Ne’ma diverts 3 tonnes of food waste from landfills and redistributes 1000 meals

  • Date: 17-Feb-2023
  • Source: Zawya
  • Sector:Agriculture
  • Country:UAE
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Ne’ma diverts 3 tonnes of food waste from landfills and redistributes 1000 meals

Abu Dhabi, UAE: – Anticipating COP28 and the key role of the UAE in the global efforts to address climate change, ne’ma, the National Food Loss and Waste initiative, has partnered with the organizers of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) and its key national contributors to talk the walk and involve national stakeholders in its goal of reducing food loss and waste by 50% by 2030.

Throughout ADSW, which was held on 14-19 January 2023, ne’ma and Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW) partnered in “ADSW: Towards Zero Food Waste,” a pilot initiative that is part of ne’ma’s goal for 2030 and the first-time initiative to be organized at such a large event.

The largest sustainability event in the region, ADSW brought together more than 30,000 attendees from 150 countries worldwide. It was visited by more than 60 heads of state, members of royalty, ministers, and senior global experts on the different aspects of sustainability. A dozen of specialized events were organized on the event’s sidelines, offering ne’ma’s team the chance to demonstrate its purpose of bringing key stakeholders together under its umbrella and proving that curbing food loss and waste is possible.

For the “ADSW: Zero Food Waste” initiative, ne’ma partnered with key