Innovate Today. Nourish Tomorrow.

World Food Day 2026

This year’s theme, “Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow”, is both relevant and applicable for Winpak. In line with the Food and Agriculture Organization’s (FAO) theme, Winpak uses innovation and technology to advance packaging solutions and supply chains while also safeguarding the planet for future generations. Winpak’s own vision is to “provide the best packaging solutions for people and planet”, in direct support of this year’s World Food Day theme.

So, how does a packaging company support the tenets of World Food Day? First, some important statistics to share to put this issue into context.

•  645 million people face hunger every day¹
•  One-third of the world’s population cannot afford a healthy diet²
•  19% of the food available to consumers is wasted at the retail, food service, and household levels³

Winpak innovates and produces flexible and rigid packaging solutions used to preserve and extend the shelf life of perishable products in the protein, dairy, and food and beverage markets. Like the FAO advocates, Winpak has invested in material science and processing technologies to advance our packaging solutions. These investments have brought forward packaging innovations that are up to 30% lighter than a couple decades ago and can extend shelf life by 45 days or more.

The lightweighting of packaging means Winpak uses fewer resources for similar volumes we produced previously. In keeping with our tagline, "It's our Nature to Protect™", reduced resource consumption lowers our environmental footprint and lowers our impact on the climate. Over the past 9 years, Winpak has reduced its GHG emissions intensity by 14% as of the end of 2025 vs a 2017 baseline.

Given the statistic above regarding food waste involving households, shelf life remains critical to controlling and reducing this loss. Properly designed and utilized packaging extends the food’s shelf life and ensures the consumer can utilize the food as intended.

As an example, an uncooked beef roast stored in a refrigerator with no or improper packaging may be non-consumable within 5 days. That same beef roast will remain fresh for cooking and consuming more than 21 days later when properly packaged. This shelf-life extension enabled through packaging is a critical factor for reduced food loss and waste.

Winpak understands that the topic of food affordability and availability goes beyond packaging. The engagement of governments, the private sector, and consumers is critical in addressing this issue. Investments in improved farming and harvesting practices are also part of the solution. For our part, Winpak will continue to innovate using material science to advance improved packaging solutions to both increase shelf life and reduce climate impact. Our aim will continue to be to “provide the best packaging solutions for people and planet”. And this means we will innovate today to nourish the future.     

¹ https://doi.org/10.4060/cd8306en
² https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/ce1452en
³ https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/45230

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