Strengthen SUN CSN advocacy for responsible private-sector engagement in nutrition equity and food systems
Description
By 2028, the Scaling Up Nutrition Civil Society Network (SUN CSN) Secretariat will support SUN Civil Society Alliances (CSAs) in at least 15 countries to engage in strategic advocacy towards private-sector and government actors to promote nutrition equity and accountability in food systems. This includes actions to improve the availability and responsible marketing of nutritious and safe foods, reduce the promotion of unhealthy ultra-processed products – especially to vulnerable populations – and ensure that food companies act in the public interest and contribute meaningfully to national nutrition goals.
This will be done by:
• Collaborating with expert partners such as Access to Nutrition Initiative (ATNI) to build the CSAs’ capacity for private-sector monitoring and engagement.
• Delivering at least five advocacy-focused workshops or trainings.
• Adapting or producing and disseminating advocacy tools on private-sector accountability.
• Supporting CSAs to participate in at least three global or regional dialogues on private-sector engagement in nutrition and food systems.
GNR assessment
| Verification status |
Verified
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| SMARTness index |
High
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Details
| Global nutrition target(s) |
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Childhood overweight
Adult obesity
Adult diabetes
Raised blood pressure
Salt/sodium intake
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| Nutrition Action Classification(s) |
Enabling >
Leadership and governance
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Measurement
| Key indicator | Fifteen CSAs have tailored SUN CSN capacity-strengthening tools and implemented advocacy strategies towards private-sector actors to promote nutrition equity and accountability in food systems. |
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| Measurement plan | Collect own data |
| Value | Measurement date | |
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| Baseline | 0 Number of SUN CSAs | June 2025 |
| Target | 15 Number of SUN CSAs | December 2028 |
