D1.4 Sector-specific guidance

The CHORIZO project aims to improve understanding about how social norms (rules and expectations that are socially enforced) influence behaviour related to food waste generation. This deliverable utilises actions (interventions) identified and analysed in T1.2 and T1.3 of the project’s first WP to develop sector-specific guidance on actions that address food loss and food waste (FLW). The focus is on key success factors, impacts of the actions, challenges and implementation barriers, and ultimately identifying what is needed to facilitate interventions with a high-potential to address food waste.
This report is divided into the following main chapters:
Introductory chapter and chapter 2: An overview of the CHORIZO project and this deliverable, followed by an explanation about the methodology used to formulate guidance specific to certain sectors throughout the food chain; outlining data sources, analyses, as well as an overview of the MOA Framework.
Chapter 3: The third chapter is dedicated to discussing the interventions identified and analysed along the supply chain, and in particular the social, economic and environmental impacts, challenges, success factors, and key lessons learned. Included as well is analysis using the Motivation (including social norms), Opportunity, and Ability Framework (MOA), and what the application of that framework has meant in terms of highlighting the drivers of behaviour towards food waste. The chapter distinguishes 6 sectors and 3 additional contexts wherein food waste occurs, providing a comprehensive framework for targeting impactful interventions. The sectors covered are: primary production (section 3.1), processing and manufacturing (including valorisation) industry (section 3.2), retail sector (section 3.3), transport and redistribution (section 3.4), and food services industry (section 3.5). The additional contexts included are interventions that take place at the municipal level (section 3.9), at the households (section 3.6), those that cover the entirety of the supply chain (section 3.7), and finally actions which are geared primarily to raise awareness about the FLW issue (section 3.8).
Chapter 4: A summary of the findings is presented in the fourth chapter. The aim of this chapter is to tie together the information presented in chapter 3, and to provide a subsequent synopsis of what factors need to be addressed in order to facilitate high-potential actions.
The information provided in this deliverable is meant to complement European Union (EU) research and project initiatives in this field. It can be built upon as more knowledge about interventions is accumulated over time, and can serve to supply information which can be actively utilised during the planning and implementation of new interventions to address food waste.