Processes underpin everything a company does, from product conception to production, distribution and fulfilment. By making them more efficient, we can make the world more sustainable. But many of these processes have been developed in a piecemeal fashion, so they are incredibly inefficient. One third of all food produced globally, for example, is lost or wasted every year, and 80 per cent of that waste is caused by poorly executed processes such as supply chain inefficiencies, late deliveries and inaccurate planning. This food waste matters beyond simple nutrition. According to the United Nations Environment Programme, the resources needed to produce the food that then becomes lost or wasted has a carbon footprint of about 3.3 billion tonnes of CO2, making food waste the world’s third-biggest carbon emitter behind China and the United States.
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