Category: NEWS
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Employers can take effective measures to promote mental health among their employees, and nutrition plays an important role
“Nutrition is often linked most closely with physical health but there are strong associations with mental and emotional health, and this is bi-directional. Your mental and emotional health affect your diet and your diet affects your emotional and mental health” said Christina Nyhus Dhillon Senior Manager, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). She participated…
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Putting Food on the Table in a World in Crisis – Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue at Davos puts workforce nutrition on the agenda
Workforce Nutrition was one of five major focus topics during an Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue, that was organised as a side event during the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos (24 May 2022). Hosted by Bayer, Clim-Eat, and the World Farmers’ Organisation the Dialogue brought together fifty global leaders representing diverse stakeholder groups, including farmers,…
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First Lady of Colombia endorses Workforce Nutrition – Inaugural Spanish webinar on workforce nutrition targets Latin American audiences
The First Lady of Colombia, Maria Juliana Ruíz Sandoval, and Carolina Salgado, the High Counsellor for Youth and Adolescents, met in Paris on 29 June 2022 to discuss how to deliver concrete actions on health and positively impact the people of Latin America. The meeting was organised by Workforce Nutrition Alliance’s partner, the Consumer Goods…
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Three successful webinars on implementing workforce nutrition at worksites – Workforce Nutrition Masterclass starts in September 2022
Roadmap to Implementation for Worksite Managers” was the title of three bespoke webinars organised by the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA) during the first half of June 2022. A total of 36 executives from 13 countries, representing 14 international corporations and organisations participated in the one-hour online workshops, that were hosted by Mirjam Kneepkens, WNA’s Senior…
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New Case Study Booklet – Eleven corporate examples of goals and achievements in workforce nutrition programmes
With our partners Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Workforce Nutrition Alliance published a Case Study Booklet where eleven companies, including Google and Unilever, documented their goals and achievements in workforce nutrition programmes. We hope, this report will inspire companies to leverage the workplace to provide healthy nutrition to millions of…
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Kick-starting workforce nutrition: Workforce Nutrition Alliance will launch a new programme for companies in May 2022
The Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA) will launch a new comprehensive three-step programme to help kick-start Workforce Nutrition (WFN) in international companies. The first step, two one-hour webinars called “Fast Track for Leaders”, offer executives the essentials for creating an effective WFN strategy and the necessary tools for successful implementation across their organisation. The second element,…
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Companies with a combined total of over 5.5m million employees and workers along the supply chain committed to workforce nutrition in 2021
The Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA) and its partners achieved outstanding results in 2021, the Year of Action for Nutrition. Commitments made by companies covered more than 5.5m employees and workers along the supply chain. This significant number came from ten companies that made public commitments on workforce nutrition. A further 21 organizations took part in WNA’s first technical…
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Workforce Nutrition recognized as a win-win-win at N4G Summit
The two-day 2021 Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) that wrapped up today, 8 December 2021, was a significant moment for workforce nutrition and for the Workforce Nutrition Alliance. During this important global event, which brought together thousands of leaders from government, the United Nations, the private sector, civil society and more, workforce nutrition was recognized for…
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Google announces workforce nutrition commitment at N4G Summit
The two-day Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 kicked off today with commitments made by leaders of governments, companies, international organizations, the United Nations, civil society organizations, and others. Key among them was the high-level commitment made by Google in the area of workforce nutrition. Citing the company’s partnership with the Workforce Nutrition Alliance — co-founded by…
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Bringing good nutrition to tea workers and their families and communities in Kenya
Tea is now the second-most consumed beverage worldwide after water. More than 2 billion people globally consume tea at least once per day, and the industry continues to grow. It now employs more than 13 million people in tea production, including 9 million smallholder farmers – with 70% of global production from 8 million smallholder…