Changes are needed now if Australia’s food systems – spanning the entire food pipeline from production to consumption and waste management – are to be resilient, sustainable, equitable, and healthier in the future, according to a new roadmap released today by CSIRO. An 18-month collaboration between CSIRO and nine partners from government and industry has culminated in the roadmap Reshaping Australian Food Systems.
One of the nine partners was the Australian Institute of Packaging (AIP).
AIP executive director Nerida Kelton FAIP said roadmaps such as this are important to the industry, and as a stakeholder in food and beverage manufacturing, the AIP could contribute.
“Because it was themed around sustainability and productivity, we wanted to ensure there was a balanced approach to the food waste and packaging targets. If we’re looking to the future, we need to have balanced discussions about the impacts of both. The roadmap takes them into account and how they should be embedded in the business of all food businesses,” Kelton told Food & Drink Business.
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The roadmap sets out five focal areas:
- Enabling equitable access to healthy and sustainable diets;
- minimising waste and improving circularity;
- facilitating Australia’s transition to net zero emissions;
- aligning resilience with socioeconomic and environmental sustainability; and
- increasing value and productivity.
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