BlackRook collaborates with partners including the United Nations and The World Bank
05 Aug 2025
Published in: Member News
Broadcast and production experts announce partnership with Champions 12.3
After months of planning, BlackRook begins a brand new production partnership today, involving the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and The World Bank - among many others.
The mission is to highlight the amazing efforts to tackle global Food Waste.
If you haven't heard of The Champions 12.3, it's BlackRook's job to help change that over the next year. In 15 years of filmmaking, all over the world, this is undoubtedly the biggest and most important documentary-making project BlackRook Media has been involved in.
The Champions 12.3, are executives from governments, businesses, international organisations, research institutions, farmers' groups, and civil society dedicated to inspiring ambition, mobilising action and accelerating progress toward achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 - ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns.
Specifically, it calls for halving per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses - by 2030.
This target aims to:
- Reduce the amount of edible food that is thrown away by consumers, retailers, and the hospitality sector.
- Minimise the loss of food that occurs before it ever reaches consumers - such as crops wasted in the field, or spoiled during processing, storage, or transportation.
Meeting Target 12.3 is important for:
- Food Security: Decreasing waste along the supply chain makes more nutritious food available to people who need it.
- Environmental Impact: Preventing waste reduces the consumption of resources (water, energy, land) and lowers greenhouse gas emissions from food decomposition in landfills.
- Economic Benefits: Cutting waste can help farmers, businesses and households reduce costs and improve efficiency.
Alan Rook, Managing Director of BlackRook Media said "The entire BlackRook team is completely committed to this. We aim to make films of record in 2025 and 2026, covering initiatives of truly global significance.
"So, here's to the months ahead as our film crews and journalists visit a range of transformative projects - initially across the continent of Africa."
Your organisation involved already? Want to find out more about our filming plans? Contact: adam.harrod@blackrookmedia.com
We are with you Champions: Hoogeveen Hans, Inger Andersen, Manish Bapna, Sophie Bellon, Wai-Chan Chan, Sid Mehta, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, Adam Gerstenmier, Geeta Sethi
And here's to the BlackRook people making this happen: Adam Harrod, Georgia Williams, Lydia Joy Wiese, James Barnett, Scott Harris, Adam Rook, Joe Albanese, Gavin H, Ben Hemmings, Nicola Butler, John Todd, Mark Southgate, Jasper Wiese
BlackRook Media backing Black Country Talent with the Black Country Chamber of Commerce.
Find out more about The Champions 12.3 here
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