Food waste reduction app signs Courtauld Commitment 2030 to have “bigger impact, faster” on sustainability of UK food sector
Gander has signed up to Wrap’s Courtauld Commitment 2030 as it bids to become a “leader in sustainability”.
The cross-sector agreement brings together a range of organisations to reduce food waste, greenhouse gas emissions and water stress in the UK by the of the decade.
Gander, a food waste reduction app that covers fresh produce, said it had signed the commitment as part of its new “partnership approach” to “make a bigger impact, faster”.
However, the company stressed its immediate goals remain the same: to help retailers “reduce their food waste, improve their bottom line, enhance their sustainability credentials, and save millions of food items from going to waste”.
In turn, this gives consumers access to perfectly edible food at reduced prices.
Gander’s new Local Data Feed means it reaches more channels than before, connecting more people to reduced-price food near to where they live.
Gander added that it would achieve its sustainability goals through partnerships with the likes of Snappy Shopper and Olio, and by taking Gander into new territories across the globe.
Business development director at Gander, Stacey Williams, said: “Adding our signature to the Courtauld Commitment 2030 shows we are serious about collaborating with other organisations to make the food and drink industry more sustainable.
“By signing this Commitment, we are showing we are willing to be transparent in our endeavours and willing to be measured against the best in the industry.”
Director of behaviour change and business programmes at Wrap, Catherine David, added: “With food and drink representing 35 per cent of UK greenhouse gas consumption emissions, the work we are doing together on the most significant sustainability challenges that the sector faces – carbon reduction, improved water stewardship, and food waste reduction – couldn’t be more important.”
The aim, she said, is to “reset our fragile global food system into a sustainable model that will feed us in the future and cut greenhouse gas towards net zero”.
