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Learning from Leaders: Examples of good nutrition for employees and supply chain workers
The Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) in partnership with the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) and the Workforce Nutrition Alliance (WNA), hosted an investor webinar titled Investing in Human Capital: Boosting Productivity through Workforce…
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Piloting the “Nutrition at Work Handbook” in supply chains and best practices
Nature’s Pride is one of the largest importers of fruits and vegetables in Europe. It worked with two of its suppliers – ZZ2 in South Africa and Dominus in Peru – to pilot the GAIN Nutrition at Work Handbook. In this webinar, they share their experiences and the results of this pilot initiative. Download presentation Watch…
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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…
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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…
