Battling the global food waste problem, the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) recently passed a resolution pledging to reduce food waste by half within its 400 retail and manufacturing members by 2025. The resolution, passed by CGF’s board of directors, also commits to supporting wider UN goals on food waste.

Food waste has become a global problem. According to CGF, it represents an economic cost to the global economy of $750 billion per year, and if food waste were a country, its carbon footprint would be third only to China and the US. Because consumers are either unsure of a product’s quality or safety, 21 percent of the available food in the US goes uneaten each year, according to USDA estimates.