Strong partnerships for lasting change
Successful affordable nutrition projects rely on strong partnerships. At Arla Foods Ingredients, we collaborate with international networks, businesses, NGOs and research institutes.
Each collaborative project has the same primary mission: to relieve the burden of malnutrition, particularly the consequences for children and young mothers.
Our key partners
- GAIN
- SUN Business Network
- DanChurchAid
- Universities
GAIN
The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a foundation launched in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. In 2014, GAIN initiated the GAIN Nordic Partnership with Arla Foods Ingredients as one of the founding partners. Bringing together companies, civil society organisations, academia and the public sector, this multi-sector platform facilitates the development of scalable and inclusive business models to enhance the nutritional value of food in low-income countries. GAIN Nordic Partnership is a forum for collaboration, action and knowledge sharing.
SUN Business Network
The SUN Business Network was launched in 2012 by the World Food Programme and GAIN to promote business engagement in the Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN) movement. The objective is to build a network of businesses — food, non-food, multinational and local — to develop profitable and innovative business models for scaling up nutrition in low-income countries. These business models include those developed through the GAIN Nordic Partnership. We became a member in early 2017.
DanChurchAid
DanChurchAid (DCA) is an NGO dedicated to helping people living in poverty or whose lives are threatened. In 2018, DCA and Arla Foods Ingredients entered a partnership agreement to share knowledge and expertise and develop new affordable food concepts. Like Arla Foods Ingredients, DCA is a founder member of the GAIN Nordic Partnership.
Universities
Leading university scientists conduct studies to identify optimum, affordable nutrition for undernourished children and reduce food waste by optimising the processing of local crops such as papaya and exploring new business opportunities that utilise dairy side streams. We support this work either alone or in collaboration with other organisations.
Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge
Through our collaborative projects, we want to contribute to the UN’s zero hunger sustainable development goal. This is why we have signed up to the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge. You can read more about our commitment to the Zero Hunger Private Sector Pledge here.
Joint work on scalable business models for sustainable food supply chains further contributes to the sustainable development goals focused on decent work and economic growth, responsible consumption and production, and partnerships for the goals.
