Jessica Attard 🏳️🌈
@JessicaAttard5
Outspoken introvert. Programme Director @ShareAction. Passionate about cross-sector collaborations. Lover of good food. #Business4Good
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21-11-2017 12:45:46
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New research from Action On Sugar shows that Nestlé, Aldi Stores UK & @LidlGB have ‘unnecessary’ levels of sugars in cereals and yoghurts that have packaging that appeals to children.
All companies should strategically shift sales towards healthier foods.
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Jon Burke 🌍 Obviously a lot of narrative around ULEZ is the fact cars are the major source of toxic air pollution.
Less talk about the fact that walking is one of the best things a person can do for their health and well-being, and a lot of people drive when it’d be just as easy to walk.
Great to be featured in The Washington Post's latest article on the damages that Ultra-processed food are causing to society and the planet.
Our Long-term Investors in Public Health programme is bringing together investors to properly consider health.
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Eish...
If only there was a focus on human flourishing as much as business flourishing, wouldn't the world be a different place 🤔
Sunak calls on 14 bosses to serve on business advisory council - on.ft.com/3q0QCCa via Financial Times
Agreed Henry Dimbleby. One thing all these companies have in common is sustained participation with the Long-term Investors in People’s Health programme. Investor engagement can be a powerful tool — even when governments are too slow to act.
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Agree Lord Bethell !... AND investors have a role to play here, as owners of companies which can both contribute to, as well as be solutions for, these wider determinants of health 💡
'Perhaps the investment system can be the 'carrot', incentivising companies to have a more positive impact on health'
Said Jenn Lacy-Nichols on our investor webinar on the commercial determinants of health.
With ShareAction Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation The Health Foundation
'It was pretty egregious to see our big obesity policies which I'd thought were over the line be watered down by the hidden hand of industry'
Said Lord Bethell on our webinar with ShareAction Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Kieron Boyle The Health Foundation Jenn Lacy-Nichols Sharon Friel
Call to action from Kieron Boyle in our webinar today: How do we bring the investor voice to the conversation on commercial determinants of health? At present it remains too far apart from it!
With ShareAction The Health Foundation Guy's & St Thomas' Foundation Jenn Lacy-Nichols Sharon Friel
Listening to Jenn Lacy-Nichols on the impact that companies can have on global health policies and some questions investors should be asking
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Why must investors focus on the commercial determinants of health?
On 26 June, join ShareAction SPECTRUM Research Consortium & Jennifer Dixon to explore:
▶️ how companies can promote/harm health
▶️ the case for government action
▶️ the role of investors.
Sign up now 🔽
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Powerful from ShareAction, bringing pressure on Nestlé to make their food healthier.
There's going to be a lot more of this as we take on the junk food cycle.
#HealthyBritain @dollytheis Henry Dimbleby Jessica Attard 🏳️🌈
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Nestle is one of the largest global food manufacturers, but their success relies heavily on the sales of unhealthy food. We're working with ShareAction to call on Nestlé to set a target to grow its proportion of healthier foods: shareaction.org/news/investors… #NestleResolution