World Union of Wholesale Markets
Acronym: WUWM
General Information
Identification Code: 720375052321-77
Website: https://wuwm.org/
Entity Form: Association
Registration Category: Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar
Registration Date: 12/22/2023
Last Update: 6/25/2024
Mission & Interests
Goals: WUWM is an international network of fresh food and products organizations. Together with 220 members in
over 45 countries, WUWM’s mission is to lead international efforts to ensure food security and safety and
provide healthy diets in a sustainable, inclusive, and consistent way.
WUWM is continuously examining ways to upgrade the industry so that it can meet the challenges of the 21st
century, including a more green agricultural sector and the pursuit to a climate-neutral food supply chain.
WUWM facilitates the exchange of ideas, sharing of best practices and providing insights that advocate for
better and more easily accessible food. WUWM operates by organizing two or three conferences a year, has
regional groups (Americas, Europe, Asia) that regularly meet and discuss, and organizes workshops, webinars,
reports, campaigns to promote the sector and a transition to sustainability.
Interests Represented: Promotes their own interests or the collective interests of their members
Interests:
- Agriculture and rural development
- Banking and financial services
- Borders and security
- Budget
- Business and industry
- Climate action
- Communication
- Competition
- Consumers
- Culture
- Culture and media
- Customs
- Digital economy and society
- Economy, finance and the euro
- Education and training
- Employment and social affairs
- Energy
- Enlargement
- Environment
- European neighbourhood policy
- External relations
- Food safety
- Foreign affairs and security policy
- Fraud prevention
- Humanitarian aid and civil protection
- Institutional affairs
- International co-operation and development
- Justice and fundamental rights
- Maritime affairs and fisheries
- Migration and asylum
- Public health
- Regional policy
- Research and innovation
- Single market
- Sport
- Taxation
- Trade
- Trans-European Networks
- Transport
- Youth
Levels of Interest:
- global
Activities
Main EU Legislative Proposals: - Green Deal
- Farm to Fork
- Code of Conduct for Responsible Business and Marketing
- Accessing markets
- Adapting to climate change
- Agricultural markets and analysis
- Agriculture and environment
- Agriculture and rural development
- Animal products
- Better training for safer food
- Business and industry
- Circular economy
- Climate action
- Environment
- European standards
- Food safety
- Food waste and losses
- Labelling and nutrition
- Promotion of EU farm products
- Research and innovation
- Sustainable Development Goals
Communication Activities: - 2023 WUWM x MIT research Tackling Food Waste: A System Dynamics Approach to Analyzing Food Waste in
Wholesale Markets and Developing Targeted Interventions for Sustainable
- 2023 WUWM food donation initiatives implemeted in European wholesale markets
- 2023 WUWM Conference in Cancun, Mexico
- 2022 WUWM Conference in Abu Dhabi, UAE
- 2021 Milan Urban Food Policy Pact Session on Wholesale Markets
- 2021 WUWM Conference in Florence, Italy
- 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogue on the European Fresh Food Sector Report
- 2009 WUWM Guide to Good Hygienic Practice for Wholesale Market Management in the European Union
EU Supported Forums and Platforms: Expert Group EU Fruit and Vegetables Market Observatory#E03653#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3653 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Other#Professionals#SMEsTomatoes fruit#E03653/1#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100248 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Other#Professionals#SMEsPip fruit#E03653/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100250 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Other#Professionals#SMEsCitrus fruit#E03653/4#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100251 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Other#Professionals#SMEsExpert Group on the European Food Security Crisis Preparedness and Response Mechanism#E03829#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3829 #OBSERVER #C#Finance#Other#Professionals#SMEsStone fruit#E03653/2#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100249 #MEMBER #C#Finance#Other#Professionals#SMEsExpert Group EU Agri-Food Chain Observatory#E03949#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=3949 #MEMBER #C#Industry#Other#ProfessionalsAction and implementation sub-group#E03421/3#https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=100596 #MEMBER #C#Industry
Inter-institutional or Unofficial Groupings: Green new deal,Climate change, biodiversity and sustainable development
Head Office
Address: 1 rue de la Tour
Post Code: 94150
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
Phone:
Indic Phone: 33
Phone Number: 766672916
EU Office
Address: 1 rue de la Tour
Post Code: 94150
City: Paris
Country: FRANCE
Phone:
Indic Phone: 33
Phone Number: 766672916
Financial Data
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Total Budget: 0
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Complementary Information: Non
Membership Information
Members10 Percent: 4
Members25 Percent: 1
Members: 5
Members F T E: 0.6499999761581421
Structure
Structure Type: Structure
Is Member Of: https://wuwm.org/about-wuwm/
Organisation Members: MOU avec la FAO
Current Job Opportunities
Policy Advisor for World Union of Wholesale Markets
World Union of Wholesale Markets
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Posted: 9/23/2025
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Posted: 8/21/2025