Category: NEWS
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“Many of our young colleagues are already on the brink of obesity. We want to improve this situation.” 
A cohort representing nine countries – The Workforce Nutrition Masterclass kick-off “Supporting employers and their executives to introduce cost-effective workforce nutrition programmes is what I am excited about.” That was Mirjam Kneepkens welcoming the participants to the autumn 2022 edition of the Workforce Nutrition Masterclass, which kicked-off on 14 September. The HR and operations executives…
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World Benchmarking Alliance confirms: Workforce Nutrition offers untapped opportunities
Influential food and agriculture companies make progress on food systems transformation As we were celebrating World Food Day on 16 October 2022, the World Benchmarking Alliance disclosed its latest findings, assessing 22 food and agriculture companies from G7 countries (“G7 Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative” / SSCI) [link to report]. Together, these companies represent some USD…
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US Access to Nutrition Index 2022 – the pivotal role of workforce nutrition programmes
Access to Nutrition Initiative’s recent US Access to Nutrition Index 2022 compared commitments of the eleven largest food manufacturers operating in the US about the delivery of healthy, affordable food and beverages to help consumers have healthier diets and prevent hunger. These include Campbell Soup, Coca-Cola, Conagra Brands, General Mills, Kellogg, Keurig Dr Pepper, Kraft…
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Two one-hour kick-off webinars on workforce nutrition at worksites – New edition of Fast Track for Leaders starts in October 2022
10 October is World Mental Health Day. Whilst the pandemic has, and continues to, take its toll on our mental health, society pays for the rising mental health costs, but employers do so as well through lost productivity and increased demand for healthcare services by their employees. Mental health and employee wellbeing are interconnected topics on top…
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Evidence Brief – Mental Health and Nutrition at the Workplace
This evidence brief focuses on the link between mental health and nutrition. The evidence will be presented using the Workforce Nutrition framework’s four pillars of workforce nutrition programmes, which are Healthy Food at Work, Nutrition Education, Nutrition Focused Health Checks, and Workplace Breastfeeding Support.
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Employers can take effective measures to promote mental health among their employees, and nutrition plays an important role
“Nutrition is often linked most closely with physical health but there are strong associations with mental and emotional health, and this is bi-directional. Your mental and emotional health affect your diet and your diet affects your emotional and mental health” said Christina Nyhus Dhillon Senior Manager, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN). She participated…
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Putting Food on the Table in a World in Crisis – Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue at Davos puts workforce nutrition on the agenda
Workforce Nutrition was one of five major focus topics during an Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogue, that was organised as a side event during the WEF Annual Meeting in Davos (24 May 2022). Hosted by Bayer, Clim-Eat, and the World Farmers’ Organisation the Dialogue brought together fifty global leaders representing diverse stakeholder groups, including farmers,…
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First Lady of Colombia endorses Workforce Nutrition – Inaugural Spanish webinar on workforce nutrition targets Latin American audiences
The First Lady of Colombia, Maria Juliana Ruíz Sandoval, and Carolina Salgado, the High Counsellor for Youth and Adolescents, met in Paris on 29 June 2022 to discuss how to deliver concrete actions on health and positively impact the people of Latin America. The meeting was organised by Workforce Nutrition Alliance’s partner, the Consumer Goods…
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Three successful webinars on implementing workforce nutrition at worksites – Workforce Nutrition Masterclass starts in September 2022
Roadmap to Implementation for Worksite Managers” was the title of three bespoke webinars organised by the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA) during the first half of June 2022. A total of 36 executives from 13 countries, representing 14 international corporations and organisations participated in the one-hour online workshops, that were hosted by Mirjam Kneepkens, WNA’s Senior…
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New Case Study Booklet – Eleven corporate examples of goals and achievements in workforce nutrition programmes
With our partners Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), the Workforce Nutrition Alliance published a Case Study Booklet where eleven companies, including Google and Unilever, documented their goals and achievements in workforce nutrition programmes. We hope, this report will inspire companies to leverage the workplace to provide healthy nutrition to millions of…