Nutrition and corporate social responsibility: programs of large corporations in the Philippines
2018
Marges, R,L.
Malnutrition being a multi-faceted problem, with causes cutting across a number of sectors (WFP, 2014) requires a combination of effort and programs to effectively be addressed. The study aimed to describe and analyze the nutrition-related Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Programs of six corporations belonging to the top largest in the Philippines. This qualitative study used a survey questionnaire and interview of the representatives from six corporations to gather primary data. Data was analyzed by profiling and characterizing the CS programs according to five parameters and the programs' contribution to nutrition- improvement was examined. The link of the nature of the corporations to the nutrition-related CSR that they implemented was also explored. In conclusion, the study showed that the programs were found to be characteristic of program appropriateness, effectiveness and efficacy. It was also revealed that corporations in the food and beverage industry implements the most number of nutrition-related SR programs that are mostly focused on nutrition-specific interventions. In addition, the SR programs have the capacity to contribute on nutrition improvement by being able to address some of the immediate, underlying and basic causes of malnutrition.
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