Update on EU date marking activities by the Commission and exchange with members

13.50 - 14.10

Insights on household food waste, including role of date marking: findings from a consumer survey in Sweden, presentation by Karin Fritz, Swedish Food Agency, Project leader for the Government Commission in Reducing Food Waste 

14.10 - 14.40

Update on the development of the Code of Conduct for sustainable business practices, presentation by the Commission and discussion with members

14.40 - 15.10

Update on the development of the Voluntary Code of Conduct for Food Loss and Waste Reduction, presentation by FAO and exchange with members

15.10 - 15.20

Short break

15.20 - 15.45

Update on EU food waste measurement activities and work on setting EU-level targets by the Commission and exchange with members 

15.45 - 16.00

Measurement in support of food waste policy, by Daniëlle Kretz, Team Coordinator for ‘Sustainable Food’ of the Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality

16.00 - 16.30

State-of-play on the global Food Waste Index to monitor SDG Target 12.3, presentation by UN Environment and exchange with members

16.30 - 17.00

Food waste workstream and “game changers”, presentation by Liz Goodwin (WRI) and exchange with members

17.00 - 17.30

LIFE funding for food waste prevention initiatives, presentation by Angelo Salsi, Head of Unit, LIFE & CIP eco-innovation, Executive Agency for SMEs (EASME)

Green practices in the food sector, presentation by Véronique Willems, Secretary General SMEUnited

17.30 - 17.45

Conclusions and wrap-up by the Chair