15 The Courtauld Commitment is a voluntary agreement that aims to deliver reductions in food waste, greenhouse gas emissions and water stress across the whole UK supply chain.

16 WRAP – Courtauld 2030 Food Systems Transformation Plan

17 The Scottish Government – Delivering Scotland’s Circular Economy consultation

18 The Scottish Government – Food waste reduction: Action plan

19 SEPA – Waste from all sources: Summary data 2021

20 Zero Waste Scotland – Recycling Improvement Fund

21 Isaro Community Initiative – Projects

22 Zero Waste Scotland – Food Waste Reduction Business Support

23 WRAP – Reducing household food waste and plastic packaging

24 The Guardian – Waitrose removes best-before dates from fresh food to reduce waste

25 Asda – Asda announces major change to help customers reduce food waste and save money

26 The Scottish Government – Sustainable Procurement Tools

27 Good food for all – Glasgow City Food Plan

28 Zero Waste Scotland – Scottish communities hold the ingredients to tackle food waste

29 The Scottish Government – Delivering Scotland’s Circular Economy consultation

30 The Scottish Government – Net Zero Scotland: Food Waste Toolkit

The Zero Waste Scotland x Rankin: Turning The Lens On Food Waste COP26 campaign31, which highlighted the massive impact of food waste on climate change during the climate conference in Glasgow in 2021. The campaign generated significant interest with key messaging seen by citizens, businesses and stakeholders. It also won 4 accolades including a “Best Environmental Cause Campaign” award at the prestigious Purpose Awards. Post COP26 evaluation also highlighted that the campaign was responsible for a 5% increase in public awareness of food waste’s contribution to climate change among those living in Scotland.

31 Zero Waste Scotland x Rankin – Turning The Lens On Food Waste COP26 campaign

32 Zero Waste Scotland – Down The Drain: Tapping into drink waste campaign

33 Zero Waste Scotland – Can-paign campaign

34 Food Standards Scotland – Eat well your way

35 FareShare – Surplus with Purpose

36 Fresh Produce Journal – 5m FareShare milestone for Albert Bartlett

37 Zero Waste Scotland – Food Redistribution Matchmaking Service

38 Zero Waste Scotland – Surplus Food Redistribution

39 WRAP – Surplus food redistribution labelling guidance

40 Zero Waste Scotland – 2021 Scottish Food Waste Estimates

41 See section 5 of Zero Waste Scotland – 2021 Scottish Food Waste Estimates for a discussion on the limitations of the estimate for some sectors.

42 See section 2.3 of Zero Waste Scotland – 2021 Scottish Food Waste Estimates

43 Scotland generated 75.9 million tonnes of CO₂eq in 2019 (the most recent figure available), according to The Scottish Government – Scotland’s Carbon Footprint: 1998-2019

44 Our World in Data - Food waste is responsible for 6% of global greenhouse gas emissions

45 WRAP - Food surplus and waste in the UK: key facts

46 See section 3.1 of Zero Waste Scotland – 2021 Scottish Food Waste Estimates

47 Zero Waste Scotland – 2021 Scottish Food Waste Estimates

48 WRAP – Food System Transformation: The Courtauld Commitment 2030

49 The Scottish Government – Delivering Scotland’s Circular Economy consultation

50 WRAP – UK household food waste tracking survey Winter 2021: Behaviours, attitudes, and awareness

51 WRAP – The Impact of the Cost of Living on Food Behaviours

52 Zero Waste Scotland – Household Waste Composition Analysis

53 WRAP – Reducing food loss and waste: Setting a global action agenda

54 See page 86 of the Champions 12.3 2022 Progress Report

55 See table 1 in the Champions 12.3 2022 Progress Report

56 WRAP – Courtauld 2030 Food Systems Transformation Plan

57 WRAP – Food waste measurement roadmap 2021 Progress report

58 WRAP – Food waste measurement roadmap 2022 Progress report

59 Zero Waste Scotland – Food waste vs. plastic waste – which is worse for the environment?

60 See section 7.3 of Food Standards Scotland – Consumer attitudes towards the diet and food environment in Scotland

61 WRAP – UK Household Food Waste Tracking Survey 2022

62 WRAP’s Household Food and Drink Waste in the UK 21/22 - Published November 2023.

63 The definition of the food system here is as referenced within the United Nations Food Systems Summit 2021 Scientific Group paper ’Food Systems – Definition, Concept and Application for the UN Food Systems Summit’ as “The food system includes the related resources, the inputs, production, transport, processing and manufacturing industries, retailing, and consumption of food as well as its impacts on environment, health, and society”.

64 The Scottish Government – Delivering Scotland’s Circular Economy consultation

65 Scottish Government – Securing a green recovery on a path to net zero: climate change plan 2018–2032 update

66 Scottish Government – Good Food Nation policy: Food and Drink

67 Scottish Government – Tackling the Nature Emergency – Scottish biodiversity strategy to 2045

68 The Scottish Parliament – Circular Economy (Scotland) Bill

69 Scottish Government – Delivering Scotland’s Circular Economy consultation