Engagement Score
How much does the company score in its engagement with policymakers and other stakeholders?
About the data
The Access to Nutrition Index (ATNI) is founded on the premise that Food & Beverage manufacturers can make a strong contribution to addressing poor nutrition and related diseases. The ATNI assesses and ranks the world’s largest manufacturers based on their nutrition-related commitments, practices and performance globally.
This metric focuses on companies’ engagement with governmental and non-governmental stakeholders on corporate nutrition practices and nutrition-related issues. Companies are assessed under two criteria:
G1 Lobbying and influencing governments and policymakers
G2 Stakeholder engagement
Methodology
To perform well in this Category, companies should:
- Publish a policy on lobbying in a Code of Business Ethics, or similar format, which clearly extends to lobbying on nutrition issues.
- Disclose fully, on a global basis, their lobbying activities, including their positions on nutrition issues and their membership and funding of industry associations and lobbying organizations.
- Disclose any Board seats on such bodies and any potential governance conflicts of interest (or state that none exist).
- Commit to playing an active part in supporting the efforts of developing country governments to address undernutrition, and publish examples of such activities.
- Demonstrate a comprehensive, structured approach, following the AA1000 Standard (see Box 21).
- Provide evidence of extensive engagement with stakeholders to address both obesity and undernutrition on a global basis.
- Report on how the input received through stakeholder engagement is used to improve the company’s strategies, policies and/or practices.
Value Type
Number
Unit
/10
Range
0-10
Options
Research Policy
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