This letter expresses concern about the partnership between Nestlé and the United Nations University (UNU) Institute for Water, Environment and Health (INWEH), which establishes the World Food Academy for Sustainable Food Systems.

The document points out that the company’s involvement in nutrition education and professional development activities represents a potential conflict of interest, in light of evidence on the use of marketing strategies involving health professionals.

It also highlights that partnerships with the food industry have limited effectiveness for public health objectives and may favour commercial interests.

The letter calls for the termination of the partnership and reinforces the need to protect education and public policies from undue commercial influence.

Dear Prof. Kaveh Madani and Under-Secretary-General Tshilidzi Marwala,

We write to express our shock and deep concern regarding the “strategic partnership” between Nestlé, the world’s largest transnational food corporation, and the United Nations University (UNU) Institute for Water, Environment and Health (INWEH), which establishes the World Food Academy 4 Sustainable Food Systems.^[1]

At a time when global food systems are under intense scrutiny for their role in driving malnutrition in all its forms, including a startling increase in diet-related chronic disease, the integrity and independence of nutrition education and professional development must be held to the highest standard. This is especially important within United Nations (UN) affiliated institutions, who others look to for leadership. This partnership, which will embed Nestlé within UNU food and nutrition education and young professional development, represents a patent and worrisome conflict of interest, given long-standing evidence of the company in using professional training and sponsorship as a marketing strategy. As authors of the Lancet 2023 Breastfeeding Series reported, Nestlé pioneered medical marketing, including the use of health professionals as “influencers” to shape parental perceptions and feeding decisions, thereby normalising the use of commercial milk formulas, and expanding market demand under the guise of trusted, expert guidance.^[2] This partnership is also out of step with evidence showing that public-private partnerships with the food industry are of no or very limited effectiveness in achieving health or knowledge objectives, while conferring disproportionate advantages to commercial actors. The ultraprocessed food industry and its front groups, have a long history of using such partnerships to delay or circumvent binding government regulation, and to push ineffective voluntary self-regulation instead.^[3] Such partnerships form part of longer-term strategies through which corporations position themselves as legitimate actors in food and nutrition governance.^[4] The world’s leading civil society groups and social movements concerned with food and nutrition, have actively resisted ongoing corporate efforts to exert undue influence over, and shape the agendas of, UN institutions and processes.^[1]

Nestlé is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of ultra-processed foods, a leading contributor to the global rise of diet-related chronic disease, as substantiated by the recent Lancet Series on Ultra-processed Foods and Human Health.^[2] Nestlé’s egregious unethical marketing activities of infant formula triggered the World Health Assembly to establish the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in 1981, updated every two years since, through further World Health Assembly resolutions (The Code).^[3] A substantial body of evidence documents the company’s central role in expanding markets for these products, including marketing practices linked to preventable infant deaths and malnutrition, while exacerbating environmental harms globally.^[4],2 Nestlé continues to repeatedly breach The Code, undermining global efforts to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding, prevent misinformation, reduce child malnutrition and mortality, and promote sustainable development.^2,[5] Nestlé participates in industry associations that actively lobby against public health regulations, including measures to restrict the marketing of ultra-processed foods and implementation of The Code, as well as other policy measures intended to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding and healthy population diets.^[6] These concerns have been consistently articulated by the World Health Organization (WHO), the directing and coordinating authority on international health within the United Nations’ system, including guidance on engagement with the private sector.^[7] UNICEF, the United Nations agency responsible for delivering humanitarian aid to children worldwide, has developed principles of engagement with the food industry, noting substantial risks to child health and nutrition.^[1] Leading health professional organisations worldwide, including in India, Italy, Australia, New Zealand, Ghana, United Kingdom, and South Africa, have ended their collaboration with companies that market foods for infants and young children, because such relationships risk compromising professional integrity and public trust.^[2]

Against this backdrop, the decision by UNU-INWEH to engage in a partnership with Nestlé on nutrition education and young professional development is difficult to reconcile with the principles of independence, scientific integrity, and protection of the public interest and child rights, that underpin the United Nations system. It is misaligned with the standards and norms applied by WHO and UNICEF, which maintain strict policies governing engagement with the private sector, and by those applied by other UN agencies, as outlined in the United Nations Sustainable Development Group (UNSDG) Common Approach to Prospect Research and Due Diligence for Business Sector Partnerships.^[3]

Education must be rigorously protected from political and commercial interference if future health professionals and nutrition leaders are to exercise independent judgment in the public interest. Industry involvement in the development of educational content and delivery is in no way neutral. Rather, it represents a sophisticated form of influence that operates beyond conventional advertising by embedding corporate perspectives within spaces that are presumed to be objective and evidence-based. When such initiatives are tied to prestigious UN institutions, they acquire legitimacy and authority by association, amplifying their persuasive power, and helping to build brand identity and credibility. This “blue-washing” risks reshaping curricula, normalising industry framings of nutrition and health, and obscuring well-documented evidence of corporate harm.⁶

We therefore call on UNU-INWEH to immediately end this partnership with Nestlé.

More broadly, we urge all UN-affiliated institutions to exercise their global responsibility to the people of the world by limiting their engagements with corporate actors whose commercial interests undermine public interests, including human and planetary health. The credibility of the UN system, and its ability to act in the public interest, depends on the clear and strong separation of independent public health functions from the influence of vested commercial interests. Affiliated institutions should follow rigorous due diligence, duty of care, and procedures that prevent interference and undue influence from health harming industries.

We have invited colleagues across academia, public health, and civil society, to join us in calling for an end to this partnership. Please find their signatures below.

Sincerely,

1. Associate Professor Phillip Baker, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
2. Honorary Associate Professor Julie Smith, PhD, Australian National University and Associate Professor, University of Canberra, Australia
3. Roger Mathisen, Authorized Clinical Nutritionist (Norway) and Independent Global Public Health Specialist, Vietnam
4. Professor Mark Lawrence, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
5. Naomi Hull, RN, MPH (Nutrition), PhD Candidate, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
6. Louise Dumas, PhD, Honorary professor-researcher in Nursing Sciences, Université du Québec en Outaouais, Québec, Canada
7. Professor Boyd Swinburn, Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health, School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand
8. Dr Stuart Gillespie, Non-resident Senior Fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute and Honorary Associate, Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom
9. Dr Jennifer McCann, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University,
10. Dr Arun Gupta, Pediatrician and convenor of Nutrition Advocacy in Public Interest (NAPi), India
11. Dr.Veena Shatrugna, Former Deputy Director, National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad, India
12. HPS Sachdev
13. Danielle Adams, Code Compliance Officer, The Breastfeeding Association of Trinidad and Tobago
14. Prof Susan Goldstein, Managing Director, SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
15. Professor Tanya Doherty, Health Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, South Africa
16. Lori Lake, Communication and Education Specialist, Children’s Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa
17. Professor J. Jaime Miranda, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
18. Professor Barry Popkin, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina, United States
19. Associate Professor Mélissa Mialon, Inserm Chair on Research on Health Services, Université Paris Cité, France
20. Patti Rundall, Policy Director and IBFAN Global Council member
21. Michelle Brear (PhD), Senior Researcher, SAMRC Centre for Health Economics and Decision Science – PRICELESS, School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
22. Ana María Suárez Franco, Secretary General, FIAN International
23. Pooja R Singhania, PhD, RD,CDE, Certified IYCF (Infant & Young Child Feeding) Counselling Specialist by BPNI/IBFAN , Founder Nourish 1000 Days
24. Dr Catherine Pereira-Kotze, Research Consultant, Health   Systems Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council; Consultant, Alive & Thrive / FHI360; Senior Nutritionist, First Steps Nutrition Trust (UK)
25. Professor Rina Swart, HOD Dietetics and Nutrition, and Nutrition Lead DSTI/NRF CoE in Food Security, University of the Western Cape, South Africa.
26. Dr Dolly van Tulleken, Director at Dolitics and Visiting Researcher at the MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge (UK)
27. Professor Anna Gilmore, Centre for 21st Century Public Health, University of Bath (UK)
28. Dr Robert Boyle, Mohn Centre for Children’s Health and Wellbeing, Imperial College London School of Public Health (UK)
29. Professor Raj Patel, Lyndon B Johnson School of Public Affairs, University of Texas at Austin (USA)
30. Professor Mark Petticrew, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK; LSHTM Commercial Determinant Research Group
31. Dr. Lindsey Smith Taillie, Professor, Department of Nutrition, Gillings School of Global Public Health
32. Professor Nigel Rollins, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
33. Dr. Rubina Mandlik, Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute, Pune, India
34. Keiko Nanishi, MD, PhD,  Assistant Professor, School of International Health, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
35. Rima L. Strassman, MD, NABBLM-C, FABM,
36. Health Advocates for Sponsorship Free Feeding (HASFF)
37. Aneeqah Latief, RD, MPH (Nutrition), School of Public Health, The University of the Western Cape, South Africa
38. Professor Jean-Claude Moubarac, Département de Nutrition, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Montréal, Canada
39. Asanda Getyeza-Ntswam, MSc (Nutrition), The University of the Western Cape, South Africa
40. Professor Rafael Pérez-Escamilla, PhD, MS, Doctor Honoris Causa, DFASN, Yale School of Public Health, USA
41. Elisabeth Sterken, nutritionist, IBFAN North America,member IBFAN Global Council, Canada,
42. Paula Johns, executive director, ACT Health Promotion, Brazil
43. Maryse Arendt, lactation consultant IBCLC, board chair Professional association of lactation consultants in Luxembourg, Luxembourg, IBFAN Luxembourg
44. Aneta Majerčíková, lawyer and chairwoman of IBFAN CZ (SpoKojení), Czech Republic
45. Renata Adriana Labanca Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG) Brazil, Member of IBFAN Brazil
46. Professor Dr Nikhi M Kharod, Paediatrician and Public Health Professional, Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad
47. Professor Carlos A. Monteiro, School of Public Health, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
48. Dr. Max R. Ramírez. MD. Ped. MPH. Coordinador IBFAN .PANAMÁ
49. Jane Badham, Public Health Nutritionist, Johannesburg, South Africa
50. Dr Tshimi Lynn Moeng Mahlangu, Technical Director- IBFAN AFRICA
51. Loren Hans, RD, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
52. Sofía Monsalve Suárez, Senior Advisor, FIAN International – IPES-Food
53. Dr Mathilde Touvier, Research Director at INSERM, France
54. Assistant Professor Paola Gaete Hermosilla, M.Sc. in Nutrition, Lactation Consultant IBCLC, Department of Women’s and Newborn Health Promotion, Faculty of Medicine, University of Chile, IBFAN Chile.
55. Professor Rachel Wynberg, DSTI/NRF Bio-economy Research Chair, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town, South Africa
56. Professor Sonia Hernández-Cordero, PhD, Research Center for Equitable Development EQUIDE, Universidad Iberoamericana Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico.
57. Professor Lisanne M. du Plessis. Division of Human Nutrition, Department of Global Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, South Africa.
58. Helen Gray MPhil IBCLC, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
59. Teresa Shamah Levy. Director of Evaluation and Surveys, Public Health Institute. Mexico
60. Professor Camila Corvalán, Director Center for Food Environment Research, Institute of Nutrition and Food Technology (INTA), University of Chile, Chile
61. Dr Banshi saboo MD PhD chair IDF south east Asia DiaCare Nehrunagar circle. Ambavadi. Ahmedabad-15
62. Dr. Anna Koronkiewicz-Wiórek (PhD in Law), attorney-at-law, IBFAN member, President of the Board of the Association for the Protection, Promotion and Support of Breastfeeding, Poland
63. Dr. Marcos Arana, IBFAN coordinator for Latin America and The Caribbean, director of Defense of the Right to Health, Mexico.
64. Monique Boatwright, MHumNutr, PhD Candidate, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia.
65. Dr Kim Anastasiou, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia; Healthy Food Systems Australia
66. Prof Jeff Collin, Professor of Global Health Policy, University of Edinburgh, UK.
67. Scott Slater, Research Associate, Sydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Australia
68. Tanita Northcott, Law Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
69. Dr Emily Denniss, Lecturer, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Australia
70. Dr Liza Barbour, Senior Lecturer and Advanced Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Monash University, Australia
71. Dr.Ravi Jha,Pediatrician,Kurji Holy Family Hospital, Patna,India ; Co-Founder PEDGEN INDIA LLP promoting Kangaroo Mother Care.
72. Hon Associate Professor Julie Woods, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University,
73. Associate Professor Jennifer Browne, School of Health and Social Development, Deakin University
74. Robin Jones BM RM MHealSci (Bioethics), midwife, educator and volunteer breastfeeding supporter and advocate since 1983.
75. Constance Ching, Consultant (Code Implementation and Advocacy) and Technical Advisor – Public Policy & Social Impact, Uptake Center for Knowledge Transfer & Innovation of Mantis Mentor LLC
76. Associate Professor Clare Pettinger, School of Health Professions, University of Plymouth, UK
77. Professor Karleen Gribble, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University, Australia
78. Banshi Saboo,Diacare-Diabetes care and hormone clinic,Ahmedabad,India
79. Associate Professor Jane Battersby, Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town.
80. Dr Sarah Browne, Registered Dietitian and Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sports Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
81. Nicole Bando, IBCLC, AdvAPD, NEST Family Clinic, Australia
82. Eliska Selinger MD MSc, public health worker, educator, 3rd Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague, Czech republic
83. Dr Yvonne LeFort, Breastfeeding Medicine Doctor, Milford Breastfeeding Clinic, Auckland, New Zealand
84. Associate Professor Celine Murrin, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy & Sport Science, University College Dublin, Ireland.
85. Professor Helen Schneider, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
86. Professor Cecile Knai, Faculty of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine; LSHTM Food Policy Impact Lab; LSHTM Commercial Determinant Research Group
87. Avv. Claudia Pilato, attorney-at-law, President of IBFAN Italy, Italy
88. Professor Hettie Schönfeldt, DSI/NRF/NDP SARChI Chair in Nutrition and Food Security, University of Pretoria, South Africa
89. Brazilian Alliance for Healthy and Adequate Food, Brazil.
90. Marie Josèphe Amiot-Carlin, Honorary Research Director in Nutrition and Public Health, INRAE, Honorary Research Director in Nutrition and Public Health, INRAE, France
91. Professor Malek Batal, Canada Research Chair in Nutrition Changes and Development, Nutrition Department, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
92. Rosemary Anatol, IBCLC, Advisor, The Breastfeeding Association of Trinidad and Tobago / IBFAN Caribbean
93. Professor Jean-Sébastien Fallu, School of psychoeducation, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
94. Dr. Liesel Carlsson, Professor and Interim Director, School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Adjunct Associate, Australia Centre for Pacific Islands Research.
95. Professor Kate Zinszer, Canada Research Chair in Global Environmental Change and Infectious Diseases, School of Public Health, University of Montreal
96. Chaiti Seth, Instructor, Environmental & Sustainability Studies, Acadia University, Mi’kma’ki/ Nova Scotia, Canada.
97. Alejandro Calvillo Unna, Director of El Poder del Consumidor, México.
98. Dr M.M.A. Faridi, Dean Emeritus Faculty of Medicine Era University, Lucknow India
99. Jane Francis, PhD RD, Assistant Professor, School of Nutrition and Dietetics, Acadia University, Nova Scotia, Canada
100. Dr Anam Nyembezi, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
101. Professor, Sophie Hamisultane, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
102. Alison Mildon, PhD RD, Dept. of Nutritional Sciences, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
103. Hélène Delisle, Professor Emeritus, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada
104. Professor Danielle Gallegos, BSc., Grad Dip Nut & Diet, PhD, FDA, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
105. Dr Sarah Dickie, Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food, Monash University, Australia
106. Stacia Nordin, www.NeverEndingFood.org Permaculture, Malawi
107. Dr Kate Wingrove, School of Public Health, The University of Queensland, Australia
108. Dr Bethanie Chong, MD, MPH
109. Professor, Muriel Mac-Seing, School of Public Health, University of Montreal
110. Mariana Chilton, PhD, MPH, Dept. of Nutrition, School of Public Health and Health Sciences,  University of Massachusetts, Amherst. USA
111. Professor Christina Pollard, PhD, MPH, school of Population Health, Curtin University, Western Australia
112. Jamie Ross IBCLC, APD; PhD Candidate, Monash University, Australia
113. Professor Elena Carrillo Alvarez, PhD, Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain.
114. Dr Júlia Muñoz Martínez, Lecturer, Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain.
115. Nutrition Student Sergi Pérez Alabernia, Blanquerna School of Health Sciences, Universitat Ramon Llull, Spain.
116. Mrs. Evelyn P Kannan , Secretary General, The trained Nurses Association of India, L-17, Florence Nightingale Lane, Green Park (Main), New Delhi-110016.
117. Dr Unni Karunakara, Senior Fellow – Global Health Justice Partnership, Yale University; Richard von Weizsäcker Fellow, Robert Bosch Academy; Director a.i., United Nations University International Institute for Global Health (2024-2025)
118. Dr Nicoletta Dentico, director of the global health justice programme at Society for International Development (SID) and Professor of Global Health at Universita’ La Sapienza, Rome
119. Dr. Serena Cruz, President of the Global Surgery Umbrella (GSU)
120. Dr. Tiff-Annie Kenny, Département de Nutrition, Université de Montréal
121. Ana Renker-Darby, PhD candidate, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
122. Dr. Laura Marchese, Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition (IPAN), School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
123. Dr May van Schalkwyk, Public Health Doctor and Researcher, Global Health Policy Unit and Centre for Pesitcide Suicide Prevention, University of Edinburgh, UK
124. Glenn Makuta, Slow Food Brazil Association Steering Group coordinator, Brazil
125. Rebecca Voisin, MHumNutr, PhD candidate, Nutrition Health Innovation Research Institute, School of Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University, Western Australia
126. Dr. Justine Kavle (PhD-Human Nutrition, MPH), Public Health Nutritionist and CEO of Kavle Consulting – A social enterprise comprised of community and clinical nutritionists who work to improve nutrition-health program and policy implementation
127. Dr Luc Hagenaars, assistant professor health policy, Amsterdam University Medical Centre Department of Public and Occupational Health, the Netherlands
128. Prof Kent Buse, Monash University Malaysia
129. Prof Sarah Hawkes, Global 5050Dr. Angela Carriedo, Policy Secretary of World Public Nutrition Association, Lecturer Aston University
130. Dr Wilma Waterlander, Associate Professor. Amsterdam UMC, Department of Public and Occupational Health, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
131. Dr Helen Harris-Fry, Associate Professor, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, UK.
132. Joe Yates, Director of Networks, Partnerships & Impact – Agriculture, Nutrition & Health Academy Science-Policy Platform, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, LSHTM
133. Dr Priscila Machado, Research Fellow, Institute for Physical Activity and Nutrition, Deakin University, Australia
134. Prof. Jennifer Clapp, University of Waterloo, Canada
135. Dr Sarah Brennan, MD, Chairperson Baby Feeding Law Group Ireland
136. Leonie Elizabeth, PhD Candidate, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
137. Dr Yanela Aravena, Assistant professor, School of Dentistry, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
138. Samantha Nesrallah, Program Officer, International Development Research Centre
139. Dr Clare O’Grady Walshe, Independent Researcher, Dublin, Ireland
140. Dr. Lana Vanderlee, Canada Research Chair in Healthy Food Policy, Université Laval, Canada
141. Dr Fiorella Picchioni, Research Fellow, University of Bristol Business School, UK.
142. Dr Swetha Manohar
143. Stephen Devereux, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies, United Kingdom
144. Kyra Berasi, JD, LLM, global health law consultant
145. Rebecca Green-LaPierre, MSc, Registered Dietitian (Nova Scotia, Canada)
146. Professor Amandine Garde, Law & Non-Communicable Diseases Research Unit, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
147. Rocio Caicedo Borrás. MD MSc. Food and Human Nutrition. Coordinator IBFAN Ecuador.
148. Dr. Maria Herron, Independent Researcher, Administrator Code Monitoring Northern Ireland, founder & Director ibreastfeed CIC, co-founder North West BAPS (Breastfeeding and Perinatal Support).
149. Prof Alice Romokek Nte. Consultant Paediatrician &Coordinator, BFHI Committee, University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital & Professor of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Port Harcourt,  Port Harcourt,  Nigeria. Member, Nigeria National Technical Committee on the Code
150. Prof Luz Valencia-Erazo M.Sc | IBCLC Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador. Member of FUNBBASIC/IBFAN Ecuador.
151. Alison Linnecar, Member of IBFAN Coordinating Council representing IBFAN’s Global group on Environment, Climate and Health. France.
152. Monica Venosa, PhD candidate, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Deakin University, Australia
153. Dr Benjamin Wood, PhD, MBBS, MGH, Research Fellow, Deakin’s Centre for Global Preventive Health and Nutrition, Deakin University, Australia.
154. Professor Ted Greiner, Editor, World Nutrition
155. Dr. Magdalena Whoolery, Founder Breastfeeding International. United States
156. Bill Jeffery, BA, LLB, MA, Executive Director and General Legal Counsel, Centre for Health Science and Law, Canada
157. Juanita Jauer Steichen, MA IBCLC, Board member AFCL Association française des consultants en lactation, France
158. Catherine Legier, midwife IBCLC, board member AFCL, France
159. Anne Fonseca Nabli, IBCLC, Association Hanen pour l allaitement Maternel, Tunisie
160. Dr karama feki MD,IBCLC , association hanen pour la promotion de l’allaitement maternel , Tunisie
161. Catherine Watt, DPhil, IBCLC, IBFAN-GIFA, LLL Switzerland
162. Martin Carine,IBCLC, board member AFCL, France
163. Travaillot Carine , Auxiliaire de puériculture, IBCLC, Association BAB, France
164. Bergé Isabelle, IBCLC, board member AFCL, France
165. Mangenot Delphine, midwife IBCLC, France
166. Charlotte Yonge. Formatrice en allaitement, IBCLC, board member CoFAM.
167. Dr Marie Mizzi-Rozier, MD, Pediatrician, IBCLC, France
168. Audrey Lafont, nurse, IBLCE, Board member LLL France and CoFAM
169. Marina Rea, coordinator Ibfan Brazil. IBFAN Global Council.
170. Lespingal Virginie IBCLC, France
171. Board of Directors, La Leche League International
172. Judy Canahuati, MPhil, IBCLC (ret) La Leche League International Action Networking and Advocacy Committee

173. Leah Margulies, Esq. Former Director, Infant Formula Program, Interfaith Center   on Corporate Responsibility, Founder of Infant Formula Action Coalition (INFACT) aka The Nestle Boycott.
174. RuthAnna Mather, La Leche League International Action, Networking and Advocacy Committee; La Leche League International Breastfeeding Support in Emergencies Subcommittee; La Leche League Asia & Middle East Leader (volunteer breastfeeding counselor)

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^[1] UNICEF. Engaging with the food and beverage industry: UNICEF programme guidance. 2023.

https://www.unicef.org/documents/nutrition/engaging-food-and-beverage-industry

^[2] World Health Organization. Sponsorship of health professional associations by manufacturers and distributors of commercial milk formula: case studies. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/B09083

^[3] UNSDG Common Approach to Prospect Research and Due Diligence for Business Sector Partnerships.https://unsdg.un.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/Annex-1-UNSDG-Common-Approach-to-Due-Diligence.pdf

^[1] Social movements, Indigenous Peoples, and civil society organisations continue to fight against corporate capture of global food governance. The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism. https://www.csm4cfs.org/social-movements-indigenous-peoples-and-civil-society-organisations-continue-to-fight-against-corporate-capture-of-global-food-governance/

^[2] The Lancet (2025) Ultra-processed Foods and Human Health. https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/ultra-processed-food

^[3] World Health Organization. Code and subsequent resolutions. Geneva; 2018. Available from: https://www.who.int/nutrition/netcode/resolutions/en/

^[4] Anttila-Hughes, J. K., Fernald, L. C., Gertler, P. J., Krause, P., Tsai, E., & Wydick, B. (2018). Mortality from Nestlé’s marketing of infant formula in low and middle-income countries (No. w24452). National Bureau of Economic Research; Baker, P., Slater, S., White, M., Wood, B., Contreras, A., Corvalán, C., … & Barquera, S. (2025). Towards unified global action on ultra-processed foods: understanding commercial determinants, countering corporate power, and mobilising a public health response. The Lancet, 406(10520), 2703-2726; United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Ultra-processed Foods and Children. State-of-the-art review, UNICEF, New York, December 2025.

^[5] Pérez-Escamilla, R., Tomori, C., Hernández-Cordero, S., Baker, P., Barros, A. J., Bégin, F., … & Richter, L. (2023). Breastfeeding: crucially important, but increasingly challenged in a market-driven world. The Lancet, 401(10375), 472-485.

^[6] Baker, P., Slater, S., White, M., Wood, B., Contreras, A., Corvalán, C., … & Barquera, S. (2025). Towards unified global action on ultra-processed foods: understanding commercial determinants, countering corporate power, and mobilising a public health response. The Lancet, 406(10520), 2703-2726; Baker, P., Smith, J. P., Garde, A., Grummer-Strawn, L. M., Wood, B., Sen, G., … & McCoy, D. (2023). The political economy of infant and young child feeding: confronting corporate power, overcoming structural barriers, and accelerating progress. The Lancet, 401(10375), 503-524.

^[7] World Health Organization. Supporting member states in reaching informed decision-making on engaging with private sector entities for the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases: a practical tool. 2024. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240094840#:~:text=This%20Decision%2Dmaking%20tool%20offers,sector%20in%20addressing%20the%20prevention

^[1] Announced by UNU-INWEH here and by Nestlé here.

^[2] The Lancet. Breastfeeding 2023. https://www.thelancet.com/series-do/breastfeeding-2023; Rollins, Nigel, et al. “Marketing of commercial milk formula: a system to capture parents, communities, science, and policy.” The Lancet 401.10375 (2023): 486-502; see also Baker, P., Russ, K., Kang, M., Santos, T. M., Neves, P. A., Smith, J., … & McCoy, D. (2021). Globalization, first-foods systems transformations and corporate power: a synthesis of literature and data on the market and political practices of the transnational baby food industry. Globalization and health, 17(1), 58.

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