News and Updates

The Workforce Nutrition Alliance is pleased to announce that it is now offering special “early bird” discount rates and free scholarships for its new hands-on technical support programme. These are designed to help companies and organisations to kickstart development of their workforce nutrition programme. The Get Started Technical Support Programme is launching on 1 November 2021, and provides five months…

Geneva, 5 August 2021 — This year is a critical year for efforts to combat global malnutrition, as 2021 marks the halfway point in the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Nutrition, while the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) is set to take place in September and the Nutrition for Growth Summit in December. The…

7 April 2021 – New tools launched today by The Consumer Goods Forum and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition are driving employer action. One in three people worldwide suffers from malnutrition today, making it a massive global concern impacting individuals, businesses, and economies alike – in both developing and developed countries. The health impacts of COVID-19…

This news article was originally published by Alive and Thrive here.  11 February 2021 — Viet Nam has adopted Decree 145, supporting working mothers to continue breastfeeding. Endorsed by the Prime Minister, the decree mandates 60-minute paid breastfeeding breaks and lactation rooms in companies with over 1,000 female employees. Millions of working women in Viet Nam stand to benefit from…

22 October 2020 – Healthy Diets for Tea Communities is a coalition led by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the Ethical Tea Partnership (ETP), with funding from with eight leading tea companies to address poor nutrition in tea supply chains in Assam (India), Kenya, and Malawi. The programme is co-funded by Unilever, Taylors…