Publications & articles
Research, reports and opinion pieces on food loss and waste, waste management and sustainability reporting by Natalia Krylova, PhD. New pieces are published on Substack and LinkedIn.
Articles & opinion
LinkedIn · Substack
ArticleCurrent system lets waste collectors become diffusers of responsibility
Why waste collection remains one of the greyer, more opaque areas of waste management, and what that means for accountability.
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ArticleFrom classroom to global: why the time to act on food waste is now
Lessons from joining the IFC Food Safety and Food Loss Prevention Platform and taking FLW training from the classroom to food businesses worldwide.
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ArticleInnovative technological solutions for managing food loss and waste
How technology is supporting IFC's growing work on food loss and waste prevention, and which solutions are making a difference.
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PhotojournalismFood Waste Backstage
Article and photo portfolio from a visit to the food waste treatment facility in Lavigny, Switzerland, on the fate of unsold supermarket food at a time of rising food insecurity (pp. 57 to 68). Photos by Natalia Krylova.
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Academic · InstitutionalHorizon EuropeExternal reviewer
Food Loss Quantification Manual
A harmonised method for measuring food loss at the primary production stage, covering fruit and vegetables, cereals and pulses, roots, tubers and oil crops, meat and dairy, and aquaculture and fisheries. I reviewed the manual as an external expert.
Read the manual (PDF)Food Loss Impact ToolExternal reviewer
IFC Food Loss Impact Tool
A first-of-its-kind tool that estimates the greenhouse gas emissions, input savings, biodiversity benefits and food security effects of reducing food loss, for 80 crops and animal products in 160 countries. I reviewed the tool as an external reviewer.
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Book in progressFood waste management based on the principles of circular economy
Applies the waste hierarchy and circular economy along the whole food supply chain, proposes two new FLW indicators and sets out a Circular FLW Framework for the canton of Geneva.
Book in progressRefettorio Geneva2023
1st Quarterly Food Waste Management Report
Contribution to the food waste certification of Refettorio Geneva, which reached all-stars level.
Mater FondazioneReporting Matters2013
Reporting Matters: WBCSD Baseline Report 2013
Research analyst on the state of sustainability reporting across WBCSD member companies, identifying best practice.
ReadSustainability reporting2014
Exploring current trends in sustainability reporting
An analysis of reporting by leading companies across sectors, the criteria behind sound reporting, and recommendations for improvement.
e-Book2012
Disequilibrium: A World Out of Kilter
Conducted research for the book.
View2015 to 2016
Waste management of production and consumption
Economics and Management: Problems and Solutions, 2016. Also: Causality and Sustainability in Natural Organisms, Contemporary Problems of Innovative Economics, 2015.
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