An Australia
without food waste.

We’re working towards an Australia without food waste – starting with halving food waste by 2030. By leading the delivery of Australia’s National Food Waste Strategy, we are driven to eliminate food insecurity, create a healthier planet and build a more sustainable, circular, and resilient food system for the future.

We help establish the link between government, businesses, industry bodies, retailers and consumers to help uncover mutually beneficial collaborations and optimise workflows. Our team has over 15 years of experience in global food waste solutions and have the expertise to facilitate meaningful change.

End Food Waste Australia is already making a big difference. We have formed the world’s largest dedicated public-private partnership of over 100 organisations focused on ending food waste.

We have established the Australian Food Pact and Sector Action Plans to guide effective change. Having led comprehensive research in consumer food waste behaviours, we have uncovered new technologies for transforming valuable food waste into new resources and developed efficient practices for businesses to capitalise on. Food waste is a problem we can solve, but we can’t do it alone.

RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT AND EXTENSION – END FOOD WASTE CRC

• Deliver $19M in new R&D projects that deliver real industry impact.

• Graduate 40 Future Leader postgraduates and deliver

• Industry PhD program with KPMG.

• Enhance research extension through commercialisation and communications.

• Deliver remaining 28 grant agreement milestones and 7 impact targets.

INDUSTRY ACTION

• Recruit 34 new industry Australian Food Pact signatories.
• Implement 10 existing Sector Action Plans (SAPs).
• Deliver 12 new SAPs targeting remaining food waste hotspots in Australia.
• Develop manufacturing and hospitality food waste education, advisory and training programs.
• Empower businesses to lead the charge in food waste reduction, demonstrating their commitment to a sustainable future.

BEHAVIOUR CHANGE - THE GREAT UNWASTE

• Launch and grow the Nationwide Consumer Behaviour Change Campaign through to 2030.
• Address ‘out of home’ consumer food waste.
• Enhance our communications, marketing and stakeholder engagement to drive societal change.

STRATEGY, POLICY & GROWTH

• Implement recommendations from recent government inquiries relating to food waste, food security and food systems policy.
• Provide evidence to inform policy change and better regulation, such as food donation tax incentives.
• Diversify our offering, our partnerships and our funding base.

In 2018, an initiative called Fight Food Waste CRC was facilitated and funded to undertake research to find new strategies for reducing food waste. In 2020, a subsidiary called Stop Food Waste was established as a platform for businesses to collaborate and roll-out new systems to reduce their food waste. Realising that it would be more beneficial to combine both Fight Food Waste CRC and Stop Food Waste together, the two have merged to create End Food Waste Australia. Combining under one united brand empowers us to collaborate across research, industry, consumers and government to foster real change.

Stop Food Waste Australia

Stop Food Waste Australia was established in December 2020 as the lead agency to coordinate Australia’s response to the goal of halving food waste by 2030. It operates as an impactful partnership of organisations along the farm-to-fork food supply chain, including all levels of government, industry and the food rescue sector. SWFA’s activities are supported by the Australian Government Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water.

Fight Food Waste CRC

The Fight Food Waste Cooperative Research Centre was launched in July 2018, and brings together industry, research and the community to capitalise on Australia’s food waste opportunities. Winning this fight can save Australia $36.6 billion per annum in wasted food. Through its three research and development programs, the Fight Food Waste CRC will ENGAGE with industry and consumers to REDUCE food waste across the supply chain and TRANSFORM unavoidable waste into innovative products.

The Fight Food Waste CRC is funded by the Australian Government’s Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources as part of the CRC Program that supports industry-led collaborations between industry, researchers and the community.