Category: NEWS
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Workforce Nutrition Takes Center Stage at the N4G 2025 Summit
Every four years, the Nutrition for Growth (N4G) Summit brings together governments, businesses, NGOs, and other key players to elevate nutrition as a global development priority. At the 2025 edition, hosted by the French Government in Paris on March 27-28, workforce nutrition emerged as a critical topic. Ahead of the main summit, on March 26,…
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Smallholder Farmer Scorecard: A Game-Changer for Workforce Nutrition
In a world where climate change, inequality, conflict, and the COVID-19 pandemic have worsened food insecurity and malnutrition, the pressing question remains: How can we produce more food? While increasing food production is critical, we rarely ask an equally important question: how food and nutrition secure are the very people growing our food? The Reality…
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Workforce Nutrition Alliance Four Years Journey
Since the launch of the Workforce Nutrition Alliance in 2019 by The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), there has been tremendous success in supporting organisations seeking to enhance employee health and wellbeing initiatives. We are proud that through advocacy and technical support, our workforce nutrition programmes have reached over 6 million…
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World Diabetes Day: Breaking Workplace Barrier to Build a Healthier Workforce
Every year on November 14, World Diabetes Day brings a spotlight to diabetes—its impact on our lives, our work, and how we can tackle it together. Diabetes affects millions of employees worldwide, influencing not only their health and wellbeing but also productivity. Diabetes is not only widespread but also costly. According to the American Diabetes…
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📢 ATNI’s Access to Nutrition Index confirms: steep rise in providing nutrition support at work
With over half of the world’s population spending a significant portion of their lives at work, the need for workplace-driven nutrition initiatives has never been clearer. The Access to Nutrition Initiative’s Global Index 2024 highlights notable progress in workforce nutrition efforts globally, particularly by the top food manufacturers. Yet, there remains significant potential for more companies to…
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The Workforce Nutrition Alliance Progress Review 2023
In its fourth year, the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA), launched by The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), has made significant strides towards its goal of reaching three million employees in organisations and supply chains by 2025 and over ten million by 2030. We are proud nutrition programmes have…
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Workforce Nutrition at the 5th Global Food Security Conference
Evert-jan Quak from the Institute of Development Studies recently presented at the 5th Global Food Security Conference in Leuven, held from April 9-12, 2024. His presentation, titled “The business case for workforce nutrition initiatives to enhance the role of private sector actors for demand-side food system change,” emphasized the critical role of workforce nutrition programs…
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A ladder of strategies to improve employee’s health
If you are reading this article, you are in good company, as it means you are among one of the growing number of organisations committed to workforce wellness. Suppose you have embarked on an employee health and wellbeing programme already. In that case, you will likely then agree that being committed to seeing positive outcomes…
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Embarking on new frontiers: reflections on a nourishing journey with GAIN and the Workforce Nutrition Alliance
By Mirjam Kneepkens – As I bid adieu to a great chapter in my life as Senior Associate for Workforce Nutrition at the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and – of course – to fantastic colleagues, to take on my new role as Nutrition & Health Manager at ofi,I want to share some reflections…
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Nine ways to help your employees make healthier choices
As an employer aiming to promote healthier food choices among your employees, it’s essential to approach this initiative with a thoughtful and empathetic strategy. Here are a few ideas we’ve shared with Masterclass participants to help promote behaviour change among their employees. Not all ideas will be suitable for every organisation. Choose the ones that…