ShareAction expands with new programme on food and health
In partnership with urban health foundation Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, ShareAction today launches a new campaign to tackle rising childhood obesity levels in the UK.
The campaign, called ‘Healthy Markets’, will harness the power of the investment system to create and support healthier options for UK consumers.
The campaign will bring investors together to ask major food and drinks companies operating in the UK market to produce healthier, affordable products, limit marketing of sugary products to children, and provide clear and accurate food labelling.
Dr Kawther Hashem, Campaign Lead at Action on Sugar, said: “We fully support this new initiative from ShareAction on tackling sugar and obesity through the shareholders of major food and drink companies. This is very overdue and we strongly hope to see a change in the culture of these companies that is indicative of creating healthier food environments for all their customers, particularly children.”
