The waste equation report

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Newton Newton partners with organisations worldwide in strategic delivery, unlocking complexity to create meaningful and lasting impact whether that’s through resilient and efficient supply chains, better product and service experiences or step‑changing organisational performance across the entire value chain. Throughout its 25-year history, Newton has shaped and delivered programmes for leading businesses and major global organisations across retail, consumer goods, infrastructure, defence and public sectors. The Felix Project and FareShare The Felix Project and FareShare is the UK’s leading food redistribution charity, made up of the two separate organisations. It was announced in 2025 that the two would come together to form a bigger and bolder organisation with greater reach and impact. The charity continues to rescue good to eat surplus food, that cannot be sold and would otherwise go to waste, from across the food industry and get it to over 8,000 organisations across the UK who are helping to feed people experiencing food insecurity. It manages seven depots and works with 16 network partners that manage 35 depots across the UK. FareShare was established over 30 years ago, born out of the belief that no good food should go to waste. In the last financial year, 2024-25, Alliance Food Sourcing (AFS) Part of the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD) Alliance Food Sourcing (AFS) is a consortium of some of the UK’s largest food retailers and manufacturers. It was inspired by the Coronation Food Project and convened by the Institute of Grocery Distribution (IGD), FareShare and The Felix Project in 2024. AFS is focused on rescuing food from the UK supply chain. By working in partnership with the

This work includes partnering with a major retailer to increase profitability by 300%, as well as inspiring more customers to shop with them than ever before, over a billion pounds in savings on a major defence programme and over a billion in savings across public‑service organisations while also improving outcomes for thousands of people.

FareShare redistributed 62,000 tonnes of food, or the equivalent of over 148 million meals, reaching people in every corner of the UK. The Felix Project was started in 2016 by Justin and Jane Byam Shaw in memory of their son Felix, who passed away from meningitis in 2014 aged just 14. It became part of the FareShare network in 2020. The new name and brand will be announced later in the year. For more information visit www.fareshare.org.uk and www.thefelixproject.org

sector, it aims to use innovation and collaboration to rescue edible surplus or repurpose it, so it can be redistributed to people experiencing food insecurity. AFS’s ambition is to rescue the equivalent of 30 million meals a year from the manufacturing sector by 2028. It has already rescued 13.5 million meals.

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