Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge

The Zero Hunger Pledge gathers commitments from the private sector to support a global call to end hunger. 🌏 Morination Agricultural Products, led by Sharon Jean Gonzales- Gulmatico, has pledged USD 2.3 million to help small farmers in the Philippines, with the ambition to double the annual incomes of households. It provides trainings to farmers to improve skills and techniques, facilities to store their harvest and access to health services. Morination also engages in advocacy for sustainable food supply chains with United Nations agencies and other businesses. 👏 We will succeed in achieving #SDG2 only with the support of all sectors of society, including the private sector. 📞 This is an open call to companies of all sizes and from all over the world. JOIN THIS GLOBAL MOVEMENT: https://lnkd.in/ebEqVf-v #FoodSystems #ZeroHunger Grow Asia FAO Philippines Partnership for Sustainable Agriculture (PPSA) Department of Agriculture - Philippines Food Philippines NUTRITION CENTER OF THE PHILIPPINES Action Against Hunger Philippines Rise Against Hunger Philippines Food for the Hungry, Inc. Branch Office (Philippines)

📆 On Wednesday, 4 September, we are hosting a roundtable discussion on challenges agriculture and food companies face in global supply chains in the context of climate and economic uncertainty. 🌍 If you're in Kigali, join us! 🔗 Agenda & registration: https://lnkd.in/e9ukCm6p #FoodSystems #SDG2 Ibrahim Mayaki Lawrence Haddad CMG Oshani Perera Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) African Union Rabo AgriFinance Ben Valk Sustain Africa Rabobank Sustainable Growers Question Coffee Daniel Gies Challenges Rwanda Dorcas Amoh Mensah Munyax Eco Francine Munyaneza One Acre Fund Jean Paul Gisa Milindi Sibomana, PhD Nilendu Mukherjee Rabobank Wholesale Europe & Africa Patience Kikoni Sophie Duchanoy Stuart Morris East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation Best in Rwanda Group Vincent Kalimba Food Health Systems Advisory Paul Newnham SDG2 Advocacy Hub

📢 The Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge is a call to companies of all sizes and from around the world to join the global movement to end hunger. 🌍 🖐 BASF answered and pledged to contribute by empowering smallholders, improving agriculture infrastructure and supporting public health initiatives, among others. This includes vocational training, malaria prevention programs as well as technical assistance and support for seed production and food fortification. The company says it will support and build on public sector commitments and partner with governments, donors and global institutions to transform our food systems for the better. JOIN THE CALL ➡ https://lnkd.in/drpBXqQx #SDG2 #SustainableAg #ZeroHunger Melanie Bausen-Wiens Markus Kamieth Dirk Elvermann Michael Heinz Anup Kothari Stephan Kothrade Katja Scharpwinkel Chaim Gabriel Waibel Carolina Brusoni Benjamin Franke Marina Bischof Brian Kachlik Matthias Halusa Elvira Janot Cornelia Thoma Elisabeth von der Ohe Thierry Charton Thomas Steude Timo Hofer

Join us at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 on Monday, 2 September! Together with our partners Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), AGRA, Access to Nutrition Initiative and AUDA NEPAD, we will organise a side-event to discuss private sector investment to end hunger and enhance nutrition in Africa. The side-event will discuss strategies to mobilise investments that foster equitable, sustainable and nutritious food systems on the continent. It will also explore the link between nutrition and soil health, the importance of women's leadership, and the challenges of investing in sustainable food systems. Confirmed speakers include: ➡ Prem S. Bindraban, IFDC ➡ Efi Chatzinikolaou, Access to Nutrition Initiative ➡ Lawrence Haddad CMG, GAIN ➡ Kagwiria Koome, The Rockefeller Foundation ➡ Lysiane L., Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge ➡ Chola Mfula, AUDA-NEPAD ➡ Bertha Mkandawire, AGRA ➡ Siny Samba, LE LIONCEAU ➡ Bahati W., Agriface 🔗 For more information, including registration details: https://lnkd.in/eX3qSfux FAO Global Citizen Grow Asia International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Shamba Centre for Food & Climate World Benchmarking Alliance World Food Programme WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development

🌍 Join us at the Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda! We're excited to co-organise a pivotal side event with the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), AGRA, Access to Nutrition Initiative and AUDA NEPAD to discuss 'Mobilising private sector investment to end hunger and enhance nutrition in Africa'. 📅 Date: Monday, 2 September 2024, 11.45 AM -12.45 PM 📍 Location: Kigali Convention Centre, Rwanda This event is a unique opportunity to delve into strategies for sustainable food systems across Africa, emphasising nutrition, women's empowerment, youth engagement and SDG2—Zero Hunger. This will be the occasion to connect with key stakeholders and gain insights from high-level representatives on strategies for mobilising investments that foster equitable, sustainable and nutritious food systems in Africa. 🔗 Check out more details about the programme and the speakers at https://lnkd.in/eX3qSfux Join us! 🙌 Lawrence Haddad CMG Chola Mfula Efi Chatzinikolaou Betty Kibaara The Rockefeller Foundation Siny Samba LE LIONCEAU Bahati W. Agriface Kenya Lysiane L. Global Citizen World Benchmarking Alliance WBCSD – World Business Council for Sustainable Development FAO World Food Programme Grow Asia #AFSForum2024 #ZeroHunger #SDG2 #SustainableFoodSystems #FoodSystems #YouthEmpowerment

Groupe Nutriset has pledged through the Zero Hunger Pledge to invest in infrastructure, regulations, technical assistance and services to support small- and medium-scale enterprises (SMEs) within their value chain in Africa, Haiti and India. 👏    New companies are joining this global movement to #EndHunger. Any company can sign the pledge provided they accept the conditions and guiding principles of the Pledge.  👀 Discover more at https://lnkd.in/e3aeBKvv #SDG2 #FightAgainstMalnutrition #Nutrition4All Adeline Lescanne-Gautier Faustine Lescanne Malo Fokko Wientjes Michel de Lepper Mathieu Meyer Alice Pieret Anne-Laure BRUNEL-MOYEN Salima Boitout Evelyne BOUVARD Mélanie CLOUX Rekha Lecomte Carole POUDRÉ Oummy Boudhabhay Christian Troubé Thomas LAMBERT Hélène DURET Miguel RUA Lisa Fanise Claire Fehrenbach

The World Benchmarking Alliance has updated its Nature Benchmark, assessing how more than 800 major companies across varied sectors are impacting nature and protecting and restoring ecosystems. In a blog we recently co-authored, we stressed the importance of corporate action and accountability in achieving #SDG2 and eradicating hunger. We also mentioned some of the companies in this benchmark that have joined the Zero Hunger Pledge, taking on a central role in this common effort. Check it out ⬇ https://lnkd.in/ejPtTAxf

FMC Corporation joined the Zero Hunger Pledge by investing in interventions to support farmers, secure the future of food and achieve the goal of Zero Hunger by 2030. #SDG2 This commitment will equip farmers with the skills and technologies to sustainably produce enough food for their families and communities. 👩🌾 👏 Congrats to FMC Corporation and to the other 42 companies that joined this global call. ✊ You can be the next. Check out how to be part of this. https://lnkd.in/drpBXqQx #FoodSecurity #EndHunger Julie DiNatale John Raines Ronaldo Pereira Brian Angeli Brian Blair Bill Chester Barry Crawford Darren Dillenbeck Benedicte Flambard Renato Guimaraes Thaisa Hugenneyer Amie Leopold Susanne Lingard Sebastià Pons Andrew Sandifer Pramod Thota Kathy Fortmann robert pallash Pat Verduin Kaitlin O'Shaughnessy Generation Unlimited SAND Network Private Limited Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH GM Solar 

AGREA Agricultural Systems is one of the 53 companies that joined the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge to be part of a global movement to end hunger.  📢 The company pledged to adopt climate-resilient crops and to scale up farm-level interventions in water-scarce regions in the Philippines. 🌏 It also committed to investments in extension services and Research & Development, especially for women, and to implement innovative agricultural interventions to support sustainable practices.  Congrats! 👏   If you want to know how to join the Pledge, check out the website 👇 https://lnkd.in/drpBXqQx     #Women #RegenerativeAgriculture #Philippines #SDG2     Cherrie Atilano James Flanagan Christine Jodloman Jonathan Quinto Sonia Gonzales Ronald Arceo Maria Celina Rupinta-Katimbang, MBA Mary Claire Limpiada Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) Movement UN Global Compact Network UK The World Bank Solutions for Youth Employment (S4YE) Young Leaders Global World Economic Forum The Forum of Young Global Leaders  

The Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge has collected more than USD 609 Million in 50 countries with the involvement of 53 companies.  Countries have pledged to invest in one or more of the 3 priority categories that Ceres2030 identified as the most effective to end hunger by 2030:  🔵 Empower the excluded  🔵 Stronger farmers and crops   🔵 Food value chain    👀 Discover how to join the Zero Hunger Pledge ⤵ https://lnkd.in/e3aeBKvv    PepsiCo is part of this global movement.  The company has pledged to invest in positive agriculture and food security initiatives by 2030. 👏 “By joining the Pledge, the company cultivates innovation in agriculture and supports farming communities, which helps accelerate its ongoing efforts towards a more sustainable and regenerative food system. This encompasses everything from growing food in a way that revitalises the earth, supporting farmer livelihoods, feeding a growing population – all while seeking to positively impact farmers, communities and the planet.” #EndHunger #PrivateSector #SDG2 C.D. Glin Ramon Laguarta Jim Andrew Monica Bauer Mengelberg Björn Bernemann Jamie Caulfield Anne Fink David Flavell Marie T. Gallagher Vince Jones Dr. Athina Kanioura Stephen Kehoe Ram Krishnan Rene Lammers Silviu Popovici Gregg Roden Paula Santilli Becky Schmitt Wern-Yuen Tan Pietro Antonio Tataranni, MD, GFMD Jane Wakely Eugene Willemsen Steven Williams World Food Programme The Global FoodBanking Network Smile Foundation United Way USAID Organisation Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH IDB Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) Proforest Syngenta