Over 1 billion tonnes more food being wasted than previously estimated, contributing 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions
· New WWF and Tesco report shows 1.2 billion tonnes of food is lost on farms, on top of the 931 million tonnes wasted at retail and consumption[1] · Approximately 40% of all the food grown goes uneaten · To reduce on-farm loss, WWF and Tesco call on global governments and food industry to adopt Target-Measure-Act approachGLAND, SWITZERLAND, 21 July 2021 – Today, WWF and Tesco publish Driven to Waste , a new report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms