Podcast19 Feb 2024Human Rights
Global and Local Perspectives on Advancing Human Rights Due Diligence In this podcast episode, tune into a live conversation between Maria Isabel Cubides Sanchez, Senior Manager of Sustainability at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), and Tomoya Obokata, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery,...
Press Release08 Jun 2023Global Summit
Business Leaders Join to Accelerate Positive Impact at the Global Summit 2023 KYOTO, 8 June 2023 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF’s) 2023 Global Summit drew to a close today after a two-day programme centred on the Pursuit of Harmony in Turmoil: Working Together to Make a...
Press Release08 Jun 2023Global Summit
The Consumer Goods Forum Launches New Tool to Enable Faster Decarbonisation Progress Across the Industry KYOTO, 8th June 2023 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), a Race to Zero Accelerator, has today launched a new tool that provides companies in the consumer goods and grocery retail sector with a mapping...
Press Release07 Jun 2023Human Rights
Business and Government Convene to Advance Collaboration for Human Rights in Japan KYOTO, 7th June 2023 – Officials from leading businesses, the Japanese government, and the United Nations today met in Kyoto for a roundtable discussion to strengthen collaboration and accelerate respect for human rights in Japan’s...
Press Release07 Jun 2023Global Summit
Industry Leaders Convene in Kyoto for The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit; Ahold Delhaize and Mondelez International CEOs Announced as New Co-Chairs KYOTO, 7 June 2023 – Over 1,000 CEOs and executives from the world’s leading companies gathered in Kyoto today for the Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Summit, the industry’s annual meeting to set priorities and move...
Press Release07 Jun 2023Global Summit
Ahold Delhaize and Mondelez International CEOs Announced as New Co-Chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum Frans Muller, President & CEO of Ahold Delhaize, and Dirk Van de Put, Chairman and CEO of Mondelēz International, take the helm as new Co-Chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), with a vision to...
Press Release05 Jun 2023Global Summit
Consumer Goods CEOs Identify Key Ways to Ensure Thriving Businesses in Turbulent Times While Protecting People and Planet The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) launches report with EY gathering insights from CEOs of leading companies, to highlight urgent challenges they and the whole industry face – and how to overcome them together.
Blog18 Oct 2022Sustainable Retail Summit
The Sustainable Retail Summit Offers Opportunities to “Do Do Do” in Efforts to Build a Better Future The Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Summit, which took place in Dublin last June, was heavily themed around the action that consumer companies need to take to help deliver a sustainable future. At the Summit, we...
Blog28 Sep 2022Corporate
How Consumer Leaders Can Leverage Disruptive Forces As the consumer products sector navigates the post-Covid era, how can incumbents get ahead of the curve? At The Consumer Goods Forum’s flagship Global Summit event in Dublin, Ireland in June, 2022, the conversation focused...
Video18 Jul 2022Human Rights
Global Summit 2022: CGF Talks with the Human Rights Coalition Co-chairs At the annual Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland, the CGF catches up with the co-chairs of the Human Rights Coalition – Working to End Forced Labour (HRC), Veronika Pountcheva from METRO AG and Paul...
Video08 Jul 2022Forest Positive
Global Summit 2022: CGF Talks with Bernard Tan, Asia Pulp & Paper At the annual CGF Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland, the CGF catches up with Asia Pulp and Paper’s Bernard Tan for his quick thoughts on APP’s participation in the Forest Positive Coalition of...
Video08 Jul 2022Human Rights
Global Summit 2022: CGF Talks with Guy Ryder, International Labour Organization At the annual CGF Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland, The Consumer Goods Forum catches up with Guy Ryder, Director-General of the International Labour Organization, for his reflections on the world of work and...
Podcast28 Jun 2022Corporate
Exploring the Fundamentals of Decarbonisation In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Nicolas Lefevre-Marton, Managing Director, Sustainability Solutions at ENGIE Impact. He shares his key takeaways from the CGF’s Global Summit which just took...
Press Release23 Jun 2022Global Summit
Looking Ahead to the Future of the Consumer Goods Industry DUBLIN, 23 June 2022 — The 2022 Global Summit, the flagship event of The Consumer Goods Forum, closed this afternoon following a three-day programme around the future of the consumer goods industry and its role...