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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)
Insight06 Feb 2024
Metro and Danone Co-Lead Healthier Lives Initiative “Mon Restaurant Passe Au Durable”
Metro and Danone Co-Lead Healthier Lives Initiative "Mon Restaurant Passe Au Durable"
Toolkit06 Feb 2024
CHL Repository for Building Impactful Initiatives
This repository document provides a deep-dive into the playbook 'Winning Behavior Change' published June 2023 showcasing the data and key learnings from CHL’s global initiatives and provide a prescriptive view on how businesses can establish and execute impactful projects and strategies.
Insight05 Feb 2024
Celebrating WHO Self-Care Movement with Preventative Health Initiatives from A.S. Watson Group
The CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action (CHL) has launched a workstream to focus on Preventative Health, which addresses one of the biggest shifts in life priorities after the COVID-19 pandemic. During the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Self-care Month (June 24 - July 24, 2023), A.S. Watson Group ran a series of activities for its members around the topic of preventative health through regional campaigns and awareness programmes.
Insight05 Feb 2024
CHL France Launches Scaling Flexitarian Diets Initiatives Through Recipes with Carrefour and Danone
The Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action is pleased to announce the latest outcomes of its French initiative, aimed at scaling up the adoption of flexitarian diets across France in 2023.
Insight05 Feb 2024
Public-Private Collaboration on Salt Reduction in Japan
The mission of the CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives team in Japan is to solve health issues by improving nutrition, preventing lifestyle-related diseases, promoting employee health, through collaboration with government and academia, to "live better longer".
Video05 Feb 2024
Tasty Talks: An Interview With GAIN And Google On Workforce Nutrition
Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director of the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and Michiel Bakker the Vice President of Global Workplace Programs at Google joined CHL in a special discussion on #WellbeingAtWork - delving into the world of workforce nutrition and why it’s important for businesses.
Insight19 Jul 2023
Strategies to Design a Healthy Workforce – WNA Programs in Hybrid Working Environments
Developed by the Workforce Nutrition Alliance, this document aims to highlight the simplicity of implementing WFN solutions into a hybrid context and provides examples of practical strategies within the four pillars of WFN programs
Insight19 Jul 2023
A Practical Guide for Selecting a Canteen Provider in the Workplace – WNA Checklist
The Workforce Nutrition Alliance developed this practical checklist to help companies make an informed decision when selecting the best nutrition and sustainability conscious catering provider for their organisation.
Insight14 Jun 2023
CHL Türkiye: Lastest Results, Migros Wellbeing Journey
Positive Impacts from CHL Türkiye’s healthier lives initiative led by Migros Ticaret in collaboration with 11 manufacturers and co-chair Danone began the Migros Wellbeing Journey in 2018 to nudge consumers towards healthier and more sustainable diets
Toolkit13 Jun 2023
The Playbook on Winning Behavior Change: A Toolkit for Building Impactful Initiatives
Partnering with Bain, the Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action at The Consumer Goods Forum has released a report showcasing the data and key learnings from CHL's global initiatives and provide a prescriptive view on how businesses can establish and execute impactful projects and strategies.
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.
Report26 Apr 2023
Healthier and More Sustainable Diets: Learning Series 2022
CHL members are working together – as leading manufacturers and retailers – to empower consumers to adopt healthier and more sustainable diets by launching interventions and encouraging consumers to make better choices.
Report26 Apr 2023
Healthy Sustainable Diets: Driving Change
Does signposting swaps in-store help customers make healthier choices?
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.
Insight21 Apr 2023
2022 Milestones: The Workforce Nutrition Alliance
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.
Insight21 Apr 2023
Beyond the Basket
US consumers’ attitudes, activities & aspirations around environmental sustainability and social responsibility within shopping and beyond
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.
Report21 Apr 2023
The Whiplashed Consumer: A POV on How Consumers are Thinking, Feeling and Acting Across Europe
Hit from all sides, the “whiplashed“ consumer is displaying competing priorities and contradictory behaviors
Report13 Apr 2023
5 Ways to Improve Mental Health Care for Everyone, Everywhere
Researchers, doctors, and people with lived experience discuss 5 ways to improve mental health treatment—for everyone, everywhere.
Report11 Apr 2023
Mental Health Difficulties in Children and Young People: A Toolkit for Parents
The City Mental Health Alliance has partnered with PwC UK, the Bank of England and Morgan Stanley to create a toolkit for parents concerned about their children’s mental health.
Toolkit16 Feb 2023
Thriving at Work UK Guide: A Guide to Creating Mentally Healthy Workplaces
The CMHA Thriving at Work Guide is a framework of standards for organisations to adopt in developing their wellbeing strategies, based on existing good practice in business.
Toolkit24 Jan 2023
CGF Employee Wellbeing Framework
Insight18 Jan 2023
Changing Minds about Changing Behaviour: Obesity in Focus
A study from Nesta and Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) shows that changing food environments is more effective than measures that try to educate or change the behaviour of individuals
Case Study21 Dec 2022
Update on our Work with the CGF’s Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL UK) Coalition
Through our partnership with The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), we are exploring opportunities for people to be healthier. This report, produced with the CGF, summarises the latest findings and examples of on-the-ground actions.
Report15 Dec 2022
Talking About Food Sustainability
Joanna Trewern of WWF discusses strategies for creating a food environment that enables effective communication of messages about more sustainable dietary choices to consumers.
News06 Dec 2022
Women’s Wellness: Increase Productivity, Morale, and Creativity
Workplace benefits of supporting women’s wellness
News06 Dec 2022
You Are What You Eat: Why Employers Should Care About Functional Nutrition
4 Benefits of Functional Nutrition