Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
SSCI Kicks Off Development of Environmental Benchmark at Sustainable Retail Summit
On 28th October 2022, the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI), a Coalition of Action from The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), continued its work to develop a benchmark for independent environmental sustainability audit and compliance standards by convening a meeting with SSCI members and key stakeholders. Hosted at the CGF’s annual Sustainable Retail Summit in Amsterdam, […]
Sustainable Retail Summit
Recap: 2022 Sustainable Retail Summit Day 3
AMSTERDAM, 28th OCTOBER 2022 – The third and final day of the Sustainable Retail Summit 2022 in Amsterdam began with a discussion around a hugely important element of sustainability strategies: plastics and package are making pledges to ensure products are recyclable by 2030. Willemijn Peeters, CEO & Founder at Searious Business spoke about how consumer […]
Sustainable Retail Summit
Recap: 2022 Sustainable Retail Summit Day 2
AMSTERDAM, 27th October 2022 – We kicked off an exciting start to our first full day of sessions with a warm welcome from moderator Isabelle Kumar and Wai-Chan Chan, Managing Director at The Consumer Goods Forum. The theme of this year’s Summit is moving conversation to action – ultimately, to drive change. With 63 speakers […]
Sustainable Retail Summit
Recap: 2022 Sustainable Retail Summit Day 1
AMSTERDAM, 26th October 2022 – Amsterdam. The setting for the 7th annual Sustainable Retail Summit, and a perfect location, as highlighted by resident Amsterdammer Tobias Wasmuht, SPAR International, who shared the history of this multicultural city as well as its sustainability credentials in his special address. One of the top 10 sustainable cities across the globe, with future plans to decarbonise […]
Sustainable 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 collaborated with The Consumer Goods Forum to launch The Path to 2030: Delivering a Sustainable Future, a report based on […]
Sustainable Retail Summit
In This Age of Crisis, the Consumer Goods Industry Must Unite
We are living in turbulent times. In the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, we are now faced with the interlinked energy and cost of living crises – stoked by ongoing conflict and sitting within the shadow of the climate emergency. The pressures facing business, people and planet have both immediate and long-term implications for all […]
Sustainable Retail Summit
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Sustainable Retail Summit to Unite Hundreds of Industry Leaders to Help Ensure Better Lives Through Better Business
Senior leaders from hundreds of retailers, manufacturers, NGOs and other industry stakeholders gear up for The Consumer Goods Forum’s Sustainable Retail Summit, taking place 26-28 October in Amsterdam Event will focus on collaborative actions to drive progress and overcome today’s biggest sustainability and health challenges – sharing solutions to create better lives through better business […]
Sustainable Retail Summit
Isn’t It Time You Put Your Best Foot Forward by Choosing the Best-Known Footprint?
For busy shoppers, investigating a brand’s credentials on climate can mean disappearing down a rabbit hole of strategy reports, charts and statements. How do they really know a product walks the walk, rather than just talking the talk when it comes to sustainability? While many brands want to lessen their impact on the world, with […]
Environmental Sustainability
Collaboration is Essential to Creating Sustainable Food Systems and is Fundamental to Improving Lives and Protecting Our Planet
More than three billion people around the world cannot afford a healthy diet. Meanwhile the global food production system is contributing over 25% of the planet’s total greenhouse gas emissions. Today marks World Food Day, a moment to generate awareness and action on responsible food production and consumption within the global agri-food system to create better […]
Human Rights
Stronger Together in Our Fight Against Forced Labor
The social and economic devastation of the Covid pandemic has eroded years of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2020 global labor income fell by USD $3.7 trillion; over 100 million people were pushed into unemployment; and 108 million people were pushed into poverty. The weight of this devastation is borne disproportionately by […]
The Future of Our Business: pep+ (PepsiCo Positive)
This article originally appeared on Ramon Laguarta’s Linkedin, follow to stay up-to-date on PepsiCo’s sustainability journey. There’s no denying it: companies are facing a new business and societal reality. One driven in large part by climate change and inequality. Consumers are more interested in the future of the planet and society. All our stakeholders – […]
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Conscious Consumerism is Transforming Industries
Conscious consumers are voting with their phones and wallets. Sustainably aware buyers aren’t just motivated by advertising, convenience and cost. Instead, they research the companies they buy from and support to understand their purpose, business processes, sustainability commitments and, more importantly, the impact their products or services have on the planet. While this trend dates back […]
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