New publication – the Right to Food and Nutrition Watch 2o15 This includes three articles contributed by IBFAN. The Business of Malnutrition: The perfect public relations cover for big food by Patti Rundall, Policy Director, Baby Milk Action, UK Business of Malnutrition,…
WHO ‘non paper’ on Framework of Engagement With Non State Actors (FENSA)
See Press release about the letter from 67 NGOs to WHO and the NonPaper on the implications of the Framework of Engagement With Non State Actors (FENSA) For the past 4 years and as part of the WHO reform, WHO and its governing bodies…
The Commission’s weak proposals on baby food and formula acts are out
The EU Commission’s proposals for new legislation covering the composition and marketing of baby foods and formulas have been sent to the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) I will post comments and a guide very soon…
Two good films – Landgrabbing and Inequality for all
Two very good films doing the Festival rounds. Landgrabbing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ieioj-036hA May 11, 2015 The world’s farmland is at risk. Demand for land has soared as investors look for places to grow food for export, grow crops for biofuels or…
New Guidelines on Infant feeding and the European refugee crisis
A new reply has been posted to Infant feeding and the European refugee crisis in the Infant and young child feeding interventions area. From Marie McGrath on Thursday 1 October at 3:25 PM Dear en-net I am happy to share Interim Operational Considerations for the…
IBFAN speaking at UN Working Group on TNCs and human rights
Camille Selleger, IBFAN -GIFA making an oral presentation on General Comments in Geneva FNALGIFA Oral Statement_PANEL_V_CONTENT_ETOs UN Open-ended intergovernmental working group (OEIWG) on Transnational Corporations (TNCs) and other business enterprises with respect to human rights, is meeting in UN Geneva…
Launch of the Civil Society CRC report
Mike Brady, Helen Gray, myself and Alison Thewliss at the launch of the Children’s Right’s Alliance Civil Society alternative report on the UK implementation of the CRC. Portcullis House 1st July 2015. CRAE_NGO-REPORT_WEB See Page 22 Paras 134 and 135…
New EU rules will trick parents into buying expensive and unnecessary products that will fuel the obesity crisis
PDF: IBFANBFLG EU PR 24.2.15v3 CLICK HERE for BFLG briefing PRESS RELEASE 24 February 2015 New EU rules will trick parents into buying expensive and unnecessary products that will fuel the obesity crisis Health advocates from across Europe have decried new rules…
Stop TTIP – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
Free Public Event tonight. TTIP Take Back the Power flyer Baby Milk Action is working alongside the growing number of NGOs, Unions and citizens such as War on Want, Trade Justice Movement, WDM and 38 Degrees and 120 organizations from 18 different…
Global Nutrition Report
I attended the launch of the Global Nutrition Report at the House of Commons on Tuesday 2nd December. I picked up on something said by lead author Lawrence Haddad about Maharashtra (see below) and the appropriate role for industry. I made a…
Transnational Misconduct Must End
http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/ricardo-patino/ecuador-ricardo-patino_b_6040920.html Transnational Misconduct Must End Ecuador has undergone a profound social, economic and political transformation over the past seven years, prioritizing the needs and rights of its citizens, in order to tackle a great moral challenge of the 21st…
Civil society disappointed at Nutrition negotiations in Rome
STATEMENT BY CSO DELEGATION TO THE OPEN ENDED WORKING GROUP OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NUTRITION 2 DISAPPOINTING OUTCOMES OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NUTRITION Governments met in the FAO Headquarters in Rome from 10-12 October to finalize the Rome Political Declaration…
Video report on European Premiere of Tigers – the true story of the former Nestle salesman who took on the company with the help of IBFAN
Video produced by the San Sebastian Film Festival (5 minutes – some commentary in Spanish). For details, screening time and to sign up for news alerts see Baby Milk Action’s special Tigers page. Breaking news 28 September: Tigers wins Solidarity…
WHO EU Regional Meeting: Conflicts of interest on the agenda
Important information on conflicts of Interest for upcoming WHO Regional Meetings: Copenhagen:15th- 18th September, I have posted these tweets: Why is the EU so keen on voluntary CSR and ‘multi-stakeholder’ approaches – when there is no evidence they work? WHO…
Comment defending the Institute for Trade, Standards and Sustainable Development, Inc. (ITSSD)
Comment posted to my blog The comment given below was posted to my Blog, Stop TTIP – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership by someone calling themselves ‘Informed Counsel’ and giving their URL as http://www.itssd.org/. ITSSD is the Institute for Trade, Standards and…
NGO concerns about Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2)
19 November, 2014 Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Roma, Italy FAO Headquarters, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00153 Roma, Italy CLICK HERE FOR NEW LETTER MTG 11 Julyfinal3 CLICK HERE for background Papers CLICK here for a letter sent from…
UN Global Compact Office says it has no role to play in protecting integrity of initiative as Nestle continues to violate its principles
Baby Milk Action press release 2 July 2014 Baby Milk Action has today sent an open letter to the Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, George Kell, over the failure of the Global Compact Office to hold Nestlé to account for…
Historic Resolution passed calling for a HR Treaty to hold corporations to account
Baby Milk Action and IBFAN are supporting the campaign for a new Treaty to hold corporations accountable for their Human Rights abuses. Baby Milk Action’s Policy Director, Patti Rundall, was in Geneva with IBFAN’s Geneva-based group, GIFA, FIAN other NGOs…
EU opposes action on human rights abuses by transnational corporations
UPDATE 26 June 2014: Victory at the UN Human Rights Council – the resolution to draft the treaty was passed, despite opposition from the US and EU. The UK has a vote at the Council and voted against. So please…
Human Rights Groups Call for Governments to Support Treaty That Protects People from Corporate Human Rights Abuses
Baby Milk Action press release 10 June 2014 Baby Milk Action is today joining colleagues around the world calling on governments to support international efforts to strengthen international law, thereby better protecting people from human rights abuses caused by corporate activities.…
International action is needed to stand up to corporations
I have just joined the call for a binding international treaty to address corporate human rights abuses! You can do so to here. The United Nations Human Rights Council is meeting at the moment (10 – 27 June) and an international civil…
Methodist Church committee presents selective report to Conference (4-11 July) to excuse million pound Nestlé investment
Press release 3 July 2013 The British Methodist Conference (4-11 July) will receive a report from the Church’s Joint Advisory Committee on the Ethics in Investment (JACEI), which has been released to the media. This includes a paragraph on Nestlé, in…
President Aquino of the Philippines called on to defend mothers and babies from the baby food industry
Press release 3 June 2012 President Benigno S. Aquino III of the Philippines, who will shortly arrive in the UK, has been sent a message by Baby Milk Action and members of the public from around the world calling on…
Nestle, the UN Global Compact and OECD Guidelines
What happened when Nestlé was reported for violating the UN Global Compact and OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises? Abstract The UN Global Compact and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises seek to improve compliance of businesses with human rights…
UNHCR uses ‘due diligence’ and abandons US$ 5 million deal with Nestlé
UNHCR uses ‘due diligence’ and abandons US$ 5 million deal with Nestlé Press release 23 November 2009 Baby Milk Action, colleagues in the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) and thousands of health campaigners around the world are sighing with…