REFED INC

Business initiatives program services accomplishments:refed notably expanded the membership and activities of the u.s. Food waste pact, a national voluntary agreement designed to help waste-generating businesses across the food system to accelerate progress toward their sustainability goals. Membership now includes food businesses from retail, food service, manufacturing, and qsr sectors, including representing over 60% of the u.s. Retail market share as measured by retail sales. Refed also continued to provide client-facing services to individual food businesses, helping to align food waste reduction, sustainability, and operational strategies. In total, refed engaged 46 businesses across the year.

Other program service accomplishments:refed's thought leadership and movement building efforts have helped to build an engaged audience of nearly 27,000 stakeholders from across the food system. The annual food waste solutions summit welcomed 727 attendees, its largest audience to-date. Refed also hosted 7 webinars and engaged in 36 additional speaking engagements. Our media reach included 429 media mentions and an overall reach of 5 billion.