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皇家华人worked closely with WRAP to develop the 鈥樷�� initiative, launched in June 2020,聽and聽along with other trade bodies, major retailers, meat processors, hospitality and food service companies,聽signed up to the programme and pledged to work together to reduce waste, improve productivity and cut emissions.

At the time of launching, WRAP estimated聽that more than 380,000 tonnes of meat, worth 拢3 billion, was wasted each year from production through to the consumer, measuring more than 4 million tonnes in CO2 equivalents. The inital report stated聽this waste must be prevented if we are to contribute to the UK鈥檚 target of a net zero economy by 2050, as well as the NFU鈥檚 net zero vision and other industry initiatives.

Since then, WRAP's progress report found that:

• 60% of business supporters have set net zero or science-based GHG reduction targets across the whole supply chain, including agricultural聽emissions.
• Retailers and processors have reported a significant and increasing amount of R&D activity being focused in priority areas, such as feed innovations.
• Meat processors reported a collective reduction in food waste of more than 20,000 tonnes 鈥� an average 30% reduction.聽
• All businesses set a GHG reduction target and reported year-on-year improvements 鈥� up to 30% reduction in emissions intensity聽over the last year.
• All processors reported having water efficiency targets and year-on-year improvements 鈥搖p to 15% reduction in intensity of water use.

However, the report also found that, as Covid restrictions eased, households food waste appears to be increasing.聽

Karen Fisher, Head of Climate Action Strategy at聽WRAP, said: 鈥淲hilst the call to eat less meat is widely acknowledged, we recognise that there is still a role for meat produced to high welfare, climate and environmental standards in our diet. It is, therefore, critical that the industry works together towards these aims.