Resources
A consistent methodology for businesses to measure and track progress in reducing supply chain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
This Implementation Resource has been created to supplement WRAP’s Guidance on Labelling for Redistribution (the Guidance), which outlines how long different foods can be expected to be suitable for redistribution after the ‘Best Before’ date, the associated date labelling and storage instructions and the processes required by food businesses and redistribution organisations within the UK to ensure that surplus food is safely redistributed.
- Food and drink
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Non-governmental organisations
It’s an exciting time to be part of the Courtauld Commitment 2030. With COP26 fresh in the memory, climate change a daily item in the news agenda, and with a growing number of other challenges to food security and supply, the work we are doing together to fix the food system has never been more vital, or more urgent. The new and ambitious Courtauld 2030 targets are firing up our signatories as never before to take collaborative action and Target, Measure and Act on the sustainability issues that matter most to the food and drink sector, and that will have the greatest impact to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
- Food and drink
- Courtauld Commitment
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
Protecting critical water resources for food supply, for nature and for local communities.
- Food and drink
- Water stewardship
- Courtauld Commitment
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
A new Roadmap towards Water Security for Food & Drink supply.
24 November 2021, 1400-1500 GMT

- Water stewardship
- Courtauld Commitment
- Farmers and growers
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
There has never been a better time for forward thinking businesses to get ahead of regulation. There is a business imperative to collaborate, innovate and find ways to create both impact and commercial opportunity. The challenge is to go beyond targets by delivering practical changes that go beyond ‘greenwash’.
- Courtauld Commitment
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations
This best practice guide identifies how a more consistent approach can be taken to the redistribution of surplus retailer own-label food from supply chain businesses. This will result in more food being made available for redistribution, in a timely manner.
- Food and drink
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Non-governmental organisations
On this page you'll find introductory information about the UK Food Waste Reduction Roadmap, including the benefits in joining and everything your business needs to get started in delivering the Roadmap and 'Target, Measure, Act'.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
Increasing the amount of food surplus that is redistributed from food businesses is a key strand of the strategy to reduce food waste, to deliver the Courtauld Commitment 2025 (Courtauld 2025) target and ultimately the Sustainable Development Goal 12.3. There has been a significant increase in activities aimed at achieving this, with good progress being made over recent years (Surplus Food Redistribution in the UK; 2015 to 2017).
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Trade associations
This document provides a summary of the methodology for the Household Simulation Model (HHSim).
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Courtauld Commitment
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Packaging producers
The following organisations have committed to the Food Waste Reduction Roadmap and the Target, Measure, Act principles.
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- UN SDG 12.3
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Trade associations
WRAP’s mission is to accelerate the move to a sustainable, resource-efficient economy through:
- re-inventing how we design, produce and sell products
- re-thinking how we use and consume products
- re-defining what is possible through re-use and recycling
- Plastic Packaging
- Eliminating problem plastics
- The UK Plastics Pact
- Plastic packaging design
- Global Plastics Pacts
- Reuse and refill
- Film and flexible packaging
- Waste management and end markets
- Food and drink
- Reducing and preventing food waste
- Measuring and reporting food waste
- Surplus food redistribution
- Water stewardship
- Courtauld Commitment
- Food Waste Reduction Roadmap
- Guardians of Grub
- Guardians of Grub Becoming a Champion
- Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
- Food date labelling
- Meat, poultry and fish
- Fresh produce sector
- Dairy sector
- Bakery sector
- Ambient foods sector
- Convenience, chilled foods and frozen
- Funding
- Whole chain resource efficiency
- Household food waste
- Behaviour change interventions
- TRIFOCAL
- Refresh
- UN SDG 12.3
- Textiles
- Fibre & fabric selection
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use & recycling
- Non-clothing textiles
- Design for extending clothing life
- SCAP 2020
- Textiles 2030
- ECAP
- Collections & recycling
- Consistency in collections
- Service design
- Communicating with residents
- Contamination prevention
- Collections and sorting
- Kerbside collection
- Recycling in urban areas
- HWRCs & bring sites
- Commercial waste
- Material Recovery Facilities
- Re-use
- Dry materials
- Organics
- Recovered materials markets
- Market situation reports
- Market snapshots
- Gate fees
- UN SDG 12.5
- Electricals
- Product durability
- Minimising product returns
- Consumer behaviour
- Re-use and recycling
- Farmers and growers
- Hospitality and food service
- Manufacturers
- Retailers and brands
- Textiles sourcers, producers and designers
- Waste management and reprocessors
- Local Authorities
- Packaging producers
- Trade associations
- National government and departments
- Non-governmental organisations