Food Loss & Waste Protocol
Addressing the challenges of quantifying food loss and waste
Update: The FLW Protocol website is now live at https://www.flwprotocol.org.
The Food Loss & Waste Protocol (FLW Protocol) is a multi-stakeholder effort that has developed the global accounting and reporting standard (known as the FLW Standard) for quantifying food and associated inedible parts removed from the food supply chain (referred to for simplicity sake as ‘food loss and waste’). The FLW Standard enables a wide range of entities - countries, companies and other organizations - to account for and report in a credible, practical and internationally consistent manner how much food loss and waste is created and identify where it occurs, enabling the targeting of efforts to reduce it. Please visit the full FLW Protocol site at https://www.flwprotocol.org.
Photo by F. Fiondella (IRI/CCAFS).
April 2016
March 2015 (Documents for Review)
- FLW Standard Parts I-III - Draft for Review (in .docx format)
- FLW Standard Part IV - Draft for Review (in .docx format)
- FLW Standard Inventory Reporting Template - Draft for Review (in .xlsx format)
- FLW Standard Feedback Form (in .docx format)
- FLW Standard Review Process Overview
December 2014
November 2014
October 2014
October 3 Slides for Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #4 (PDF)
Recording of October 3 Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #4 (QuickTime file)
September 2014
September 22 Slides for Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #4 (PDF)
Recording of September 22 Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #4 (QuickTime file)
July 2014
July 29 Slides for Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #3f (PDF)
Recording of July 29 Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #3 (QuickTime movie file - click "Download" to view the entire recording)
July 21 Slides for Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #3 (PDF)
Recording of July 21 Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #3 (QuickTime movie file - click "Download" to view the entire recording)
Call for Participation in Technical Working Groups & External Review Group - July Update (PDF)
June 2014
June 25 Slides for Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #2 (PDF)
Recording of June 25 Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #2 (QuickTime movie file - click "Download" to view the entire recording)
June 5 Slides for Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #2 (PDF)
Recording of June 5 Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #2 (QuickTime movie file - click "Download" to view the entire recording)
May 2014
May 19th Slides for Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #1 (PDF)
Recording of May 19th Upstream Technical Working Group Meeting #1 (QuickTime movie file - click "Download" to view the entire recording)
April 2014
April 29th Slides for Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #1 (PDF)
Recording of April Downstream Technical Working Group Meeting #1 (QuickTime movie file - click "Download" to view the entire recording)
March 2014
Recording of March 19th Webinar (QuickTime movie file - click "Download" to view the entire recording)
March 19th Presentation: Introduction to Technical Working Groups and External Review Group (PDF)
January 2014