This article wasoriginally postedon the Huffington Post.

在全球范围内，大约三分之一的用于人类消费的食物都浪费了。它腐烂，迷失在运输中，或者只是放在我们的盘子上。这这种损失的影响extends beyond just food: Production of food that is wasted uses 24 percent of all agriculture-related water, causes 8 percent of all human-created greenhouse gas emissions, and costs consumers, farmers and businesses up to $940 billion per year.

Last year's Sustainable Development Goals, signed by more than 193 countries, included a target to halve food waste by 2030, while some businesses have set even more ambitious deadlines. In 2015, The Consumer Goods Forum - a coalition of more than 400 of the world's largest manufacturers, retailers and service providers - resolved that its members should halve food waste from their own operations by 2025.

履行这些承诺的一个主要障碍是缺乏一致的指导。哥本哈根最近的全球绿色增长论坛通过推出粮食损失和废物会计和报告标准（FLW标准）。这是有史以来第一个针对企业，政府和其他团体的全球指南，以衡量和报告其粮食损失和浪费。

测量什么，如何测量

这newFLW Standardestablishes consistent definitions, requirements and guidelines on what companies need to measure and how they should measure it. Companies that use the guidance will be better able to quantify how much food loss and waste occurs in their operations and supply chains, understand where it goes, and set baselines and measure progress against targets. Armed with this information, companies can develop smarter strategies and increase the efficiency of their supply chains.

作为成员冠军12.3，我们坚信，如果我们共同努力，我们可以开发有效的解决方案来减少粮食损失和浪费，帮助世界达到可持续发展目标目标12.3，旨在到2030年将食品浪费降低50％。2016年1月推出，冠军12.3是政府，商业和非营利部门的领导人联盟，致力于激发雄心壮志，动员行动并加速朝着这一全球目标的进步。

实现目标12.3的目标与雀巢到2020年实现零废物的目标保持一致。作为领先的营养，健康和保健公司，雀巢致力于减少其价值链中的粮食损失和浪费。

Reducing food loss and waste not only helps Nestlé secure its supply of agricultural raw materials, but it will also have a positive impact on society by supporting rural development, water conservation, and food security. Shockingly, more than 800 million people - one in nine globally - are undernourished. And yet 1 billion tons of food that is produced for people never gets consumed. If we can get more food to more people, this will increase their nutrition intake and improve their well-being, while reducing pressure on natural resources.

Developing New Strategies

经过measuring food loss and waste，公司可以更好地查看并报告供应链中的食物在哪里以及如何损失食物。透明度提高可以帮助公司识别热点，制定新策略并监控进度。例如，雀巢提供有关其努力的定期更新，并在年度中减少粮食损失和浪费的进展社会上的雀巢：创造共同价值报告以及通过相关的私人和公共报告计划。

这FLW Standard是使用来自200多个外部利益相关者的投入和反馈开发的。雀巢在标准开发过程中提供了输入，并在其巴基斯坦的牛奶供应链中进行了试点测试。巴基斯坦乳制品行业之所以选择其复杂性和高量，是因为它提供了一个机会来测试公司乳制品中心型号的效率。

At each stage of the value chain, Nestlé analyzed all potential causes of wastage using theFLW Standard。结果令人印象深刻。该公司供应链中的牛奶总损失估计仅为1.4％，明显低于平均国家估计。实际上，根据2004年亚洲开发银行的报告，巴基斯坦农民出售的牛奶中约有15％至19％被浪费在市场途中。雀巢还发现，在农民中共享最佳实践有助于增加牛奶生产，而牛奶却少被冷藏中心拒绝，而在零售阶段的管理改善可以进一步减少产品损失。我们希望随着越来越多的企业使用FLW Standard，他们将能够确定类似的机会。

这FLW Standard建立在先例的基础上。大约15年前，WRI与世界可持续发展委员会合作，推出温室气体会计和报告标准, which is now the most widely used and trusted approach for measuring and reporting emissions. We hope theFLW Standard将有类似的覆盖范围。

这真是太多了，浪费和浪费了很多食物。通过持续的合作和承诺，我们可以扭转局面。那些测量浪费的人可以更好地管理它。这对人，企业和地球都是个好消息。