Press Release21 Jun 2017Corporate
Colgate-Palmolive and Metro Executives Elected New Co-Chairs of the Consumer Goods Forum Board Ian Cook and Olaf Koch will chair the CEO-led, parity-based Board; Announcement made at the beginning of the 61st CGF Global Summit, held in Berlin BERLIN and PARIS, Wednesday 21st June 2017 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the global body for the consumer goods industry, announced today that it has elected two new Co-Chairs for its Board: Ian […]
News Update23 May 2022Corporate
CGF Hosts Latin America Board Meeting in Colombia CGF Members Joined by the First Lady of Colombia and Minister of the Environment The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) recently welcomed the return of its Latin America (LatAm) Board Meeting. The LatAm Board took place in-person on 22nd April 2022, at the Hotel JW Marriot in Bogota, Colombia, with more than 18 CEOs and 22 […]
Press Release24 Jun 2015
Campbell and Pick n Pay Executives Elected New Co-Chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum Board — Denise Morrison and Gareth Ackerman will run the global industry body for next two years — Announcement made at end of CGF Annual Summit, held in New York Paris and New York, 24th June, 2015 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the global body for the consumer goods industry, announced today that it […]
Press Release17 Jun 2019Corporate
Danone and Migros CEOs Elected New Co-Chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum Board Emmanuel Faber and Özgür Tort will chair the CEO-led, parity-based Board PARIS, 17th June 2019 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the global body pursuing purpose and positive change across the consumer goods industry, announced today that it has elected two new Co-Chairs for its Board of Directors: Emmanuel Faber, Chairman and CEO of […]
Press Release24 Jun 2021Corporate
CEOs from The Coca-Cola Company and Alibaba Group to Lead The Consumer Goods Forum Board of Directors PARIS, 24th June 2021 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the global body pursuing purpose and positive change across the consumer goods industry, today announced that two new Co-Chairs have been elected to its Board of Directors: Daniel Zhang, Chairman & CEO of Alibaba Group, and James Quincey, Chairman & CEO of The Coca-Cola Company. […]
Press Release06 Mar 2018Food Safety
Global Food Safety Conference 2018: Governments and Businesses Meet to Form Partnerships on Advancing International Food Safety The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) held its third Government to Business meeting adjacent to the Global Food Safety Conference 2018 Government food safety regulators and officials met with the GFSI Board of Directors to discuss food safety issues and trends, as well as third-party certification Over 40 organisations representing 25 countries and 5 IGOs […]
News Update22 Apr 2022Health & Wellness
LatAm Board of Directors Meets In-Person to Drive Positive Change BOGOTA: Friday the 22nd of April, the CGF LatAm Board of Directors will be meeting in-person for the first time in two years since COVID hit. Led by CEOs to support the work of our coalitions, the Board tackles issues related to healthier lives, sustainability, data transparency, supply chains, race to zero and food safety. […]
Press Release12 Jun 2013
Royal Ahold and Nestlé CEOs Elected New Co-Chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum TOKYO and PARIS, 12th June 2013 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the global, parity-based network for the consumer goods industry, today announced it has elected two new Co-Chairs: Dick Boer, CEO of international retailing group Royal Ahold, and Paul Bulcke, CEO of Nestlé. The pair will replace outgoing co-chairs Muhtar Kent of The […]
Blog19 Dec 2014
Our MD’s Reflections: A Journey Towards Serving You Better As an example, hopefully you will by now have had the chance to have a look at our new website. Many people have said they find it much simpler and easier to access than our previous (multiple) websites. It continues to evolve, week by week. Importantly, we have brought everything together under one roof […]
Press Release18 Jun 2014
The Consumer Goods Industry Strengthens Commitment to Improving Health and Wellness for Consumers Worldwide The Consumer Goods Forum Board of Directors agrees to new strategic milestones to help ensure the wellbeing of consumers PARIS, Wednesday 18th June 2014 – Recognising the importance of health and wellness to consumers, The Consumer Goods Forum’s Board of Directors has today reaffirmed its commitment to the implementation of its Health & Wellness Resolutions […]
Press Release10 May 2022Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
The Consumer Goods Forum Board Issues Statement Asking Scheme Owners to Undergo SSCI Benchmark PARIS, 10th May, 2022 – CEO members of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Board of Directors have today published a statement encouraging relevant supply chain partners to undertake the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) benchmarking process by the end of 2023. The statement highlights the CGF Board’s ambition to benefit the wider industry by ensuring […]
News Update29 Mar 2019Health & Wellness
Multi-Stakeholder Collaboration Meeting Held at London City Hall Key stakeholders on health and wellness meet at City Hall to hear more about the work taking place as part of the Collaboration for Healthier Lives initiative launched in Lambeth and Southwark earlier this month. Collaboration for Healthier Lives UK focuses on improving the health and wellbeing of consumers in Southwark and Lambeth by […]
News Update04 Apr 2016
Health & Wellness Steering Committee Meet in Chile; Host Stakeholder Event In March, our Health & Wellness Steering Committee held their bi-annual meeting in Santiago, Chile. The Committee also hosted its first open stakeholder session, with both local and regional stakeholders joining, to provide more information on the CGF and our health and wellness activities. During the Steering Committee meeting, a number of priority topics were discussed, […]
Press Release19 Jan 2017
CGF Forced Labour Initiative Welcomed at Meeting with Pope Francis The Consumer Goods Forum key contributor to event that brought together leaders in business, international institutions, academia, faiths, the media and civil society Roundtable had strong endorsement from the Vatican, including an audience with His Holiness, Pope Francis PARIS, 19th January 2017 – On 13th and 14th January, Peter Freedman, Managing Director of The Consumer Goods Forum […]
News Update21 Oct 2021Collaboration for Healthier Lives
CHL Coalition Takes Stock of 2021 Progress and Maps Out Priorities for the New Year On 12th October 2021, The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition (CHL) held their second annual Steering Committee meeting of the year in Paris and online. The meeting marked an opportunity for the Coalition’s governance team to take stock of their work delivered since the last bi-annual meeting held in March, to […]
Press Release06 Mar 2018Food Safety
Global Food Safety Conference 2018: Public-Private Partnerships in the Spotlight at Kick-off Press Conference 1,200 delegates from 52 countries attend the Global Food Safety Conference 2018 in Tokyo, 5th-8th March, organised by the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Key focus of this year’s press conference is the importance of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) A series of key announcements set the agenda for the year ahead in food safety TOKYO, […]