Category: NEWS
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Kick-starting workforce nutrition: Workforce Nutrition Alliance will launch a new programme for companies in May 2022
The Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA) will launch a new comprehensive three-step programme to help kick-start Workforce Nutrition (WFN) in international companies. The first step, two one-hour webinars called “Fast Track for Leaders”, offer executives the essentials for creating an effective WFN strategy and the necessary tools for successful implementation across their organisation. The second element,…
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Companies with a combined total of over 5.5m million employees and workers along the supply chain committed to workforce nutrition in 2021
The Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA) and its partners achieved outstanding results in 2021, the Year of Action for Nutrition. Commitments made by companies covered more than 5.5m employees and workers along the supply chain. This significant number came from ten companies that made public commitments on workforce nutrition. A further 21 organizations took part in WNA’s first technical…
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Workforce Nutrition recognized as a win-win-win at N4G Summit
The two-day 2021 Nutrition for Growth Summit (N4G) that wrapped up today, 8 December 2021, was a significant moment for workforce nutrition and for the Workforce Nutrition Alliance. During this important global event, which brought together thousands of leaders from government, the United Nations, the private sector, civil society and more, workforce nutrition was recognized for…
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Google announces workforce nutrition commitment at N4G Summit
The two-day Tokyo Nutrition for Growth Summit 2021 kicked off today with commitments made by leaders of governments, companies, international organizations, the United Nations, civil society organizations, and others. Key among them was the high-level commitment made by Google in the area of workforce nutrition. Citing the company’s partnership with the Workforce Nutrition Alliance — co-founded by…
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Bringing good nutrition to tea workers and their families and communities in Kenya
Tea is now the second-most consumed beverage worldwide after water. More than 2 billion people globally consume tea at least once per day, and the industry continues to grow. It now employs more than 13 million people in tea production, including 9 million smallholder farmers – with 70% of global production from 8 million smallholder…
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Overwhelming number of companies falling short on meeting Food and Agriculture Benchmarks, including workforce nutrition
The World Benchmark Alliance has today announced the results of its 2021 Food and Agriculture Benchmarks, which evaluates the performance of 350 keystone companies – those with a disproportionate impact on the global food system – on key environmental, nutritional and social inclusion topics. It found that an overwhelming number are falling short on meeting key…
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Companies pledge millions to end hunger in the world by 2030 as part of the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge
Today, 42 companies have pledged a promising USD 345 million to contribute to ending global hunger as part of a new initiative led by key international organizations.[1] The Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge is a game-changing solution emerging from the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) Action Tracks. It recognizes that governments cannot eradicate hunger alone and need more…
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Nutrition Accountability Framework launched ahead of N4G to track SMART commitments
The Global Nutrition Report has this week launched the Nutrition Accountability Framework and accompanying commitment registration and tracking platform. It has been launched ahead of the upcoming 7-8 December 2021 Nutrition for Growth Summit being held in Tokyo and virtually. The Nutrition Accountability Framework (NAF) creates the world’s first independent and comprehensive platform for registering SMART nutrition commitments and monitoring nutrition action. It…
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Free Scholarships and Early Bird rates now available for our ‘Get Started’ Technical Support Programme
The Workforce Nutrition Alliance is pleased to announce that it is now offering special “early bird” discount rates and free scholarships for its new hands-on technical support programme. These are designed to help companies and organisations to kickstart development of their workforce nutrition programme. The Get Started Technical Support Programme is launching on 1 November 2021, and provides five months…
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Workforce Nutrition in the Spotlight at Pre-Summit of United Nations Food Systems Summit
Geneva, 5 August 2021 — This year is a critical year for efforts to combat global malnutrition, as 2021 marks the halfway point in the United Nations (UN) Decade of Action on Nutrition, while the UN Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) is set to take place in September and the Nutrition for Growth Summit in December. The…