Business commitments


Twenty-nine companies committed to putting good nutrition at the core of their business practice. Specifically, they stated that by June 2016 they would (1) introduce a nutrition policy for a productive and healthy workforce and (2) improve policies for maternal health including support for breastfeeding mothers in their workforce. It was anticipated that these steps would deliv- er improved nutrition, and consequently better productivity and health, for more than 1.2 million workforce members in more than 80 countries.


For 2014, we worked with the SUN Business Network to


send out requests and receive reports on these business com- mitments.3


Companies were asked to assign themselves a rating


of between 1 and 6 where 1 = little or no progress, 2 = some progress, 3 = good progress, 4 = final developmental stage, 5 = partial rollout, and 6 = full implementation.


Of the 29 companies tracked, 24 companies reported on their commitments (Table 8.4). No pattern in the responses could be detected by region, size, or sector. Table 8.5 lists responses by company. Companies that self-reported well on one workforce dimension tended to do so on both. The mode


TABLE 8.3 CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS’ PROGRESS IN MEETING N4G COMMITMENTS Civil society organization (CSO)


Action Against Hunger (ACF International) CAFOD


Comic Relief Concern Worldwide


Helen Keller International Interaction Mercy Corps


Micronutrient Initiative One Campaign Oxfam


Save the Children International SUN CSO Alliance Zambia


UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Vegan Society World Vision


None


No response Off coursea None


On course None


On course None None


On course None None None


On course


Financial commitments On course


Policy/program commitments On course


Not clear


No response None


On course None


Not clear On course On course Off course On course Not clear On course On course None


Source: Authors. Note: On course = progress made is on course for meeting the N4G commitment. Off course = not enough progress has been made toward the N4G commitment. None = no N4G commitment was made. Not clear = the commitment was too vague to assess whether the commitment was met, or the reported evidence on prog-


ress was too vague or only partially reported. No response = CSO did not respond to requests for information. a


Concern Worldwide reported enormous progress against its very substantial commitments but fell just short, hence the assessment.


TABLE 8.4 SELF-ASSESSMENTS OF N4G BUSINESS COMMITMENTS ON WORKFORCE NUTRITION Responses


1 = little or no progress 2 = some progress 3 = good progress


4 = final developmental stage 5 = partial rollout


6 = fully implemented Total responses


No response


Total number of businesses Source: Authors.


2


11 6 0 3 0


22 7 29


Number of companies with given responses on progress Introduce a nutrition policy for a productive and healthy workforce


Improve policies for maternal health of workforce, including support for breastfeeding mothers


3


12 3 2 2 0


22 7 29


ACTIONS & ACCOUNTABILITY TO ACCELERATE THE WORLD’S PROGRESS ON NUTRITION


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