Food Waste Loss Trend Index (FWLTI), A New Tool to Enable Management Decisions

The main purpose of this research is to work out a new, innovative tool describe trends food waste and loss (FWL) in the industry. result can help evaluate efforts for lowering wastes. FWL prevention recently gained much attention priority among governments international organizations as major means achieve global security sustainability; led very ambitious UN goal SDG 12.3, which aims halve losses by 2030. It an ethical obligation SDGs not declared law required profitability A new proposed article, one may be used leadership easily effectively. At first, definitions were analyzed get clear picture content data sourced from FAOSTAT EUROSTAT. These compared with others different sources. concluded that we have so many because difference collecting. most justified definition – often newly created each case. received EUROSTAT period 2010 − 2018 find correlation. inverse weak, they are comparable; must evaluated separately. trend increasing significant on level 95% EUROSTAT, decreasing important FAOSTAT, 2018. moderate correlation GDP HDI. index, Food Waste Loss Trend Index (FWLTI), was EU member states them cluster analyses scatterplots. There no connection EU28 FWLTI, every state individual case; there standard rules FLW generation.