Other content with the tag "Accountability".

March 1, 2024

The study investigates four Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in Mexico, revealing a lack of public information on their implementation and effect

November 22, 2023

The India Index 2023 shows the current state of play of food & beverage companies' contributions to diets and the food environment in India.

November 22, 2023

This report presents operational food surplus and waste data from the CGF’s Food Waste Coalition members.

November 14, 2023

This year’s report introduces true cost accounting (TCA) as an approach to uncovering the hidden impacts of our agrifood systems on the environment

November 10, 2023

The adoption of a harmonised front-of-pack nutrition labelling (FoPNL) scheme has significant advantages from at least four perspectives.

November 3, 2023

According to the data of the Ministry of Environment and Forestry (MoEF) of the Republic of Indonesia, in 2018, as much as 44% of waste generation

March 23, 2023

There is a widely recognized need to increase funding available for improving nutrition in low- and middle-income countries and to move beyond trad

March 23, 2023

New methods for combined evaluation of nutritional and environmental aspects of food products are needed to enable a transformation of dietary guid

March 23, 2023

The aim of this paper is to summarise current trends and new developments with regard to institutional investor actions related to nutrition and ob

The Role of Business in Transforming Food Systems
January 12, 2023

Global food systems face unprecedented challenges Food plays a crucial role in all our lives, not only in supporting our physical and mental health

ATNI Spotlight on Lobbying 2022
December 20, 2022

Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) has been commissioned to benchmark the world’s 25 largest food and beverage (F&B) companies’ lobbying-rel

December 5, 2022

In his book Doing Well by Doing Good, Derek Tribe made the case for investing in agricultural research in our developing country neighbours.

December 5, 2022

Every country is affected by some form of malnutrition.

Risky Seafood Business
November 15, 2022

In recent years, the role of seafood or the ‘blue food’ as alternative animal protein has also been investigated, amid concerns over the impacts of

What's in Store for the Planet: The Impact of the UK Shopping Basket on Climate and Nature-2022
November 15, 2022

The global food system is responsible for more than 30% of total climate change emissions and 60% of biodiversity loss, and retailers – the bridge

Driven to Waste: Global Food Loss on Farms
September 20, 2022

Driven to Waste: Global Food Loss on Farms, a report from WWF and Tesco, reveals an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of food goes unea

Reducing food loss: What grocery retailers and manufacturers can do
September 20, 2022

It’s a dire statistic: 33 to 40 percent of the world’s food is lost or wasted every year.

June 8, 2022

The SUN Business Network (SBN) is the private sector branch of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and aims to support businesses to grow the r

June 8, 2022

The SUN Business Network (SBN) is the private sector branch of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and aims to support businesses to grow the r

June 8, 2022

The SUN Business Network (SBN) is the private sector branch of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and aims to support businesses to grow the r

June 8, 2022

The SUN Business Network (SBN) is the private sector branch of the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement and aims to support businesses to grow the r

January 18, 2022

This peer-review article in BMJ Nutrition Prevent & Health highlights an important area where public and private sectors need to align: brand a

November 17, 2021

The findings in this peer-reviewed journal article are based on a literature review and 30 semi-structured interviews with individuals involved in

November 12, 2021

This article explores potential conflict of interest that may arise when the private sector funds university research.

October 28, 2021

These two user-friendly and informative toolkits were launched with support from SUN Movement partners, to guide member States create or improve mu

August 19, 2021

Between 2018 and 2021, GAIN conducted research and consultations to assess and improve business accountability in nutrition.

August 3, 2021

In this report by the Rockefeller Foundation, the true cost of the U.S. food system is analysed and calculated.

July 28, 2021

This blog from the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) highlights some of the key elements of the forthcoming Food and Agriculture Benchmark, a ranki

June 17, 2021

This report is a comprehensive overview of the role circular economies can have on the longevity, sustainability and viability of healthy food syst

February 11, 2021

Acknowledging the critical role of private sector in nutrition - as the almost entire supplier of food worldwide – the Global Alliance for Improved

February 10, 2021

Third ATNI COVID-19 report highlights corporate responses to the pandemic in India, Mexico and Nigeria.

December 18, 2020

In response to questions from Unicef country offices, this guidance note was prepared to give advice on accepting financial contributions or contri

October 27, 2020

This document sets out the results of an assessment by ATNI of 39 of the world’s major food manufacturers, which have been includ

August 25, 2020

Lack of accountability and follow up project planning is an issue that can limit many PPEs.

March 24, 2020

In this paper, the authors examine "how different aspects of trade can constrain or enable governments’ ability to implement food system-level acti

March 17, 2020

This report on "Emerging Trends and Analysis of the SDG Impact of Companies in the S&P 500®" looks at how companies are spending and reporting

March 9, 2020

On 11th February 2020,  The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF),  the Global Alliance for Improved Nutr

March 4, 2020

The Health Star Rating is a front-of-pack labelling system that rates the overall nutritional profile of packaged food and assigns it a rating from

March 4, 2020

The World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) was established to drive wider and deeper participation from the private sector in the global efforts towards

March 4, 2020

B Impact Assessment is a network of businesses that seek to transform understanding of business success by measuring and managing impact and profit

March 4, 2020

The 2018 Global Nutrition Report shares insights into the current state of global nutrition, highlighting the unacceptably high burden of malnutrit

March 4, 2020

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is a network of experts committed to reducing food safety risks, minimising duplication and costs and buil

March 4, 2020

The Global Access to Nutrition Index focusses on the role that food and beverage manufacturers play in making healthy food affordable and accessibl

March 3, 2020

A new survey from McKinsey finds that "executives and investment professionals largely agree that environmental, social, and governance programs cr

March 3, 2020

This report looks at the top 10 global trends that are shaping how companies are perceived, and priorities for reputation management.

March 3, 2020

This report from Stichting Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and UN Global Compact and PRI provides perspectives and recommendations on the key par

March 3, 2020

The Food and Agriculture Business (FAB) Principles are the outcome of a broad and inclusive multi-stakeholder process comprising over 20 consultati

March 3, 2020

This is Chapter 8 from the 2015 Global Nutrition Report - Actions and accountability to advance nutrition and sustainable development.

October 30, 2019

The Global Nutrition Report (GNR) commitment tracking tool provides the latest data on commitments to end malnutrition made by governments, civil s

July 15, 2019

In this report, the World Benchmarking Alliance (WBA) identifies seven systems transformations that are key to addressing the SDGs, and where busin

July 12, 2019
Estimating the cost of a basic but decent lifestyle for workers and families

The Global Living Wage Coalition (GLWC) was formed by Fairtr

July 2, 2019

The Partnerships Resource Centre (PrC) conducts research projects to facilitate further knowledge accumulation and learning in the area of sustaina

July 2, 2019

This paper by IDH – Sustainable Trade Initiative gives extensive evidence on how to deliver models that provide service delivery to smallholder far

July 2, 2019

There are relatively few peer review articles looking at risk assessment for entrepreneurs in the healthy food industry.

July 2, 2019

This paper provides a business case for investing in India.

July 2, 2019

EAT and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), together with Food Reform for Sustainability and Health (FReSH) convened a

July 2, 2019

People’s perception of their ability to meet their needs and the level of autonomy they feel they can exert over their own lives directly correlate

July 2, 2019

Restricted access article looking at what it takes to scale piloted development projects and solutions.

July 2, 2019

Restricted access article looking at how innovation is essential to meeting the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.

Parent activists versus the corporation: A fight for school food sovereignty
July 2, 2019

This is an uplifting evidence-based assessment of what it takes to successfully campaign against corporate power.

July 2, 2019

This paper assesses how employee nutrition impacts on productivity, absenteeism, and healthcare costs.

June 18, 2019

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition’s Marketplace for Nutritious Foods program sparks private sector production and marketing of nutritious

June 18, 2019

The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition’s Marketplace for Nutritious Foods program sparks private sector production and marketing of nutritious

June 7, 2019

The International Agri-Food Network brings together thousands of international companies and national associations under the umbrella of fourteen i

June 7, 2019

Ever wondered what it’s like for the people growing your chocolate? Ever thought that they may be children?

June 7, 2019

The Center for Strategic and International studies have looked at the impact of Feed the Future Investments in Guatemala.

June 7, 2019

This short blog in Agrilinks gives a set of practical recommendations for knowledge management from CARE’s West Africa office.

June 7, 2019

This is inspired action at its finest!

June 7, 2019

Partnerships for Forests provides financial and technical assistant to help partners do business differently when it comes to land use and preventi

June 6, 2019

Seventy-five percent of the global food supply comes from 12 plant and five animal species – this report by WWF, Washington University, and food gi

June 6, 2019

The growing power of supermarkets comes at a cost.

June 6, 2019

Two page briefing by IBM looking at the causes of supply chain inefficiencies.

June 6, 2019

Irresponsible resource management does not make business sense – a truism that Kavita Prakash-Mani and Joao Campari at WWF call out in this blog.

June 6, 2019

Cocoa may not be the most nutritious of agricultural products, but it has huge environmental and economic importance.

May 28, 2019

Peer review article in Hidden Hunger: Malnutrition and the First 1,000 Days of Life: Causes, Consequences and Solutions.

May 28, 2019

Restricted access paper looking at the role for public private partnerships in making agriculture value chains work for smallholder farmers, based

May 28, 2019

Results of a day-long meeting between food industry scientists, food, nutrition, and health related scientific societies and various U.S.

A global review of food-based dietary guidelines
May 27, 2019

This review gives an overview of food-based dietary guidelines by region and date, alongside looking at key messages about certain produce.

May 24, 2019

The Committee on World Food Security is a collaboration of international agencies, civil society, and the private sector focusing on policy issues

May 24, 2019

Public information on Pepsico's agricultural commodities. For more information on Pepsico’s core business and reporting standards go to our Advanci

May 24, 2019

Multinationals have the power to change people’s relationship with food – as this short opinion piece demonstrates.

May 24, 2019

One-page correspondence in the Lancet looking at the benefit of investing in workplace wellness programmes in India.

May 24, 2019

Many mothers experience barriers to maintaining a breastfeeding relationship with their infants after returning to work.

May 22, 2019

This report produced by the UK Health Forum provides case studies from around the world to help provide a framework for governing public private in

April 29, 2019

Discussion Paper by the International Food Policy Research Institute giving an overview of market failures limiting smallholder involvement in supp

April 29, 2019

This study of agricultural PPPs in Ghana, Malawi, and Kenya calls for governments, donors, and companies to ensure greater participation from small

April 29, 2019

Four partnership principles by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), which govern investment in nutrition and other development p

Building public-private partnerships in food and nutrition
April 29, 2019

This is a report from a workshop on communication and collaboration on public health and nutrition between the private sector, academia, government

April 29, 2019

Podcast by Bond looking at the varied roles of private sector finance and private sector led development in reaching the sustainable development go

April 29, 2019

Comment piece by Lawrence Haddad looking at incentives for business to address the global nutrition challenge.

Sixty tools to facilitate multi-stakeholder partnerships
April 29, 2019

The Multi-Stakeholder Guide by Wageningen University maps sixty tools spanning the six stages of the partnership process: connection, shared langua

April 28, 2019

Food Fortification in a Globalised World is based on 50 years’ experience across public and private sectors.

April 28, 2019

For anyone interested in the cost-benefit of food fortification as a public health intervention.

April 28, 2019

Address by Nigeria’s Scaling Up Nutrition Focal point at Nigeria’s Future Fortified event in 2016.

agriculture windmills
April 25, 2019

In this video, watch the forum discussion with Harvard professor and lead author of the EAT Lancet commission on healthy diets, restauranteur, and

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April 25, 2019

Leading experts and co-chairs of the EAT-Lancet Commission, Prof Walter Willett and Prof.

April 25, 2019

Check out this short video from EAT that breaks down the key messages from the

April 24, 2019

Each year, the Global Nutrition Report provides a snapshot of the state of malnutrition.

April 24, 2019

This 2019 Lancet Commission Report looks at systemic causes for the triple problems of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change.

April 24, 2019

This landmark paper does not only make recommendations, it shows what can be done with the global resources we have and are likely to have in the f

Access to Nutrition Index
April 24, 2019

The Access to Nutrition Index is published by the Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI)

April 24, 2019

The Global Fortification Data Exchange (GFDx) is an online analysis and visualisation tool that aims to help policy makers and experts understand d

April 23, 2019

Paper by Sight and Life puts forward a framework for public private engagement in nutrition.

April 23, 2019

Looking outside of the nutrition sector towards the climate change agenda brings a fresh perspective to the issue of incentivising responsible priv

Protecting policy space for public health nutrition in an era of international investment agreements
April 23, 2019

Restricted access article in the Food Policy Journal looking at shared responsibility for food safety governance.

April 23, 2019

Article by Parag Khanna at the Financial Times discussing the rise of 'Metanationals', or stateless companies.

April 23, 2019

Michael Devereux, Director at Oxford University Centre for Business Taxation, shares his views on tax avoidance and explains the international tax

April 23, 2019

This report, compiled for the European Competitiveness and Sustainable Industrial Policy Consortium, gives a detailed look into the impact of food

April 23, 2019

In the U.K.’s Budget 2016 a soft drink industry levy was announced to reduce consumption of sugary soft drinks.

April 22, 2019

Briefing by ActionAid revealing that one in every two dollars of large corporate investment in developing countries is being routed from or a via a

April 22, 2019

Recent Guardian article by world-renowned economist and Nobel laureate, Joseph Stiglitz explores the truth about tax evasion.

April 22, 2019

Briefing by Jeffrey Sachs et al on how to maximize public private partnerships and combine public finance regulation with private market participat

April 22, 2019

The Harvard Kennedy School Corporate Responsibility Initiative looks at what is needed to boost investment in value chains, especially from small a

April 22, 2019

This article in the British Medical Journal reviews strategies that governments can use to improve nutrition and health.

April 22, 2019

This paper develops a model for corporate political philanthropy based on findings from the tobacco industry.

April 22, 2019

The Food Climate Research Network calls for a more equitable balance of power within the food system.

April 22, 2019

Honest and provocative report by the Civil Society Reflection Group on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

April 21, 2019

This report offers great insight into the important role of city-level action in driving food system change.

April 21, 2019

Two-page briefing by the FAO on a tool to help agriculture become more sustainable and empower smallholders.

April 21, 2019

‘It is through core business that truly transformative impact will happen,’ says John Fallon, Chief Exec, Pearson.

April 21, 2019

Technical report from the Sustainable Development Solutions Network on the Post-2015 Development Agenda.

April 21, 2019

Working paper by Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) looking at how corporate social responsibility and supply agree

April 21, 2019

In this policy brief, the Global Panel makes the case that healthy diets are a foundation underpinning positive progress towards the Sustainable De

April 19, 2019

Unilever is driving change within the palm oil industry with a focus on more efficient land use and forest protection.

April 19, 2019

Mars have produced a position statement on their contribution to greenhouse gas emissions.

April 19, 2019

Unilever’s Paul Polman is a Champion 12.3 – part of a global coalition to accelerate action to achieve UN Sustainable Development Goal 12.3 to half

April 19, 2019

Report from a workshop on collaborative learning at the Institute of Development Studies in 2017, Brighton, U.K.

April 19, 2019

This report by the European Union addresses challenges of implementing country cooperation frameworks that fall under the auspices of the New Allia

April 19, 2019

This report summarizes the findings of a workshop for representatives of the Tanzanian government, development partners, civil society, and private

April 19, 2019

This 21-page briefing by Society Works summarizes information on 152 social entrepreneurs working on food production, manufacturing, distribution,

April 19, 2019

Written evidence submitted by Farm Africa and Self Help Africa on December 2012 to the U.K International Development Committee.

April 19, 2019

Public-Private Partnership Lab: Food and Water is a four-year action research and joint learning initiative to explore the effectiveness of PPPs.

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April 19, 2019

Presentation by Aniko Juhasz, Director, Research Institute of Agricultural Economics linked to the European Commission conference: Harnessing Resea

April 19, 2019

This briefing addresses the distinct roles that each partner can play in promoting nutrition under the Comprehensive African Agricultural Developme

April 19, 2019

This 2015 report by the Asian Development Bank does not directly look at global food supply chains but has valuable and wide-reaching lessons.

April 19, 2019

Covers a checklist for formal public private partnerships spanning: rationale, design, implementation, sustainability, and the roles for brokers at

April 19, 2019

Presentation for the Wellcome Trust looking at the role of policy on public food choices.

April 19, 2019

Principles guiding Unilever’s food and beverage marketing communications, including a promise not to direct any marketing communications to childre

April 19, 2019

A technical briefing for anyone working on behavior change initiatives at scale.

April 19, 2019

Lawrence Haddad, Executive Director at GAIN and winner of the World Food Prize 2018 calls for a revolution in the way we create demand for nutritio

April 19, 2019

Working paper from the Harvard Kennedy School for Business looking at seven guiding principles for cross-sector action on public health.

April 19, 2019

This paper asks important questions, such as: How has high level political momentum for nutrition been generated?

April 18, 2019

This article looks at the nature of public private engagement amidst cyclical and systemic food insecurity.

April 18, 2019

This short paper by the Food and Business Knowledge Platform focuses on public private partnerships (PPPs) in the agricultural sector in Africa.

April 18, 2019

The context for this publication by Save the Children is Sustainable Development Goal 2: ‘Ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutri

April 18, 2019

Academic paper by John Hoddinot et al looking at the different models of engagements for public-private partnerships.

April 18, 2019

This peer review article in Nutrition Reviews assesses existing public private partnership (PPP) guidelines, successful PPPs and summarises intervi

April 18, 2019

This briefing by the European Centre for Development Policy Management has some interesting implications for cross-sector collaboration.

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April 18, 2019

Evidence from the Transform Nutrition Research consortium led by the International Food Policy Research Institute focusing on how to transform the

April 18, 2019

This article by Path celebrates the diverse strengths of public and private partners.

April 17, 2019

The Consumer Goods Forum seeks to secure consumer trust and drive positive change by bringing together over 400 consumer goods re

April 17, 2019

This book by the International Labour Organisation asks important questions about food at work, including: employment conditions, wages

April 15, 2019

This short report gives an overview of rice fortification literature indexed in PubMed, including examples of successful public private engagement

April 15, 2019

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the addition of iodine to infant formulas, the iodisation of salt, and the addition of salt and

April 15, 2019

This 376-page document is WHO’s guidance to countries looking to design and implement food fortification programmes.

April 15, 2019

This book examines food fortification in all its forms.

April 15, 2019

In this synopsis - aimed at business leaders, governments and implementing agencies - IFPRI and Nourishing Millions provide recommendations on how

April 15, 2019

In 2015 the Nourishing Millions project reviewed literature and case studies to show the evolution of nutrition during the past 50 years.

April 15, 2019

This snapshot reports sets out the work of GAIN’s partners to employ food fortification as one way to improve

April 15, 2019

A concise account of lessons learned on salt and iron iodization by world renowned economists, as part of the costs benefit analysis on leading dev

April 10, 2019

This paper looks at three pillars through which the private sector may directly or indir

April 10, 2019

Being able to track and measure the impact of business on food and diets is key to ensuring that businesses make positive contributions

April 8, 2019

How can the world feed 9 billion people by 2050? This is the central question in a report by the World Resources Institute.

April 4, 2019

This report analyses fourteen projects in low and middle income countries working on reducing food loss and waste in food systems.

April 4, 2019

This blog by Brian Lipinski at the World Resources Institutes draws attention to a new international day: 28 April - Stop Food Waste Day.

April 4, 2019

For a compilation of statistics and infographics on global food loss and waste look no further!

April 4, 2019

This presentation is the outcome of a high level policy dialogue in 2015 by the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

April 4, 2019

This article by a non-profit called Concordia makes the simple argument that food insecurity and loss can only be addressed by increased collaborat

April 4, 2019

Innovation has led to the world’s first food loss and waste calculator that instantly estimates the value of food loss and waste in terms of the nu

April 4, 2019

This punchy Guardian article from 2015 still has relevance today.

April 4, 2019

The Food and Agriculture Organization has produced a short video to show that food loss and food waste is not just a developing country issue.

April 4, 2019

This report looks at supply chain waste based on Feedback's research on export supply chains in Peru, Senegal, South Africa, the UK and a major Eur

April 3, 2019

This is the third annual progress report on behalf of Champions 12.3, a coalition of executives from governments, businesses, international organiz

March 21, 2019

"An innovation evolution is needed to maximize the future impact of food fortification," says Dipika Matthias, Senior Program Manager at the Gates

March 1, 2017

With economic losses of $940 billion per year, this report argues that the potential for effective partnership can generate a triple win for the ec