Category: BLOG

  • 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 joined with us…

  • Eleven multinational corporations have made a commitment to improving workforce nutrition

    The year 2021 was a watershed moment for workforce nutrition and the Workforce Nutrition Alliance. Eleven international firms have pledged to contribute their part in moving the needle in the workforce nutrition arena, with the goal of ending malnutrition and ensuring that everyone, everywhere can attain their full potential. The companies that made these commitments are…

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    Mindful eating or eating for your mind? Diet and mental health at the workplace in a Covid-19 era

    Authors Geneviève Stone and Bärbel Weiligmann *This is an update to a previously published article In a pre-Covid-19 world, depression and anxiety were estimated to cost the global economy more than US $ 1 trillion per year1 in lost productivity. From recent discussions with companies on workplace wellbeing we notice a recurring theme: if mental…

  • Viewpoint: Leveraging workforce nutrition for better health across the value chain – Unilever

    By Diana Han, MD — Chief Medical Officer, Unilever 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 Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of a global business, to reflect on what we…

  • Viewpoint: Head of The Consumer Goods Forum shares perspective on workforce nutrition

    By Wai-Chan Chan, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum 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…

  • Workforce nutrition in the fruit and veg sector: A natural match

    20 January 2021 —  Nature’s Pride is a leading fruit and vegetable importer in Europe. At the start of the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables, as designated by the UN General Assembly, and as part of its commitment to sustainability the company has entered into a partnership with GAIN to improve health by promoting the better…

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    Reasons to invest in your workforce’s health: why and how

    8 December 2020 — Last year, The Consumer Goods Forum joined forces with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) to co-found the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA), supported by NewForesight, with the aim of supporting employers to adopt and expand workforce nutrition programmes and impact 3 million employees in their organisations and supply chains by 2025.  The WNA…