About the FLW Protocol - Food Loss and Waste Protocol

The Food Loss & Waste Protocol is a multi-stakeholder partnership, which has developed the global Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard – also known simply as the FLW Standard.

Launched in 2013, the Food Loss & Waste Protocol’s mission is to ensure wide adoption of the FLW Standard so companies, governments, cities and others are better informed about food loss and waste and motivated to curb this inefficiency.

A Steering Committee of seven expert institutions provides technical input, written content, strategic direction, and quality control.

Steering Committee

Reviewers and Pilot Testers

Hundreds of reviewers, pilot testers and other contributors assisted in the development of the FLW Standard. Without them, this effort would not have been possible. See who participated here.

Funding

The Food Loss & Waste Protocol Steering Committee is grateful to the Global Green Growth Forum for providing a platform to launch the FLW Standard, and to the following for their core funding of the World Resources Institute, which serves as Secretariat of the Food Loss & Waste Protocol.

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA), and
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Ireland (Irish Aid)
Walmart Foundation

The Steering Committee is also grateful to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for supporting the installment of the World Resources Report that provided the initial analysis that underpins this project.

Contact Us

For input or questions, email Brian Lipinski at blipinski@wri.org

For media inquiries, email Jillian Holzer at jholzer@wri.org

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