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  • Uddannelse: HHX
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  • Ord: 738

Indledning
Welcome. We are gathered here today to discuss a very important topic we are dealing with across the world. My name is Ken Murthy, and I am the CEO of the supermarket chain store, Tesco.

I believe, we as managers of supermarket chains have a responsibility to make sure we are doing the right thing.

We need to make sure that we are developing our stores the right way to a greener future with less food waste, and more green and sustainable products.

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Uddrag
In addition, Tesco believes that if you are going to make the world greener, you must focus on the huge food waste that is lost.

Food wasted worldwide, may be responsible for four percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. (p. 4 ll. 36-37)

The way to reduce food waste is to report it. We can see the problem already starts out on the farms, where food is wasted.

In our report, the total amount is a billion tons higher than expected. (p. 5 ll. 8-10).

We should not only believe it is in low-income countries we see a problem, with good food being wasted before it leaves the agricultural post at all. 58 percent of global counterparts come from high and middle-income regions such as Asia, North America, and Europe. (p. 5 ll. 11-13 & 17- 19)

It is about measuring and reporting. The measurements are controlled by the Target Measure Act. It is a tre-step program that is used by everyone, who is involved with the production, manufacture, and sale of food.

In this way, waste consumption will be measured and a plan to eliminate it will be put into place. (p. 5 ll. 20-30) By reporting waste consumption in every Tesco market, we have already managed to reduce our food waste by 42% since 2016/17. (p. 6 l. 5)

We have done this with the help of our suppliers. We have for example, our avocado grower in southern Africa.

If the avocado is not good enough to lie on supermarket shelves, they turn it into guacamole or avocado-oil products.

This is just an example of how easy it can be to reduce food waste. (p.6 ll. 23,24).