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Report07 Feb 2024
The Economics of the Food System Transformation
Healthy diets are vital to the transformation of global Food Systems as outlined in a recent policy report by the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC)
Video13 Jun 2023
CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives, Flexitarian Diets in France
Carrefour and Danone, Co-chairs of the CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action working group in France to promote flexitarian diets
Insight27 May 2023
Workplace Nutrition: It’s All In Your Hands!
The workplace is a key space to address malnutrition. Learn how you can support nutrition and #WellbeingAtWork in this message from the CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action and the Workforce Nutrition Alliance.
Toolkit21 Apr 2023
Call to Action on Employee Wellbeing – Collaboration for Healthier Lives, 2023
This document represents a 'Call to Action' for all industry leaders looking to make a difference in employee health and wellbeing.
Insight21 Apr 2023
Implementation of Employee Wellbeing Strategies
In this Healthier Lives podcast episode, guest Helen Wray, Lead in Mental Health and Energy Strategy at MARS discussed not just the secrets to a successful employee wellbeing strategy but also how to measure its impact.
Video21 Apr 2023
Collaboration for Healthier Lives at The Consumer Goods Forum – 3rd Year Anniversary Video
On World Health Day, the CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action celebrates its 3rd anniversary with a call to action to empower people to live healthier lives.
Insight21 Apr 2023
CHL’s 2023 Year of Employee Wellbeing – Launch Video
Employee health and wellbeing is crucial to creating businesses that are fit for the future. That is why, the CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action has launched its year-long #WellbeingAtWork campaign.
News06 Dec 2022
Women’s Wellness: Increase Productivity, Morale, and Creativity
Workplace benefits of supporting women’s wellness
Report16 Jun 2022
Building the Business Case for Workforce Nutrition – A Timeline
The Access to Nutrition Initiative has published an article compiling all the reports that organisations...
News20 May 2022
Misión Nutrición
Malnutrition is one of Colombia’s most serious public health challenges. Thus, the Collaboration for Healthier...
News07 Dec 2021
Google Announces Workforce Nutrition Commitment at N4G Summit
The two-day Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 kicked off on 7th December 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.
News02 Feb 2021
Walmart and Sam’s Club Pharmacies Are Ready to Administer COVID-19 Vaccines Through the Federal Retail Pharmacy Program
This morning, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared information on the U.S....
News14 Jan 2021
Covid-19: High Street Chemists Start Vaccinations in England
Some High Street pharmacies in England will start vaccinating people from priority groups on Thursday,...
News14 Jan 2021
Grocery Retailers Ramp Up COVID-19 Vaccine Distribution
Supercenter retailer Meijer and regional grocer Wegmans Food Markets are mobilizing COVID-19 vaccination programs as...
News13 Jan 2021
Coronavirus: Birmingham Asda to Offer Vaccinations in Store
An Asda supermarket is to host a Covid-19 vaccination centre. Priority groups will receive the...
News13 Jan 2021
Publix Expands COVID-19 Vaccinations to Over 100 Pharmacies
After an initial allocation to 22 pharmacies, Publix Super Markets has rolled out the coronavirus...
News07 Jan 2021
Retail’s Role in COVID-19 Vaccinations
As a weary world lifts its head toward COVID-19 vaccines, retailers are uniquely positioned to...
News24 Dec 2020
Us Retailers Support Vaccine Administration Effort
This month, Walmart has started to administer the Moderna vaccine to healthcare workers (Priority 1A)...
News07 Nov 2020
[CHL US] Healthy Washington County Collaboration is One-of-a-Kind in Nation
Healthy Washington County has partnered with the Collaboration for Healthier Lives since September 2017 on...
Report04 Jun 2020
LOTTE: Supporting People Around the World to Overcome the Crisis
LOTTE Group is carrying out various efforts to protect the safety of its employees and...
News26 Apr 2020
Sainsbury’s Response to the Coronavirus Crisis
Sainsbury’s latest updates on how they plan to continue serving their customers during the COVID-19...
Insight16 Apr 2020
Protejámonos juntos
At Auto Mercado and Vindi we have proposed to support families who were left without...
Insight11 Apr 2020
Colgate-Palmolive: “Optimism in Action” By Caring For Employees and Prioritizing the Production of Products to Help Keep People Healthy
An overview of Colgate-Palmolive’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, in order to continue advancing the...
News10 Apr 2020
LOTTE’s Participation in a ‘Flower’ Bucket Relay to Help Flower Farmers Amid COVID-19
On April 9, Kag-Gyu Hwang, CEO and Vice Chairman at LOTTE Corporation joined a relay...
News09 Apr 2020
Aldi Suisse Introduces Automated Customer Counting System
Aldi Suisse has introduced a digital customer counting system at the entrance to its branches,...
News08 Apr 2020
Amazon Testing Disinfectant Fog at New York Warehouse
Amazon.com Inc is testing the use of disinfectant fog at a warehouse in Staten Island,...
News07 Apr 2020
Carrefour Italia Rolls Out Pre-packaged Kits With Essential Goods
Carrefour Italia has introduced a new service that provides free home delivery of pre-packaged kits...
News07 Apr 2020
Co-op Gives All NHS Workers 10% Discount and Priority Access to Stores
Central England Co-op is rolling out a 10% discount to all NHS workers to say...
News07 Apr 2020
Albertsons, UFCW Seek ‘First Responder’ Status for Grocery Workers
Albertsons Cos. has partnered with the United Food and Commercial Workers International (UFCW) union in...
News06 Apr 2020
FMI forms online hiring marketplace with Eightfold.ai
FMI-The Food Industry Association has partnered with online hiring and talent search service Eightfold.ai to...
STANDARD: The BRCGS Global Standard for Ethical Trade & Responsible Sourcing Issue 2 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing in November 2021.
BRCGS is an established global standards leader, with a rigorous GFSI recognised assurance program that touches every aspect of the 21st century supply chain – from food ingredients to packaging, distribution, retail and beyond. It sets the benchmark for best practice manufacturing, helping to provide reassurance that products and services are high quality, legal and safe. BRCGS is recognised across food and non-food categories as the global standard underpinning brand reputation through compliance, at over 30,000 certificated sites in 130 countries. Visit brcgs.com to find out more.
STANDARD: The Florverde standard for the sustainable production of flowers and ornamentals version 7.2.1 is currently being benchmarked under Scope BI – Social Compliance: Primary Production.
Florverde Sustainable Flowers (FSF) is an independent social and environmental standard which ensures that flowers certified under this scheme have been responsibly produced. This requires flower growers to adopt measures that will protect and enable worker’s rights, implement best environmental practices, and comply with national regulations. FSF also helps safeguard quality by requiring the proper care and handling of flowers.
STANDARD: FSSC 24000 Social Management System Certification Version 6.0 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Processing and Manufacturing in January 2024.
The aim of FSSC 24000 is to ensure that social sustainability management system requirements are met, resulting in certifications that assure organisations provide safe and fair working conditions, meet business ethics requirements, and apply due diligence in their supply chain management. FSSC 24000 provides a strategic approach incorporating the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and risk-based thinking, which ensures the identification and control of social risk and continuous improvement. This process demonstrates corporate responsibility and facilitates improving the social management systems and performance thus driving impact.
FSSC 24000’s scope of certification includes the manufacturing and processing sector (food and non-food), including its related service provision. The certificate confirms that the organisation’s social sustainability management system is in conformance with the FSSC 24000 Scheme requirements based on the following normative documents:
BSI/PAS 24000:2022 – Social management system requirements (Publicly Available Specification)
FSSC 24000 Additional Requirements (as determined by the FSSC Board of Stakeholders)
The FSSC 24000 certification scheme is owned and governed by the non-profit Foundation FSSC and outlines the requirements for the audit and certification of a Social Sustainability Management System of an organization. More information on the FSSC 24000 Scheme is available on their website.
Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard
STANDARD: The Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard 2.1 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope CI — Social Compliance: At-Sea Operations in November 2022.
In 2018, Global Seafood Assurances and the UK Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) announced a memorandum of understanding to work together to create the next version of the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS), committing to expand its global applicability, which resulted in the creation of the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard. Now part of the Global Seafood Alliance, GSA took ownership of the standards last year. The first RFVS-certified vessel was announced in Australia in January, and the second set of RFVS-certified vessels was announced in the United Kingdom in April. The standard addresses social responsibility, including working conditions and worker voice, about fishing vessels.
STANDARD: The SIZA Social Standard Version 6 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scopes AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing, and BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production in June 2023.
SIZA, the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa, is enabling the South African agricultural sector to become a global leader in sustainable farming, ethical trade, and environmental stewardship. The aim is to encourage continuous improvement in practices over time. SIZA aims to have a cost-effective approach for growers by supplying one standard and one audit, no matter which market a producer supplies. SIZA engages directly with stakeholders throughout the value chain to improve supply chain sustainability, ensuring compliance and reducing risks while at the same time offering support and training with regard to best practices and continuous improvement. Verification occurs via third-party audits. For more information on SIZA, please visit our website: www.siza.co.za
Founded in 2003, the amfori BSCI enables companies to drive sustainability by setting up the human rights due diligence principles that business enterprises strive to implement in their global supply chain.
Representing over 2,400 participants in 46 countries, the amfori BSCI operates in a variety of sectors, the two largest being General Merchandise, and Garment & Textile with a combined annual turnover is evaluated to EUR 1.6 trillion.
The amfori BSCI Code of Conduct set out the values and principles for the implementation of supply chain due diligence, based on the OECD’s six-step framework. The amfori BSCI System Manual outlines the supporting tools and methodology for participants to exercise human rights due diligence and environmental protection set out in the amfori BSCI Code of Conduct.
Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA)
STANDARD:The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is currently being benchmarked under Scope BI – Social Compliance: Primary Production.
Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is a business membership organisation which was established in 2002. It is an organisation meant to promote the interest of its members who are engaged in the production and export of cut flowers, fruit, vegetables, herbs, cuttings as well as vegetable seeds.
Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew
STANDARD: FISH Standard for Crew Version 1.0 is currently being benchmarked under Scope CI — Social Compliance: At-Sea Operations.
The Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew is a voluntary, third party labour certification program for wild harvest fishing vessels. FISH is designed to provide harvesters a tool to demonstrate to customers and other stakeholders that the seafood harvested comes from responsible sources with respect to crew treatment, compensation, and conditions. It was developed with input from the full seafood supply chain, including large and small harvesters, processors, retailers and restaurant groups, in consultation with labour non-profit organisations, to create a program that is open to vessels and fleets of all sizes around the globe. Read more about the Standard here.
STANDARD: The KFC Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standard Version December 2021 is currently being benchmarked under Scopes AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing, and BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production.
Kenya Flower Council (KFC) is the country’s leading Business Membership Association for growers and exporters of cut-flower and ornamentals. KFC members account for approximately 80 percent of Kenya’s floricultural exports.
KFC also owns the Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standards (FOSS), a trusted standard worldwide. It is one of only three internationally benchmarked standards that demonstrate sustainable social, environmental and good agricultural business practice benchmarks set by the EU-based Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI). The standard encourages commitment to ethical practices, innovation and promoting equitable trading practices, thus ensuring that certified producers foster sustainable, responsible and safe production of cut flowers and ornamentals.
The Council is in the forefront promoting Kenya as a reliable source of quality cut flowers and ornamentals and the country’s competitiveness in the global floriculture trade. KFC is actively engaged in all major trade negotiations in existing, new and emerging markets and in amplifying Kenya’s image in the international market as the most trusted source of cut flowers and ornamentals.
Currently, Kenya is the third largest producer of cut-flowers and ornamentals in the world and exports to over 60 destinations globally. Floriculture is the fastest growing export sector in the Kenyan economy, providing direct employment for over 200,000 workers.
KFC engages with key actors locally for a favourable business environment for growers and exporters of cut flowers and ornamentals.
The Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard, is designed to deliver more value to the more than four million farmers and workers and thousands of businesses that use Rainforest Alliance certification to drive more sustainable agricultural production and responsible supply chains. The Sustainable Agriculture Standard is used in more than 70 countries around the globe. Their program focuses on coffee, cocoa, tea, bananas, and many other important commodity sectors facing urgent environmental and social challenges.
Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA)
STANDARD: WIETA Standard Version 4.0 is currently being benchmarked under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing.
The Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association T/A WIETA was the first South African social standard, established in 2002, to establish an appropriate social auditing methodology for fruit and wine suppliers in South Africa. WIETA proudly demonstrates how a multi-stakeholder model can successfully promote a world class ethical trade and human rights programme within the wine value chain. Innovative social dialogue engagements, a rigorous capacity building and training programme for both workers and producers, coupled with a participative multi-pronged approach to auditing and remedial approach to ensure sustained corrective actions.