The programme

Food waste is not only a business cost; it’s also a valuable opportunity for leadership, innovation and impact. The Kai Commitment Food Waste Programme offers businesses a structured, proven pathway that is grounded in best practice to transform food waste from a hidden and untracked cost into a strategic advantage.

How it works

Our programme aligns with the global best-practice Target-Measure-Act framework that has successfully guided businesses worldwide. Through a responsive account management model, we meet businesses wherever they are on their food waste action journey.

Target
reduction through activities suited to your operations
Collaborate
with others for collective impact
Act
with expert guidance and specialised tools
Measure
your food waste according to international standards
We’ll help you…

Showcase your food system leadership

Build best-practice capability

Achieve sustainability goals

Collaborate across the supply chain

Quantify your food waste

Unlock opportunities for surplus

Increase donations

Access international insights and global networks

Your commitments:

1

Set a food waste target

2

Measure your food waste

3

Share data for anonymised reporting

4

Set a food waste action plan

5

Collaborate with industry

6

Share best practice

Programme achievements

The businesses involved in the Kai Commitment Programme are embedding food waste across their organisation and achieving measurable results and impacts.

56%

of unsold food now repurposed

83%

increase in commercial redistribution

100%

include food waste in staff training

24%

reduction in expired stock

43%

now have food waste KPIs

3%

reduction in landfill

  • 83% increase from commercial redistribution of surplus food

  • 3% reduction in food waste landfilled, with associated reduction in methane emissions
  • Processed waste dropped by 33%
  • 260% increase in use of anaerobic digestion technologies
  • More than 12,000 additional meals are rescued daily
  • 73% increase in surplus food redistribution, totalling nearly 13 million meals
  • Edible food waste reduced by 54%
  • Causes of food waste identified as “unknown” reduced from 21% to 5%
  • 56% of unsold food is now repurposed, with an 83% increase in commercially redistributed food waste
  • 71% of businesses now manage waste according to the food waste hierarchy, prioritising reuse and rescue over landfill
  • 43% of businesses have FLW KPIs (up from 14%)
  • 100% now include FLW in staff training
  • 87% engage in sector-wide FLW initiatives

Signatories

The Kai Commitment Food Waste Programme connects you with like-minded businesses across the supply chain, fostering the collaboration and innovation needed to tackle systemic challenges.

I’m really excited about sector collaboration, I think that it is a huge opportunity and is also the reason we joined Kai Commitment.
Catherine Langabeer, Head of Sustainability, Woolworths
There are all these little micro-interventions, and if you get your people thinking about it, you talk to your customers, your partners, your collaborators, all of a sudden, you’ve got a whole new agenda. There is no one silver bullet for this problem; we need lots of good thinking across the value chain.
Simon Tucker, Director of Global Sustainability, Fonterra
Collaborating with like-minded people is fantastic. We are trying to save and solve the same problems.
Chris Morgan, CEO, AS Wilcox

Join the movement

Join the Kai Commitment Programme to begin your journey toward more profitable, sustainable operations where food is truly valued, not wasted.