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A recent study conducted by GAIN’s Christina Nyhus Dhillon and Flaminia Ortenzi, analysed the potential effects of workforce nutrition programmes on nutrition, health and business outcomes. The research focused on the workplace as an important but underutilised opportunity to address malnutrition in all its forms, which can result in significant gains in productivity and potential, […]

“Our people are our greatest asset and productivity is enhanced when they are well nourished,” Bola Adeniji, General Manager, Olam Agri grain’s business in Nigeria. With more than 33 years of agribusiness experience across six continents, Olam Agri operates at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows, helping customers around the world meet the […]

This benchmark measures and ranks 350 of the world’s most influential food and agriculture companies on their contributions to transforming our global Food System. The companies are measured against 46 indicators in four overarching categories. Workforce Nutrition (C5) is one of the six indicators within the Nutrition category. Key changes of C5 entail the inclusion of the supply […]

In its third year, the Workforce Nutrition Alliance, launched by The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), achieved several milestones in its endeavours to reach three million employees in organisations and supply chains by 2025 and over ten million by 2030. Bärbel Weiligmann, Lead Workforce Nutrition at the Global […]

By Eva Kritharelli – At the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA), we’re currently evaluating the results of our endeavours over the past twelve months and taking stock. We will publish the outcome of our review very soon. This year’s annual review is a very special undertaking for me. It is the third assessment cycle since we […]

There is growing momentum for national companies in Bangladesh to improve workforce nutrition.    More than 60 executive leaders from industries such as fish hatcheries, agro-food processing, dock and shipyards, frozen food processing, and seafood were invited, by Khaled Mamun Chawdhury, Director General of the Department of Labour, to attend the first official meeting of the […]