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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,…

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…

A cohort representing nine countries – The Workforce Nutrition Masterclass kick-off “Supporting employers and their executives to introduce cost-effective workforce nutrition programmes is what I am excited about.” That was Mirjam Kneepkens welcoming the participants to the autumn 2022 edition of the Workforce Nutrition Masterclass, which kicked-off on 14 September. The HR and operations executives…

Influential food and agriculture companies make progress on food systems transformation As we were celebrating World Food Day on 16 October 2022, the World Benchmarking Alliance disclosed its latest findings, assessing 22 food and agriculture companies from G7 countries (“G7 Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative” / SSCI) [link to report]. Together, these companies represent some USD…

Access to Nutrition Initiative’s recent US Access to Nutrition Index 2022 compared commitments of the eleven largest food manufacturers operating in the US about the delivery of healthy, affordable food and beverages to help consumers have healthier diets and prevent hunger. These include Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola, Conagra Brands, General Mills, Kellogg, Keurig Dr Pepper, Kraft…

10 October is World Mental Health Day. Whilst the pandemic has, and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, society pays for the rising mental health costs, but employers do so as well through lost productivity and increased demand for healthcare services by their employees. Mental health and employee wellbeing are interconnected topics on top…

This evidence brief focuses on the link between mental health and nutrition. The evidence will be presented using the Workforce Nutrition framework’s four pillars of workforce nutrition programmes, which are Healthy Food at Work, Nutrition Education, Nutrition Focused Health Checks, and Workplace Breastfeeding Support.