This presentation is part of the Wageningen University & Research food loss and waste project, the presentation Experiences from Public-Private partnerships across Europe was presented by Toine Timmermans in June of 2017.

1. FUSIONS & REFRESH
Toine Timmermans, 12 June 2017
Experiences from Public-Private partnerships across Europe

2. Partnerships Wageningen University & Research

3. European & global targets & initiatives
SDG 12.3:
By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and
consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply
chains, including post-harvest losses
EC Circular Economy Package Target = SDG 12.3
EP Resolution on Food Waste Adopted in Plenary, 16 May 2017

4. Dave Lewis
CEO
Tesco
Chair of Champions12.3
Achim Steiner
Director
Oxford Martin School,
Oxford University
Vytenis Andriukaitis
Commissioner for
Health and Food Safety
European Commission
Peter Bakker
President
World Business Council
for Sustainable Development
Paul Bulcke
CEO
Nestlé S.A.
Wiebe Dreijer
Chairman of the
Executive Board
Rabobank
Louise Fresco
President
Wageningen University
& Research
Liz Goodwin
Senior Fellow and
Director, Food Loss and
Waste WRI
ShenggenFan
Director General
International Food and Policy
Research Institute
Hans Hoogeveen
Ambassador and Permanent
Representative of the
Netherlands to UN
Organisations for Food and
Agriculture
Sam Kass
Senior Food Analyst
NBC News
(former White House chef)
Gina McCarthy
Administrator
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
Yolanda Kakabadse
President
WWF International
Kanayo F. Nwanze
President
International Fund for
Agricultural Development
Cao Duc Phat
Minister, Ministry of
Agriculture and Rural
Development, Vietnam
Paul Polman
CEO
Unilever
Juan Lucas Restrepo Ibiza
Chairman
Global Forum on
Agricultural Research
Raymond Offenheiser
President
Oxfam America
Judith Rodin
President
Rockefeller Foundation
Feike Sijbesma
CEO
Royal DSM
Andrew Steer
President and CEO
World Resources Institute
Tristram Stuart
Founder
Feedback
Oyun Sanjaasuren
President
2nd United Nations
Environment Assembly
Rhea Suh
President
Natural Resources
Defense Council
Rhoda Peace Tumusiime
Commissioner for
Rural Economy and Agriculture
African Union
Sunny Verghese
CEO and Co-Founder
Olam International
Tom Vilsack
Secretary
U.S. Department
of Agriculture
Senzeni Zokwana
Minister
Ministry of Agriculture,
Forestry and Fisheries, South Africa
Lindiwe Majele Sibanda
CEO & Head of Mission
Food, Agriculture & Nat.
Resource Policy Network
John Bryant
Chairman of the Board
Kellogg Company
Michel Landel
CEO
Sodexo Group
Esben LundeLarsen
Minister
Ministry of Environment
and Food, Denmark
José Antonio Meade
Secretary
Secretariat of Finance
and Public Credit, Mexico
Rafael Pacchiano
Secretary, Department of
Environment & Natural Resources,
Mexico
Peter Freedman
Managing Director
The Consumer
Goods Forum
Denise Morrison
President and CEO
Campbell Soup
Company
Erik Solheim
Executive Director
UNEP
Co-Chair of Champions12.3
MarcusGover
Chief Executive Officer
WRAP
Evelyn Nguleka
President
World Farmers’ Organisation

5. FUSIONS Project Structure (2012-2016)
ESTABLISH
Reliable data & information sources
• Establish, develop test & describe standardised
quantification & reporting methodologies for
food waste monitoring
• Comprehensive mapping of existing trends
• Criteria for environmental and socio-economic
impact
• Quantification manual and assess EU-28
EXCHANGE
Multi-stakeholder Platform
• Establish the European Multi-stakeholder Platform
• Organisation of European and regional
conferences and interactive meetings
• Organise feedback & consensus building process
ENGAGE
Sharing of knowledge
• Share key deliverables through a range of
channels
• Organise events, campaigns and cooperate with
external parties to create maximum impact
• Raise awareness, extend the ambassador network
and provide tools & guides to support action
EXEMPLIFY
Feasibility studies
• Identify initiatives and best practices
• Invite, co-design initiatives & evaluate
• Execute, monitor and evaluate feasibility
studies
• Encourage additional activities
ENABLE
Policy recommendations
• Map legislation & policies
• Identity measures & policy evaluation
framework
• Design guidelines & recommendations
WP1
WP2
WP5
WP3 WP4

6. FUSIONS multi-stakeholder platform

7. FUSIONS definitional framework
Food waste: Any food, and inedible parts of food, removed from the food supply chain to be
recovered or disposed to B3-B11,describing different end of life treatments

8. Food waste – latest estimate EU-28
173 kg pro-capita
food waste

9. GNB
Belgium
Espigoladors
Spain
Gleaning Project – Several countries
Gleaning Network EU
Gleaning
Network EU
Objectives
• Bring together & support existing
gleaning projects and understand the
opportunities and challenges to further
catalyse gleaning movements across
Europe
• Develop guidance & dissemination tool
Outcomes:
• Support provided to 4 countries
(Belgium, Spain, France, Greece)
• Gleaning guide and website set up
Re-Bon France

10. Cr-EAT-ive Project – Greece
Raise awareness and influence behaviour
Project Participants
6 Kindergardens
480 children
480 families
25 Teachers
7 Kindergarden
Heads
Objectives
• Raise awareness on food waste and
influence behaviour of kindergarten
children, their parents, teachers & staff
Outcomes
• Food waste diaries (30 families)
• Teaching materials for children (teacher
guides, fun exercises & a board game)
• Educational guidelines aimed at parents
• Guidance & training of canteen staff

11. Impact & structural change of behaviour
• Frontrunners prevent 20-35% food waste
• Suboptimal Meal planning and large portion size
major causes for food waste
• Waste diary is an important instrument to
increase awareness
• Benefit from local collaboration (municipality,
waste managements, schools, local supermarket,
social innovation). Social context important driver
for change !

12. European policy Arena; What’s happening
Policy Commitments: SDG12.3, Circular Economy Package
Monitoring of food waste at MS level
Building on EU-FUSIONS, Eurostat and FLW protocol
a new EU platform food loss & food waste (public/private)
Data of not sufficient quality
Data of high quality

13. European policy Arena; What’s happening
Harmonisation of food donation guidelines
Date labelling (study private sector practices, review terminology,
annex products with no expiration date)
Support former foodstuffs utilisation as animal feed
European Court of Auditors report

14. European policy Arena, Member States actions
Collaborative models with Multiple Approaches (& mixed models)
Enforced by legislation
● France (law to “oblige” donation by supermarkets)
● Italy (facilitate donation, incentives)
● UK (Groceries Code Adjudicator, fair trading practices)

15. European policy Arena, Member States actions
Voluntary agreements (already running for some years):
● Courtauld Agreement (UK), Sustainable Food Alliance (NL),
Format/Mattvet (NO), Chain Roadmap (BE)
Urban City (Milan Urban Food Policy Pact, Amsterdam Metropolitan
Solutions)

16. REFRESH is funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union under Grant
Agreement no. 641933. The contents of this document are the sole responsibility of REFRESH and
can in no way be taken to reflect the views of the European Union
Resource Efficient Food and dRink for
the Entire Supply cHain (2015 – 2019)
26 partners, 12 countries
Multi stakeholder platforms: the
Netherlands, Germany, Spain,
Hungary, China

17. www.eu-refresh.org
The REFRESH Project
A central ambition of the REFRESH project is to develop a
‘Framework for Action’ model that is based on strategic
agreements across all stages of the supply chain (backed by
Governments), delivered through collaborative working and
supported by evidence-based tools to allow targeted, cost
effective interventions.
Success will support transformation towards a more
sustainable food system, based on Circular Economy
principles, benefitting Europe’s economy, environment and
society.

18. www.eu-refresh.org
Frameworks for Action
Collaborative agreement between a number of key
public and private organisations to take action
against an agreed ambition or target.
Based on voluntary action by the actors involved
without the need for legislation.

19. www.eu-refresh.org
Summary of success factors
Strong lead organisation and right mix of key players
Governmental involvement at early stage
Engage signatories in the early stages
Effective measuring and reporting framework
Availability of funding aids effectiveness

20. www.eu-refresh.org
Dutch Taskforce Circular Economy in Food

21. (Social) innovation & systemic causes

22. Taskforce Circular Economy: Ecosystem & impact
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23. Surplus Food Retail/Food service Category

24. Food technology & value creation

25. Circular systems & novel products

26. 19-02-17
Technology as a game changer
Smart monitoring

27. Leapfrogging – new business models

28. TRUPHE
TRansportable Unit for Post-Harvest
Excellence
• Transportable (mobile) post-
harvest research facility
• Made available for local farmer
groups or cooperation’s
• Time to do effective
experimental research
shortened dramatically
• Flexible and network-based
solution by connection to global
community of experts

29. “business case” of FLW

30. Thanks for your
attention
toine.timmermans@wur.nl
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