The global nutrition crisis – and what food & beverage manufacturers are doing (or not doing) to address it

The Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) is the first systematic effort to compare major global food and beverage (F&B) manufacturers’ contribution to addressing global nutrition challenges. It provides stakeholders with a comprehensive and objective picture of what companies are doing well, where they lag international best practice and where they can improve. ATNI is published by the Access to Nutrition Foundation (ATNF), an independent non-profit organisation based in the Netherlands dedicated to objectively analysing the contribution of the private sector in addressing the global nutrition crisis.

The rationale for their Global Index is simple: One in three people worldwide are now either undernourished, overweight or obese; as a result, we face a global health catastrophe.

For the first time, this Index includes the results of a nine-country Product Profile which analysed the nutritional quality of 23,000 products made by the Index companies. Inge Kauer, Executive Director of the Access to Nutrition Foundation which develops and publishes the Global Index, will present the results from the recently launched 2018 Index, focusing particularly on whether the 22 Global Index companies have improved their performance since the last Global Index was published in 2016.

About the speaker: Inge Kauer

As the Executive Director of the Access to Nutrition Foundation, Inge oversees all aspects of ATNF, including collaboration with external partners and stakeholders. Next to leading the organisation, she is also member of the board of ATNF.

Inge has spent more than 15 years working with public and private sector organizations on major social issues, including nutrition. She has a background in high-level stakeholder management and communications as well as both leading and building professional organizations. She has a passion for bringing together diverse stakeholders to facilitate sustainable improvements for all involved.

Prior to joining ATNI, Inge was a partner at Boer & Croon, a Dutch-based management consulting firm, where she provided strategic management and communications counsel to diverse government agencies, global corporations and non-profit organizations. She also worked in senior management positions within the Dutch and European, Middle Eastern, and African organizations (EMEA) of Porter Novelli, a global, full-service communications agency, and has advised various companies within the food and beverage industry on socially responsible practices and issues of corporate reputation. As regional director of EMEA, Inge worked with offices around the globe to ensure consistent high-quality client service, regional strategy and business development.

Inge is a non-executive board member of various organizations, including the national foundation for De Nieuwe Kerk (The New Church), a leading international cultural centre in Amsterdam. She holds Masters’ degrees from the University of Amsterdam in both Dutch Law and in Communications Science and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from Nyenrode University.

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