纽约（2018年9月18日）—During Climate Week, leaders from business, civil society and government will announce new advances in the fight against food waste.Champions 12.3’sDave Lewis(Group Chief Executive, Tesco),Vytenis Andriukaitis（欧洲健康与食品安全局长），Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko(African Union Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture),阳光明媚的Verghese(CEO, Olam International) and other leaders will share the most innovative new strategies, public-private partnerships, technologies and commitments on food loss and waste in 2018.

The event isTuesday, September 25, 10:00 am-12:15 pm ETat Project Farmhouse in New York City, and includes a “food waste avoiding” lunch and beer tasting.Former White House Chef Sam Kass将现场演示使用食物碎片的新家庭食谱。

In addition to these announcements, Champions 12.3 will releaseSDG Target 12.3 on Food Loss and Waste: 2018 Progress Report.

WHO:

•Dave Lewis, Group Chief Executive, Tesco and Chair, Champions 12.3

•Vytenis Andriukaitis, European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety

•Josefa Leonel Correia Sacko, Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission

•Shenggen Fan, Director General, International Food Policy Research Institute

•凯文·费伊（Kevin Fay）, Executive Director, Global Food Cold Chain Council

•Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum

•Liz Goodwin,Senior Fellow and Director Food Loss and Waste, World Resources Institute

•Marcus GoverChief Executive, WRAP

•Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the UN Organizations for Food and Agriculture

•Gilbert Houngbo国际农业发展基金会主席

•Theo de Jager, President, World Farmers' Organisation

•Selina Juul, Founder, Stop Wasting Food (Denmark)

•Sam Kass, Former White House Chef, Founder of TROVE and Venture Partner, Acre Venture Partners

•Michael La Cour, Managing Director, IKEA Food Services AB

•Stefania Lallai, Sustainability and External Relations Director, Costa Cruises

•Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Co-Chair, Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, Farmer, and Champion for Sustainable Food Systems

•阳光明媚的Verghese, Co-Founder, CEO and Group & Managing Director, Olam International

•Joaquim Levy,世界银行董事总经理兼世界银行集团首席财务官

WHEN:

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ET

Light lunch and beer tasting after the event

WHERE:

Project Farmhouse

76 East 13th Street

New York, NY 10003

RSVP/MEDIA CONTACT:

Ally Friedman,ally.friedman@wri.org, 425.445.5475

Let Ally know if you would like to interview any of the speakers.