Quantifying Food Loss and Waste
Toks, a 100% Mexican restaurant chain with more than 200 restaurants throughout the country, has undertaken various initiatives to reduce food loss and waste (FLW), including offering some of its dishes in different portion sizes.
Supply Chain Energy Efficiency through ISO 50001: A How-to Guide for Your Company
This guide is intended to guide original equipment manufacturers (OEM) and supplier organizations in establishing and institutionalizing the organizational structures and management systems needed to effectively and efficiently achieve their desired energy performance goals and objectives. Central to this approach is the recognition that the ISO 50001 Energy Management System is internationally recognized as the […]
Why and How to Measure Food Loss and Waste
This guide was developed as part of the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Operational Plan 2017-2018 and its Measuring and Mitigating Food Loss and Waste project. The goal of the project is to improve measurement of food loss and waste (FLW) across the North American supply chain and to calculate its environmental and socioeconomic impacts. […]
Technical Report: Quantifying Food Loss and Waste and Its Impacts
Food loss and waste (FLW) is an important issue in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, where almost 170 million tonnes of the food produced for human consumption is estimated to be wasted across the supply chain (CEC 2017b), while food security and resource efficiency are considered top priorities of the national social, environmental and development policies.
Food Matters Action Kit
Stopping climate change and protecting the environment are among the greatest challenges of our time, and food waste is a major contributor to both of these issues.
Effluent Measurement Saves Beer!
Food Loss and Waste (FLW) Reporting enables tracking of changes over time and their associated benefits. Effluent measurement at Beau’s has conserved more than just beer. The benefits to the environment and to Beau’s bottom line show that food loss measurement can be an important component of sustainable manufacturing.
Identification of CITES-listed Tarantulas
The purpose of this guide is to assist enforcement officers by providing the information required to identify specimens of tarantula species that are listed in the Appendices of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). The identifying characters of one species of Aphonopelma, 16 species of Brachypelma, and two species of Sericopelma are described in text and accompanying photographs.
Collaboration to support sustainable trade of tarantulas in North America
The Tarantula Trinational Trade and Enforcement Workshop was organized by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation in response to the recommendations of the CEC publication Sustainable Trade in Tarantulas: Action Plan for North America. The workshop was held in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, from 27 February to 2 March 2018. The workshop was organized into three separate sessions. The first two days of the workshop consisted of the Trinational Trade Session. The following two days included two concurrent meetings: a Law Enforcement Closed Session, and an IUCN Red List Assessment Session.
Taking Stock 15
This edition of Taking Stock examines the 2013 pollutant data reported by industrial facilities in Canada, Mexico and the United States to their national pollutant release and transfer registers (PRTRs). The goal of the publication is to enhance the understanding of the sources, locations and handling of industrial substances to promote pollution prevention and support the integration of PRTR data into an overarching framework for managing pollutants in North America.
Case Studies on Food Loss and Waste in North America
Food loss and waste (FLW) is an increasingly important issue in North America, where annually close to 170 million tonnes of food produced for human consumption are lost and wasted across the food supply chain. Food waste in landfills is a significant source of methane gas—a greenhouse gas (GHG) 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide. […]
Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America
Food loss and waste (FLW) is an increasingly important issue in Canada, Mexico and the United States, where close to 170 million tonnes of food produced for human consumption are lost and wasted—across the food supply chain, including in pre-harvest and consumer sectors—each year. Food waste in landfills is a significant source of methane gas—a greenhouse gas (GHG) 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide. FLW also has environmental and socio-economic impacts, including the inefficient use of natural resources, economic loss, biodiversity loss, and public health issues.
Characterization and Management of Food Loss and Waste in North America
Food loss and waste (FLW) is an increasingly important issue in Canada, Mexico and the United States, where close to 170 million tonnes of food produced for human consumption are lost and wasted—across the food supply chain, including in pre-harvest and consumer sectors—each year. Food waste in landfills is a significant source of methane gas—a greenhouse gas (GHG) 25 times stronger than carbon dioxide. FLW also has environmental and socio-economic impacts, including: the inefficient use of natural resources; economic loss; biodiversity loss; and public health issues.