Corporate
The Consumer Goods Forum Successfully Holds 4th CGF China Day in Shanghai
PARIS and SHANGHAI, 24th February 2022 – On 17th and 18th February 2022, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) successfully held the fourth edition of its annual China Day series of events. Held at the Shangri-La...
Human Rights
Advancing Due Diligence and Responsible Recruitment to Respect Human Rights: The Consumer Goods Forum and AIM-Progress Announce Renewed Collaboration
PARIS and BRUSSELS, 11th January 2023 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Human Rights Coalition (HRC) and AIM-Progress are excited to announce they have reaffirmed their commitment to collaboratively address human rights challenges in the...
Planet
The Consumer Goods Forum Launches New Carbon Solutions Hub to Help Industry Understand the Pathway to Net Zero
PARIS and DUBLIN, 21st June 2022 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has today launched its Carbon Solutions Hub (the Hub), a new knowledge repository built in collaboration with Accenture.
Corporate
In a New Online Film Series, The Consumer Goods Forum Illustrates the Power of the Consumer Goods Sector to Create Better Lives Through Better Business
Produced by BBC StoryWorks Commercial Productions, this exploratory online video series travels from the North Pole to South America and around the world to meet the people and businesses creating better lives through better business...
Global Summit
The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit: Day One
BERLIN, Thursday 22nd June 2017 – The first day of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Global Summit drew to a close yesterday. Taking place in Berlin, the Summit has brought together over 1,000 consumer goods industry...
Corporate
Annual Report 2024: Powerful Impact of Consumer Goods Companies Collaborating to Tackle Industry Challenges
Paris, 27 February 2024 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the only CEO-led organisation that brings together both retailers and manufacturers globally, today publishes its 2023 Annual Report, demonstrating how it is catalysing industry transformation...
Industry Solutions
Aligning Purpose with Profits: How Consumer Goods Companies can Unlock Business Growth by Integrating Sustainability into their Operations
The rapid advancement of technology and social media has created a new generation of well- informed, empowered, and discerning consumers. These individuals prioritise brands that not only provide high-quality products and services, but also resonate...
Global 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...
Corporate
CGF China Day 2025: Charting a Course for a Sustainable and Innovative Consumer Goods Future in China
Key Takeaways: Driving Transformation Across the Consumer Goods Landscape The CGF China Day 2025, held on 11th and 12th September, convened an assembly of more than 550 industry leaders in Beijing to explore and shape...
Global Summit
Industry Leaders Convene in Dublin for the First The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit Since 2019
DUBLIN, 21 June 2022 — The first in-person The Consumer Goods Forum Global Summit since 2019 opened on the morning of 21st June at the Convention Centre Dublin. The centre, which served as the temporary...
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...
Global 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...
Forest Positive
Coalition of Consumer Goods Companies Pushes for Corporate Investment in Production Landscapes in Latest Report
PARIS, 17th November 2022 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition of Action has today published a new report advocating for corporate investment in production landscapes worldwide to combat commodity-driven deforestation, forest conversion,...
Climate Transition
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Climate Transition Coalition Launches New Resource to Drive Supplier Decarbonisation
New York, 23rd September 2025 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and its Climate Transition Coalition today published its new Supplier Decarbonisation Playbook, a practical guide providing actionable steps for consumer goods companies to engage...