Sustainable Retail Summit
Highlights From the Sustainable Retail Summit in Paris: From Innovation to Impact
Marking a decade of progress, the 10th annual Sustainable Retail Summit (SRS) concluded today in Paris. This milestone forum gathered 250 industry leaders and experts from 100 companies and over 30 countries to shape the...
Data-Driven Value Chain
AI, Trust and Sustainability at the Forefront of Retail Strategy: Data-Driven Value Chain (DDVC) SpringBoard 2026
Senior leaders gathered in New York to confront a pressing reality: the technology works but organisational readiness, trust, and governance will determine who wins in the next decade of retail. At The Consumer Goods Forum’s ...
Plastic Waste
CGF Plastic Waste Coalition to Pilot City-Scale Reusable Packaging System in Ottawa with Reposit
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Plastic Waste Coalition, in collaboration with Reposit and leading retailers, brands and solution providers, today announced plans for The Reuse City Canada Project — a city-scale initiative in Ottawa designed...
Healthier Lives
Switching the Salt: Why Retailers Hold the Key to Reducing Sodium at Scale
High blood pressure affects more than 1.4 billion people worldwide and remains the leading preventable cause of death globally. Excess dietary sodium is the single most important dietary driver of raised blood pressure yet progress...
Plastic Waste
Plastic Waste Coalition Releases New Report Showing Powerful Potential of AI To Support Packaging Circularity
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Plastic Waste Coalition of Action has released new research highlighting the challenges businesses face in achieving packaging circularity, and how artificial intelligence (AI) can act as a powerful enabler to...
Plastic Waste
Exploring AI for Packaging Circularity
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Plastic Waste Coalition of Action and Bain & Company have launched “Exploring AI for Packaging Circularity”, highlighting how artificial intelligence (AI) can accelerate the transition to circular packaging. The report...
Food Waste
Turning Food Waste Into Value: The CGF and Capgemini Release New Blueprint
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Food Waste Coalition and Capgemini have launched “Turning waste into value: A blueprint for collective food waste transformation”, reframing food waste as a strategic opportunity to drive business value, innovation,...
Food Waste
Turning Waste Into Value: A Blueprint for Collective Food Waste Transformation
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Food Waste Coalition and Capgemini have launched “Turning waste into value: A blueprint for collective food waste transformation”, reframing food waste as a strategic opportunity to drive business value, innovation,...
Food Waste
Supermercados Peruanos Joins the Food Waste Coalition of Action
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is pleased to welcome Supermercados Peruanos S.A. (SPSA) as the newest member of its Food Waste Coalition of Action. The Coalition brings together leading consumer goods companies committed to accelerating...
Forest Positive
Forest Positive Coalition Publishes 2025 Report on Deforestation- and Conversion-Free Supply Chain Adoption by Consumer Goods Companies
Paris, 15 January 2026, The Consumer Goods Forum’s Forest Positive Coalition has today published its 2025 report, offering the most comprehensive view yet of how 22 global retailers and manufacturers are working to remove deforestation...
Forest Positive
The Forest Positive Coalition’s 2025 Report
The Forest Positive Coalition’s 2025 report provides a transparent overview of how member companies are implementing systems to advance deforestation- and conversion-free (DCF) supply chains for palm oil, soy, beef, and paper, pulp and fibre-based...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
The Consumer Goods Forum Announces SSCI Recognition of MPS-SQ Under the Social Benchmark for Primary Production
Paris, 8 January 2026, The Consumer Goods Forum today announced that MPS’s MPS-Socially Qualified (MPS-SQ) programme has been recognised by the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) under the SSCI Social Benchmark for primary production. ...
Health & Wellness
METRO France and Danone Initiative Lifts Healthier Product Sales by 11% Through Recipe Campaign for Chefs
METRO France and Danone’s collaborative recipe campaign boosted sales of healthier, flexitarian products by 11% through chef-led inspiration.
Health & Wellness
Haitian Introduces Iron-Fortified Soy Sauce to Support Better Everyday Nutrition in China
Haitian introduces iron-fortified soy sauce in China, working with China CDC to improve everyday nutrition and help reduce anaemia nationwide.
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
The Consumer Goods Forum’s SSCI Recognises Kenya Flower Council (KFC)’s Standard
Paris, 18 November 2025 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announced today that SMETA 7.0, Sedex’s flagship social and environmental auditing methodology, has achieved recognition from the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI), providing companies with...
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