1. ESG / WASTE MANAGEMENT (FOOD WASTE)
PAUL YOUNG CPA CGA
SENIOR CUSTOMER SUCCESS MANAGEMENT & BUSINESS STRATEGIST
AUGUST 29, 2023

2. PAUL YOUNG - BIO
• CPA, CGA (1996)
• Academia (PF1, FA4, FN2, MU1. and MS2)
• SME – Customer Success Management
• SME – Risk Management
• SME – ESG and Sustainability Policies and
Reporting
• SME – Close, Consolidate and Reporting
• SME – Public Policy
• SME – Emerging Technology
• SME – Business Process Change
• SME – Financial Solutions
• SME – Macro/Micro Indicators
• SME – Supply Chain Management
• SME – Data, AI, Security, and Platform
• SME – Internal Controls and Auditing
Contact information email: Paul_Young_CGA@outlook.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paul-young-055632b/
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Senior Customer Success Manager Data and AI and
Business Strategist

3. AGENDA
 Food Waste
 Top challenges and opportunities with Food Waste
 AI and Food Waste
 Top 10 startups for recycling
 Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3

4. FOOD WASTE
Source - https://greenly.earth/en-us/blog/ecology-news/global-food-waste-in-2022

5. FOOD WASTE – CURRENT LANDSCAPE
Source - https://www.diversys.com/tackling-food-waste-in-the-u-s-challenges-opportunities-and-impacts

6. CHALLENGES – FOOD WASTE
Source - https://www.diversys.com/tackling-food-waste-in-the-u-s-challenges-opportunities-and-impacts
Challenges
1. Legislation and regulations
2. Technology advancement (i.e., composting)
3. Collaboration and partnering (ESG / Scope 3
4. Education and awareness

7. AI AND FOODWASTE
1. Driven by sensor, machine learning, and database management, like Mongo DB
https://www.grocerydive.com/news/ai-digital-innovation-grocers-reduce-food-waste-john-
clear/690045/

8. TOP 10 STARTUP / RECYCLING
Source - https://www.recyclingstartups.org/top/food-recycling/

9. SCOPE 1, SCOPE 2, AND SCOPE 3
Source - https://www.sustain.life/blog/scope-emissions

10. INTEGRATED REPORTING
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– Stakeholders
– Government (Regulatory)
– SEC (Pensions, Stocks, Bonds
– Private Investors
– Internal stakeholders (Lines of Business)
• Reporting Cycle
• Regulatory filings
• Budgeting and Forecasting Cycle
• Integration between reporting cycle and the
budgeting & forecasting Cycle

11. DATA QUALITY
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– Data Management
– Data Governance
– Data Ingestion

12. ESG / SUSTAINABILITY
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13. WHAT IS NEXT FOR FOOD WASTE
 Partnering with vendors as part of managing the Scope 3 including food waste
 Reviewing solutions related to composting through NPV and other calculations.
 Working with food banks and other organizations as part of reducing food waste going to landfill
 Driving technological change through support of recycling startups as well as working with waste
management companies on recycling programs including food waste
 Adopted AI as part of managing food lifecycle as way to reduce food waste.
 Establishing programs to handle organic waste
 Working with packaging on sustainable packaging including recycling package or biodegradable materials

14. CONTACT: PAUL_YOUNG_CGA@OUTLOOK.COM