How the marketing of formula milk influences our decisions on infant feeding. – Marketing a 55 billion dollar formula milk industry. (February 22, 2022) See also our News Post Multi-country-study-examining-the-impact-of-BMS-marketing-on-infant-feeding-decisions-and-practices-UNICEF-WHO-2022Download

Effective regulatory frameworks for ending inappropriate marketing of breastmilk substitutes and foods for infants and young children in the WHO European RegionThis Policy Brief is intended to guide Member States in the WHO European Region as they embark on the vital task of safeguarding parents and caregivers from all forms of promotion of breastmilk substitutes […]

The aggressive marketing of breastmilk substitutes creates a major barrier to breastfeeding. Following the adoption of the International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes in 1981, governments have been called upon repeatedly by the World Health Assembly to give effect to the provisions in the Code through national legislation. Questions have sometimes been raised on […]

Manufacturers of CMF Commercial milk formula (or BMS Breastmilk substitutes) continue to violate the International Code, despite numerous resolutions and repeated calls by the WHO and UNICEF for them to act ethically. This report (in English, 255 pages) highlights breaches around the world from June 2014 to June 2017. #theinternationalcode #whocode #breakingtherules #protectingbreastfeeding #defendingbreastfeeding

Report by Baby Milk Action UK on how marketing of feeding products for infants and young children in the UK breaks the rules. Examples include the promotion of infant formula, which is explicitly prohibited. Infant formula brands are also promoted through baby clubs, which seek to replace independent sources of information on infant care. Companies […]

Infants and young children are the first victims of pollution and climate change. The negative impacts of pollution and climate change affect all people, but especially the world’s most vulnerable population: newborns, infants and young children, whose immune and reproductive systems are still immature. Even the healthy development of the foetus during intrauterine life can […]

Campaigns which challenge large corporations to act in socially responsible ways are not new. Since the 1970s, citizen action groups have been attempting to achieve change by means of public awareness raising, boycotts, shareholder resolutions, postcard mailings, court cases and other campaign strategies. At first, most of the corporations and business associations which were the […]

IBFAN developed a slideshow to help breastfeeding advocates from around the world understanding conflicts of interest to safeguard democratic & evidence-based health and nutrition governance. This slideshow was part a capacity building workshop led by IBFAN in December 2015 in London and was prepared by Judith Richter, recognized expert on public interest safeguards in the field of […]

Working document, based on ILO database on Maternity Protection, sorted region by region and country by country

Contributions to the legal building blocks of the Treaty regarding the scope, the state duty to protect and direct obligations for corporations

By Friends of the Earth Europe, Brot für die Welt (Social Service Agency of the Protestant Church in Germany), SOMO (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations), CIDSE (International Alliance of Catholic Development Agencies), IBFAN (International Baby Food Action Network), IBFAN-GIFA (Geneva Infant Feeding Association), Global Policy Forum