Giving Compass' Take:

· Brian Lipinski at IssueLab assesses the consequences of food loss and waste on an economic, social, and environmental level while providing a business case for why efforts should be made to reduce this waste.

· What can be done to reduce food waste and loss? How will this help the environment? 

· Check out this article by Arabella Advisors for a few ways to dramatically reduce food waste. 

One-third of all food produced in the world is lost or wasted from farm to fork. This level of inefficiency in the food system has tremendous economic, social, and environmental consequences. Now, a first-of-its-kind analysis finds that there is a robust business case for companies, countries, and cities to reduce food loss and waste.

The Business Case for Reducing Food Loss and Waste's findings reflect real-world financial costs and benefits – including who pays and who benefits – a focus that speaks to hard-nosed business CFOs and government budget directors.

Read the full article about food loss and waste by Brian Lipinski at IssueLab.