Health & Wellness
Workforce Nutrition Alliance Reflection on 2021 Year of Action for Nutrition
Dear Partners and Friends, As 2021, Year of Action for Nutrition, comes to a close, we are inspired to reflect on the year and what it has meant for workforce nutrition and the Workforce Nutrition Alliance. Firstly, we would like to begin with a thank you to all of our Partners and Friends who have […]
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Workforce Nutrition Alliance Publishes Booklet Highlighting Key Actions to Improve Workforce Nutrition
11 Organisations Provide Examples, Learnings and Recommendations on How to Improve Nutrition at Work PARIS and GENEVA, 8 June 2022 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), as part of the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA), are thrilled to publish the Workforce Nutrition Alliance Case Study Booklet, where eleven organisations […]
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What is Business Committing at the Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021? Statement by the Business Constituency Group
Nutrition for Growth (N4G) was launched in 2013 at the headquarters of Unilever, reflecting the ambition from day one that business can help combat malnutrition. But specific business commitments back in 2013 were few and ad hoc. 2021 is different. Why? Two years ago, the Dutch and Japanese Governments supported a conference of business leaders […]
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Calling on All Companies to Step Up for Better Nutrition
A joint call to action by the Nutrition for Growth Summit’s Business Constituency Group comprised of The Consumer Goods Forum, WBCSD, International Food and Beverage Alliance, Food Industry Asia, and Nutrition Japan Public Private Platform, supported by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition and the Access to Nutrition Initiative. This year has taught us that […]
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The Workforce Nutrition Alliance Takes Stock of a Busy Year: 2022 Milestones
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 […]
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Private Sector in the Spotlight at UNFSS Pre-Summit Session on Workforce Nutrition
2021 is a critical year for the The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL) Coalition to drive their agenda to support healthier consumers globally. It marks the halfway point in the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Nutrition, as the world prepares for the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) in September […]
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Workforce Nutrition Driving Healthier Lives & Healthier Business – A Clear Win-Win
I recently had the pleasure of speaking at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit in Rome on the topic of nutrition. The event helps to set the stage for the culminating global event in September by bringing together diverse actors from around the world to leverage the power of food systems to deliver progress on all […]
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Employers Bringing Healthy Nutrition to Their Workforce During COVID-19 Uncertainty
New tools launched today by The Consumer Goods Forum and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition are driving employer action. PARIS, 7th April – 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 […]
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CGF and GAIN Announce New Alliance to Roll Out Improved Nutrition in the Workplace
BERLIN, 25th October 2019 — An initiative to raise nutrition standards for workforces across the globe was today announced at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainable Retail Summit (SRS) in Berlin. The Consumer Goods Forum, which brings together 400 consumer goods companies and retailers, has joined forces with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) […]
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CHL China to Support Chinese Government’s Healthier Lives Initiatives, Part of China’s National Nutrition Week
The Consumer Goods Forum has been chosen to work in collaboration with the Chinese Nutrition Society (CNS) to implement updated dietary guidelines across the country. As the Collaboration for Healthier Lives (CHL) Coalition of The Consumer Forum is actively involved in implementing regional projects, including in-store trials, CHL China will partner with the CNS to […]
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Leveraging Workforce Nutrition for Better Health across the Global Value Chain: Unilever’s Experience
With the UN Food Systems Summit fast approaching and with my colleague Anjalli Ravi Kumar having spoken at the recent UN Food Systems Summit Pre-Summit, I thought it was a perfect time for me, as CMO of a global business, to reflect on what we have been doing at Unilever to support such initiatives. One […]
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Driving Workforce Nutrition for Healthy Employees and Healthy Business
As a Nutritionist, I am convinced that good nutrition, along with physical activity, is one of the most critical drivers of good health and wellbeing. According to the World Health Organization, consuming a healthy diet throughout one’s lifespan helps to prevent malnutrition in all its forms, as well as a range of noncommunicable diseases. However, […]
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The CGF and GAIN / SBN Hold Meeting on Aligning Accountability on Nutrition
The aligning accountability initiative aims to analyse the opportunities and challenges related to aligning business accountability for nutrition. In 2019 a report was published by the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to assess the current landscape of business accountability for nutrition and consider ways to improve it. On 11 February 2020, a workshop hosted by […]
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Webinar: Workforce Nutrition Alliance in Latin America
This Workforce Nutrition Alliance webinar, hosted with the support of The Consumer Goods Forum and Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, showcases how to build a workforce nutrition strategy, highlights concrete examples from industry front runners, and introduces tools and resources that are available through the Workforce Nutrition Alliance.
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Global Nutrition in the Spotlight at Japan Day 2021
As a pre-event for the 2021 United Nations Food Systems Summit and the Nutrition for Growth Summit, the 2021 edition of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Japan Day took place on Friday 21 May. Over 300 delegates gathered online for the event to get insights and updates on this year’s theme: Global Nutrition. Nutrition is […]
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The CGF and GAIN Publish Convening Paper on Workforce Nutrition
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) together with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) have published a convening paper on workforce nutrition. The paper reports on the discussions and outcomes of the Better Nutrition for a Healthier Workforce workshop co-hosted by the CGF and GAIN on 3rd and 4th July 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. […]
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