Sustainability
Manufacturers are working to create more healthier food and beverage choices while using fewer natural resources –
driving up environmental standards and creating sustainable agricultural supply chains that protect and restore biodiversity, promote equity and social well-being, improve rural livelihoods and build thriving communities.
Food processing and sustainability
Biodiversity & sustainable agriculture
Agriculture is the foundation of the food system. To ensure a sustainable food system, a more efficient, resilient and sustainable agricultural system is critical.
Biodiversity & sustainable agriculture
Biodiversity is essential for the sustainable production of agricultural products, helping to ensure healthier soils, pollination and pest control and leading to better yields and more nutrient-rich crops.
Climate change mitigation
Reducing GHG emissions and employing natural climate solutions.
Climate change mitigation
Manufacturers are implementing strategies and technological innovations to reduce agricultural emissions; sourcing raw materials in a way that promotes agricultural resiliency; and accelerating the use of energy from renewable sources in their manufacturing operations and in the transport of their products.
Water stewardship
Managing the water we use responsibly.
Water stewardship
Processing can ensure an environmentally sustainable water supply system by improving water use efficiency in agricultural and manufacturing operations; treating and recycling waste-water; creating healthier watersheds by replenishing water consumed; while respecting the human right to water.
Food loss & waste
Food loss and waste is both an environmental and economic issue.
Food loss & waste
Processing techniques work to reduce food loss and waste at every stage of the value chain – from the farm to production to consumption and disposal - to reduce the environmental impact of food production and improve food security.
Economic and social well-being
Food processing contributes to income generation, employment and social well-being.
Economic and social well-being
The processed food sector partners with governments, UN agencies and NGOs globally to enable the economic empowerment of farmers, improve the resiliency of farming communities and generate sustainable livelihoods.
Packaging
Reducing the use of virgin materials and supporting a circular economy where packaging never becomes waste.
Packaging
Optimizing package design and source materials that perform and protect with the minimum packaging possible; minimize the environmental impact and reduce CO2 emissions; and ensure that packaging is recyclable, reusable, compostable or biodegradable.
Biodiversity & sustainable agriculture
Agriculture is the foundation of the food system. To ensure a sustainable food system, a more efficient, resilient and sustainable agricultural system is critical.
Biodiversity & sustainable agriculture
Biodiversity is essential for the sustainable production of agricultural products, helping to ensure healthier soils, pollination and pest control and leading to better yields and more nutrient-rich crops.
Climate change mitigation
Reducing GHG emissions and employing natural climate solutions.
Climate change mitigation
Manufacturers are implementing strategies and technological innovations to reduce agricultural emissions; sourcing raw materials in a way that promotes agricultural resiliency; and accelerating the use of energy from renewable sources in their manufacturing operations and in the transport of their products.
Water stewardship
Managing the water we use responsibly.
Water stewardship
Processing can ensure an environmentally sustainable water supply system by improving water use efficiency in agricultural and manufacturing operations; treating and recycling waste-water; creating healthier watersheds by replenishing water consumed; while respecting the human right to water.