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Insight18 Jan 2023
Changing Minds about Changing Behaviour: Obesity in Focus
A study from Nesta and Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) shows that changing food environments is more effective than measures that try to educate or change the behaviour of individuals
Report06 Dec 2022
Making Healthy, Sustainable Diets Accessible and Achievable: A New Framework for Assessing the Nutrition, Environmental, and Equity Impacts of Packaged Foods
Sustainability, Ultra-processed foods, Dietary Guidance, NOVA classification, Sustainable Nutrition
Survey12 Oct 2022
Hungry and Confused: The Winding Road to Conscious Eating
The Covid-19 pandemic kick-started a trend for consumers to eat fresher and healthier food. Does...
Report21 Sep 2022
Plant-Based Alternatives Summary Report – Deloitte UK
This paper published by Deloitte UK focuses specifically on the rise of plant-based alternatives to...
Webinar18 May 2022
Healthier and More Sustainable Diets Webinar Series – Session 3
The third webinar episode of The Collaboration for Healthier Lives coalition’s Healthier & More Sustainable...
Insight28 Jan 2022
Report of the Technical Consultation on Measuring Healthy Diets: Concepts, Methods and Metrics
Food systems and diets are changing everywhere and monitoring the healthfulness of diets at global and national levels is becoming increasingly important. View WHO report.
Insight13 Jul 2021
Veg Facts 2021
Veg Facts 2021 follows on from 2020’s Veg Facts: in brief and looks once again at how much veg the UK is eating, exploring the headwinds and tailwinds we’ve seen over the intervening five years that may both help and hinder future progress, and pointing to potential solutions for tackling the challenge.
Report17 Jun 2021
Helping Consumers Make Healthier Choices
Bain & Company partnered with The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) to assess collaboration programmes launched...
Insight29 Mar 2021
Retail’s Revolution – How to Navigate It?
If the retail and consumer goods industries had been preparing for a more settled period...
Insight17 Feb 2021
An Appetite for Opportunity: How Changing Dietary Goals Can Drive Growth in Retail and Consumer Goods
Strategy& (part of the PwV network) in association with Google and Spoon Guru
Summary16 Dec 2020
Key Takeaways: Building Healthier Baskets to Impact at Scale
The consumer goods industry is currently facing unprecedented disruption in the form of COVID-19, and...
Report01 Dec 2020
Paniers D’achat Plus Sains Et Approche Territoriale : Les Clés De Succès
Ce document vise à codifier les clés de réussite de l’action au niveau local identifiées...
Report20 Nov 2020
Ready Food: Can Grocers Get a Bigger Bite?
Preferences for ready meals are constantly changing in the food market. Indeed, across the world,...
Report15 Oct 2020
Can Supermarkets Help Turn the Tide on Obesity?
This report, published by The Consumer Goods Forum and Guy’s and St Thomas’ Charity, reviews ...
Insight07 Oct 2020
Healthy & Sustainable Living – Highlights Report
Global public opinion research shows that people all around the world are willing to adopt...
Insight06 Oct 2020
Are You Ready For E-Commerce Acceleration?
Over the course of the last decade, retail has undergone a historic transformation and retailers...
Insight06 Oct 2020
Curb(side) Your Enthusiasm
COVID-19 increased the consumer demand for digital shopping as many consumers sheltered at home. Some...
Insight06 Oct 2020
Can the Grocery Boom Last?
COVID-19 increased the consumer demand for digital shopping as many consumers sheltered at home. Some...
Insight06 Oct 2020
Supermarkets’ Strength In The Time Of COVID-19
COVID-19 increased the consumer demand for digital shopping as many consumers sheltered at home. Some...
Report01 Oct 2020
Consumers and the New Reality Part 2/3
To understand the lasting impact of COVID-19 on consumers’ needs, behaviors and preferences, KPMG International...
Report23 Sep 2020
Fixing the Business of Food: How to Align The Agri-Food Sector With The SDGs
What does it mean for a food and agriculture company to be aligned with the...
Insight16 Sep 2020
Designing With the Grain: Making Healthy Living Easier
Many of our food choices are not conscious, deliberative decisions but instinctive responses to our...
News09 Sep 2020
A.S. Watson Group Launches Global Smile Campaign to Raise Awareness of Mental Health
A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, announced the launch of...
Webinar09 Sep 2020
COVID-19 Webinar Series: How Can the Food & Beverage Industry Adapt to the New Normal
This special Marsh & Oliver Wyman Continental Europe Webinar, on the Food & Beverage Industry...
Insight09 Sep 2020
Winning the Retail Battle in A World Without Mask Restrictions
China’s retail market has entered a new era with decelerated overall growth, and the COVID-19...
Report08 Sep 2020
Building Healthier Baskets to Impact at Scale
When it comes to healthy living, research shows that behavior modification is not a wholly...
Report04 Sep 2020
Focus on CHL Turkey: The Migros WellBeing Journey
Migros Ticaret, in collaboration with KPMG, today publish a report showcasing the activities involved in...
Survey03 Sep 2020
A.S. Watson Group’s Global Survey Reveals Post-COVID Trends
A.S. Watson Group, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, announced a Global COVID-19...
Insight01 Sep 2020
Revitalizing Retail Online and Offline After COVID-19
Read this interview for an update on the retail market in China, and perspectives on...
Insight05 Aug 2020
The Return of Value: How Can Grocers Best-Position Themselves to Thrive Post-Crisis?
Grocery retail has seen a large surge in sales from the COVID-19 pandemic and associated...
STANDARD: The BRCGS Global Standard for Ethical Trade & Responsible Sourcing Issue 2 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing in November 2021.
BRCGS is an established global standards leader, with a rigorous GFSI recognised assurance program that touches every aspect of the 21st century supply chain – from food ingredients to packaging, distribution, retail and beyond. It sets the benchmark for best practice manufacturing, helping to provide reassurance that products and services are high quality, legal and safe. BRCGS is recognised across food and non-food categories as the global standard underpinning brand reputation through compliance, at over 30,000 certificated sites in 130 countries. Visit brcgs.com to find out more.
STANDARD: The Florverde standard for the sustainable production of flowers and ornamentals version 7.2.1 is currently being benchmarked under Scope BI – Social Compliance: Primary Production.
Florverde Sustainable Flowers (FSF) is an independent social and environmental standard which ensures that flowers certified under this scheme have been responsibly produced. This requires flower growers to adopt measures that will protect and enable worker’s rights, implement best environmental practices, and comply with national regulations. FSF also helps safeguard quality by requiring the proper care and handling of flowers.
STANDARD: FSSC 24000 Social Management System Certification Version 6.0 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Processing and Manufacturing in January 2024.
The aim of FSSC 24000 is to ensure that social sustainability management system requirements are met, resulting in certifications that assure organisations provide safe and fair working conditions, meet business ethics requirements, and apply due diligence in their supply chain management. FSSC 24000 provides a strategic approach incorporating the Plan-Do-Check-Act (PDCA) cycle and risk-based thinking, which ensures the identification and control of social risk and continuous improvement. This process demonstrates corporate responsibility and facilitates improving the social management systems and performance thus driving impact.
FSSC 24000’s scope of certification includes the manufacturing and processing sector (food and non-food), including its related service provision. The certificate confirms that the organisation’s social sustainability management system is in conformance with the FSSC 24000 Scheme requirements based on the following normative documents:
BSI/PAS 24000:2022 – Social management system requirements (Publicly Available Specification)
FSSC 24000 Additional Requirements (as determined by the FSSC Board of Stakeholders)
The FSSC 24000 certification scheme is owned and governed by the non-profit Foundation FSSC and outlines the requirements for the audit and certification of a Social Sustainability Management System of an organization. More information on the FSSC 24000 Scheme is available on their website.
Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard
STANDARD: The Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard 2.1 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scope CI — Social Compliance: At-Sea Operations in November 2022.
In 2018, Global Seafood Assurances and the UK Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) announced a memorandum of understanding to work together to create the next version of the Responsible Fishing Scheme (RFS), committing to expand its global applicability, which resulted in the creation of the Responsible Fishing Vessel Standard. Now part of the Global Seafood Alliance, GSA took ownership of the standards last year. The first RFVS-certified vessel was announced in Australia in January, and the second set of RFVS-certified vessels was announced in the United Kingdom in April. The standard addresses social responsibility, including working conditions and worker voice, about fishing vessels.
STANDARD: The SIZA Social Standard Version 6 achieved SSCI Recognition under Scopes AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing, and BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production in June 2023.
SIZA, the Sustainability Initiative of South Africa, is enabling the South African agricultural sector to become a global leader in sustainable farming, ethical trade, and environmental stewardship. The aim is to encourage continuous improvement in practices over time. SIZA aims to have a cost-effective approach for growers by supplying one standard and one audit, no matter which market a producer supplies. SIZA engages directly with stakeholders throughout the value chain to improve supply chain sustainability, ensuring compliance and reducing risks while at the same time offering support and training with regard to best practices and continuous improvement. Verification occurs via third-party audits. For more information on SIZA, please visit our website: www.siza.co.za
Founded in 2003, the amfori BSCI enables companies to drive sustainability by setting up the human rights due diligence principles that business enterprises strive to implement in their global supply chain.
Representing over 2,400 participants in 46 countries, the amfori BSCI operates in a variety of sectors, the two largest being General Merchandise, and Garment & Textile with a combined annual turnover is evaluated to EUR 1.6 trillion.
The amfori BSCI Code of Conduct set out the values and principles for the implementation of supply chain due diligence, based on the OECD’s six-step framework. The amfori BSCI System Manual outlines the supporting tools and methodology for participants to exercise human rights due diligence and environmental protection set out in the amfori BSCI Code of Conduct.
Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA)
STANDARD:The Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is currently being benchmarked under Scope BI – Social Compliance: Primary Production.
Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporters Association (EHPEA) is a business membership organisation which was established in 2002. It is an organisation meant to promote the interest of its members who are engaged in the production and export of cut flowers, fruit, vegetables, herbs, cuttings as well as vegetable seeds.
Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew
STANDARD: FISH Standard for Crew Version 1.0 is currently being benchmarked under Scope CI — Social Compliance: At-Sea Operations.
The Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew is a voluntary, third party labour certification program for wild harvest fishing vessels. FISH is designed to provide harvesters a tool to demonstrate to customers and other stakeholders that the seafood harvested comes from responsible sources with respect to crew treatment, compensation, and conditions. It was developed with input from the full seafood supply chain, including large and small harvesters, processors, retailers and restaurant groups, in consultation with labour non-profit organisations, to create a program that is open to vessels and fleets of all sizes around the globe. Read more about the Standard here.
STANDARD: The KFC Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standard Version December 2021 is currently being benchmarked under Scopes AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing, and BI — Social Compliance: Primary Production.
Kenya Flower Council (KFC) is the country’s leading Business Membership Association for growers and exporters of cut-flower and ornamentals. KFC members account for approximately 80 percent of Kenya’s floricultural exports.
KFC also owns the Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standards (FOSS), a trusted standard worldwide. It is one of only three internationally benchmarked standards that demonstrate sustainable social, environmental and good agricultural business practice benchmarks set by the EU-based Floriculture Sustainability Initiative (FSI). The standard encourages commitment to ethical practices, innovation and promoting equitable trading practices, thus ensuring that certified producers foster sustainable, responsible and safe production of cut flowers and ornamentals.
The Council is in the forefront promoting Kenya as a reliable source of quality cut flowers and ornamentals and the country’s competitiveness in the global floriculture trade. KFC is actively engaged in all major trade negotiations in existing, new and emerging markets and in amplifying Kenya’s image in the international market as the most trusted source of cut flowers and ornamentals.
Currently, Kenya is the third largest producer of cut-flowers and ornamentals in the world and exports to over 60 destinations globally. Floriculture is the fastest growing export sector in the Kenyan economy, providing direct employment for over 200,000 workers.
KFC engages with key actors locally for a favourable business environment for growers and exporters of cut flowers and ornamentals.
The Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Agriculture Standard, is designed to deliver more value to the more than four million farmers and workers and thousands of businesses that use Rainforest Alliance certification to drive more sustainable agricultural production and responsible supply chains. The Sustainable Agriculture Standard is used in more than 70 countries around the globe. Their program focuses on coffee, cocoa, tea, bananas, and many other important commodity sectors facing urgent environmental and social challenges.
Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA)
STANDARD: WIETA Standard Version 4.0 is currently being benchmarked under Scope AI — Social Compliance: Manufacturing & Processing.
The Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association T/A WIETA was the first South African social standard, established in 2002, to establish an appropriate social auditing methodology for fruit and wine suppliers in South Africa. WIETA proudly demonstrates how a multi-stakeholder model can successfully promote a world class ethical trade and human rights programme within the wine value chain. Innovative social dialogue engagements, a rigorous capacity building and training programme for both workers and producers, coupled with a participative multi-pronged approach to auditing and remedial approach to ensure sustained corrective actions.