Tracking UK Food System Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Robust data underpins collaborative action on food and drink emissions.

The UK Food and Drink Pact targets a 50% reduction in the emissions associated with consumption of food and drink in the UK. Understanding the progress made to date and identifying areas where further focus is needed requires robust data to track change over time.

In 2021, WRAP unveiled the UK Food System Greenhouse Gas Model to identify emissions hotspots in UK consumption. We have released annual reports estimating how food consumption emissions have changed over time, and used the model to contribute to forward-looking analyses such as the Net Zero Transition Plan

Our latest report updates this model with the latest available data, covering 2015-2023, to show where good progress is being made and where more needs to be done.

Reports available through this landing page are technical in nature. WRAP will soon be publishing a short report with more strategic insight on what the latest data means for the UK food sector over one year on from the release of the Net Zero Transition Plan.