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Business Network

The GCNF Global Business Network engages companies large and small in the effort to strengthen their relationship with government-operated national school meal programs. By integrating social impact, transparency, good practices, and business returns, we facilitate public-private partnerships that are sustainable and high impact for all involved.

Why GCNF?

GCNF has deep international experience in school meal programs, engages with over 80 countries, and leads the Global Survey of School Meal Programs. We are objective brokers of partnerships by enabling cooperation, ensuring inclusive participation, aligning common goals, and establishing mutual accountability. We believe mutual respect creates environments in which sustainable partnerships can be built.

Membership offers year-round resource and collaboration opportunities for businesses on:
Relationship Building
Data
Knowledge Sharing
Visibility

Membership Levels

The Global Business Network offers year-round opportunities for businesses to

  • Build relationships with government officials and other business leaders working on similar issues or locations
  • Receive objective and comprehensive country-by-country information about school meal programs, supply chains, and potential market opportunities via the Global Child Nutrition Forum, Global Survey, and other means
  • Participate in workshops and webinars that feature case studies, best practices, and the cultural and socio-economic implications of doing business within specific regions, especially in Africa and Asia
  • Exhibit and present their products and services to school feeding officials and partners at key GCNF events and other venue

Participation in the Global Business Network is offered at 4 different levels. See below for more information. 

Interested in learning more? Fill out this interest form and a member of our team will reach out.

"I could spend 2 or 3 months traveling to 50 different countries around the world talking to different stakeholders about child nutrition, or I could come to the Global Child Nutrition Forum. It is an intense couple of days where you can have those same conversations and really get a sense of what is the landscape around school feeding and child nutrition all over the world."
Taylor Quinn
Tailored Food
Image shows the 4 different levels of Global Business Network Levels.

Strategy Consulting

Business Network Members are also able to engage GCNF via our fee-for-service Strategy Consulting program, as outlined below.

1:1 Consulting Engagements – Members of the Global Business Network have access to one-on-one consulting by GCNF’s experts in food safety, local agriculture, supply chain dynamics, policy, and government relations in a developing country context. GCNF staff and consultants have worked with DuPont, Tetra Laval, Future Life (South Africa), By-Health (China), and others. This is a fee-for-service program. Engagement is tailored to the needs of the client.

International Research Trips – GCNF can organize high-level international study trips for governments and business leaders. These trips promote informal, face-to-face exchanges of knowledge, ideas, and experiences between policymakers, executives, academics, and opinion leaders in Africa, Europe, North America, and Asia. This is also a fee-for-service program tailored to the client.

Business Network Members

Want to learn more? Fill out this interest form.