Transnational strategy for global sustainable food management

Programme 2007 - 2013 North West Europe

Date of latest update: 2024-09-14

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Description (EN):

GreenCook is aimed at reducing food wastage and to make the North-West Europe a model of sustainable food management. by in-depth work on the consumer / food relationship thanks to a multisectoral partnership. Food wastage is a challenging problem. directly linked with the question of waste. consumption and climate change. A quarter of the food produced in the world each year ends up in the dustbin. without having been consumed! Food wastage. a reflection of our overconsumption society. also reinforces social inequalities and is ethically unacceptable. The negative impacts of this wastage are real: for households (useless expenditure). for local authorities (overproduction of waste to be treated. increased costs). for the environment (pointless use of resources and pollution). and for the economy (falling prices). There is a pressing need. for consumers to respect food and food producers again. to enjoy the pleasure of healthy and tasty eating again. to rediscover culinary know-how. and to optimise food presentation. storage and conservation. Lately. tools and methods are under experimentation to help consumers to improve their food management while controlling their purchasing power. They aim at changing behaviour or altering the offer (at the supermarket. in the restaurant or in the canteen). It is alas hard for them to be generalised. because of the complexity of the levers that have to be activated. GreenCook’s ambition is to create this lever effect. by generating a dynamic that motivates all of the food players and by throwing pathbreaking bridges with the fields of health. welfare and economic development. Its diversified partnership intends to show the added value of united. transversal action. and to influence EU policies. in order to get a new European sustainable food model to emerge.

Achievements (EN):

The most interesting results are : - comprehensive strategies for reducing food wastage : o In canteens and restaurants, o By raising consumer awareness o At the point of sale – very innovative, including a food waste audit method, reprocessing and creation of new food products and brand, communication to consumers, involvement of staff, optimisation of food donation o To optimise food donation, targeting both the retail side and the beneficiaries / charities side - efficient communication to the general public (Brussels Environment and AVL) - a common measurement methodology for canteens and restaurants - data on food wastage in school and company canteens : a large range of data are now available outside GreenCook but for certain type of schools only (French colleges and lycées mainly) - data on food wastage in supermarket, in kg not in euros (while the sector is very secret) - networks of Ambassadors (mainly cooks) and exchange within the network or across networks - Ambassadors of various types (cooks in canteens, in restaurants, students, households…) - a model for network of Ambassadors, including a training programme on technical and behavioural aspects, practical / hands-on activities, and communication / identification - a virtual coach to reduce food wastage at home (respect food portal) - a scheme to support households in changing behaviour and reducing their waste (with supermarkets, with virtual coach…) - 15 practical tools for individuals to avoid food wastage at home, or for groups - a transnational cookbook with testimonies of Ambassadors, recipes, and short overview of all projects carried out during GreeCook, sector by sector - a contribution to various policy-making discussions at regional, national or EU level (see later) - Transnational recommendations : on “Reducing food wastage on the point of sale and optimising food donation” on “Raising the awareness of the consumers and mobilise them to act” on “Reducing food wastage in canteens and restaurants” - Transnational methodology to monitor food wastage - 25 Index cards of GreenCook pilot projects • CRNPDC handbook : o Guide de bonnes pratiques GreenCook o Répertoire de 9 bonnes pratiques GreenCook o 28 Fiches actions o Fiches Lycées Pilotes - Alimentation durable dans les collectivités : Guide pratique cantine durable - Outil d'évaluation de votre cantine - Récupération de denrées fraîches en collaboration avec des supermarchés – Méthode par étapes pour les restaurants sociaux - Guide de bonnes pratiques Zéro Gaspi (Greentag) - Reducing food waste : advice from chefs and catering professionals - Respect food portal - Alimentation et environnement: 100 conseils pour se régaler en respectant l'environnement et sa santé (brochure for households) - Manger bien, jeter moins (brochure for households) - Plateforme transnationale de dialogue "Sécurité de la chaîne alimentaire et lutte contre le gaspillage : passer de la contrainte à l’opportunité" - Lille, 20/11/12 - No opportunity wasted – the transnational cookbook / Le gaspi, ça suffit – le livre de recettes transnational Outputs available on green-cook.org Documents No opportunity wasted - File Download Food to food canteen - External Youtube Link Respect Food portal - File Download

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Expected Results (EN):

The Action Plan is based on 4 communities of pratice, whose operational objectives are: to enable, to exemplify, to engage and to encourage. These should be mutually reinforcing, so that all of the conducted actions converge towards the expected result, i.e. food wastage avoidance. The co-operation catalysed by GreenCook within the communities of practice gives the partners the keys for understanding and the tools for acting. This mutual learning is built gradually through the deliberations at the time of the transnational work groups, with the Steering Committee’s support, by the means of the living laboratories (which embody the pooling of the partners’ knowledge and know-how) and thanks to in situ visits of noteworthy good practices. GreenCook gives rise to many outputs, taylored to the targeted audiences : practical handbooks and training modules, food audit tools, stock management software, smart decision-making and planning tools, cookbooks, awareness-raising video testimonials, etc. A permanent network of GreenCook ambassadors will also emerge, which masters the results in order to better disseminated them, and which lays the basis for a strong communication strategy. A “food wastage avoidance” criterion will be incorporated into the existing environmental certification or labelling procedures. Emulation and exemplarity are encouraged by the creation of a transnational trophy for packaging designers and chefs. These results, cross-referenced with the lessons learnt from the dialogue platforms with sectoral actors external but influencing the project (e.g. food safety), will serve as a basis for the development of a truly transnational strategy. They will support a rational for political lobby to foster food wastage avoidance and the promotion of sustainable food management.

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Waste and pollution

Partners (13)

Lead Partner: Espace Environnement asbl

Address: rue de Montigny 29, 6000 Charleroi, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Conseil Régional Nord - Pas de Calais (CRNPC)

Name: Conseil Régional Nord - Pas de Calais (CRNPC)

Address: Siège de Région - 151, avenue du Président Hoover, 59555 Lille Cedex, France

Legal status: n/a

asbl Fost Plus vzw

Name: asbl Fost Plus vzw

Address: avenue Martin V 40, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Bruxelles Environnement - IBGE (Institut Bruxellois pour la gestion de l'Environnement)

Name: Bruxelles Environnement - IBGE (Institut Bruxellois pour la gestion de l'Environnement)

Address: Gulledelle 100, 1200 Bruxelles, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Onderzoeks en Informatiecentrum van de VerbruikersOrganisaties - Centre de Recherche et d'Information des Organisations de Consommateurs

Name: Onderzoeks en Informatiecentrum van de VerbruikersOrganisaties - Centre de Recherche et d'Information des Organisations de Consommateurs

Address: Boulevard Albert II n°16, North Gate II, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Euro Toques Belgïe/ique (drop out)

Name: Euro Toques Belgïe/ique (drop out)

Address: rue Marquet v 19, 4680 Hermée, Belgium

Legal status: n/a

Communauté d'Agglomération de l'Artois

Name: Communauté d'Agglomération de l'Artois

Address: 100, avenue de Londres - BP 548, 62411 Béthune, France

Legal status: n/a

Universitaet Stuttgart - Institut fuer Siedlungswasserbau, Wasserguete- und Abfallwirtschaft

Name: Universitaet Stuttgart - Institut fuer Siedlungswasserbau, Wasserguete- und Abfallwirtschaft

Address: Bandtaele 2, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Legal status: n/a

GREENTAG

Name: GREENTAG

Address: 29 rue du Maresquel, 59242 TEMPLEUVE, France

Legal status: n/a

Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research

Name: Wageningen UR Food & Biobased Research

Address: Bornse Weilanden 9 P.O. Box 17, 6700AA Wageningen, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Stichting "De Proeftuinen"

Name: Stichting "De Proeftuinen"

Address: c/o De Valeouwe, Covikseweg 14, 7221 CM Steenderen, Netherlands

Legal status: n/a

Abfallverwertungsgesellschaft des Landkreises Ludwigsburg mbH

Name: Abfallverwertungsgesellschaft des Landkreises Ludwigsburg mbH

Address: Hindenburgstrasse 30, 71638 Ludwigsburg, Germany

Legal status: n/a

Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming

Name: Sustain: The alliance for better food and farming

Address: 94 White Lion Street, N1 9PF London, United Kingdom

Legal status: n/a

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Project name (EN): Transnational strategy for global sustainable food management

Project acronym: GREENCOOK

Project start date: 2008-10-10

Project end date: 2014-06-30

Project status: closed

Total budget/expenditure: EUR 6 027 914.06

Total EU funding (amount): EUR 2 974 257.59

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2007 - 2013 North West Europe

Last month that data in keep.eu was retrieved from the Programme's website or received from the Programme

2015-12-01

No. of projects in keep.eu / Total no. of projects (% of projects in keep.eu)

114 / 114 (100%)

No. of project partnerships in keep.eu / Total no. of project partnerships (% of project partnerships in keep.eu)

1 104 / 1 104 (100%)

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Transnational strategy for global sustainable food management

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