E2E Value Chain
Dip into the (Profit) Pool
No matter how you define value, for-profit companies will continue to be measured by, well, profit. Of course, there is accounting profit and economic profit. The major difference is that accounting profit only considers tangible...
Collaboration With Rivals Crucial to Unlocking Profit for Consumer Products Companies
LONDON, 4th May 2017 — Consumer products companies need to collaborate with rivals to unlock new sources of profitable growth amid converging market challenges. That is according to an EY report commissioned by The Consumer Goods...
E2E Value Chain
The Paradox of Value
If there is something important the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of, it is that many things are more valuable than money. Perhaps this shouldn’t surprise anyone. For example, the economic principle that states that...
E2E Value Chain
The Future of Value Creation
It isn’t sufficient to talk about Value Creation: value has to be sustained. The International Federation of Accountants talks about a cycle of definition, creation, delivery, and sustainability. This idea of a dynamic Value Creation...
Forest Positive
Keeping Forests as Forests Enhances Quality of Life and Helps Meet UN SDGs
Sourcing products from well‑managed forests certified to an independent third-party standard is an effective way to help your organisation meet the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and other sustainability targets while helping forests....
Forest Positive
How Kellogg Company Supports Farmer Livelihoods
Kellogg is one of the original plant-based companies. Our founder understood the importance of using quality ingredients and giving back to communities. Naturally, farmers and their workers are at the heart of these ideas. Kellogg’s...
Food Waste
Can Farm Food Loss be Reduced by Retailers and Growers Working Together?
Fresh fruit and vegetables are lost and wasted throughout the supply chain at higher rates than other categories of food. In part, this is because of their perishability and handling requirements, and in part, it’s...
Environmental Sustainability
First-Ever Global Standard to Measure Food Loss and Waste Introduced by International Partnership
COPENHAGEN and WASHINGTON, 6th June 2016 – A partnership of leading international organisations is launching the Food Loss and Waste Accounting and Reporting Standard at the Global Green Growth Forum (3GF) 2016 Summit in Copenhagen....
Corporate
The Values of Values: Setting the Course (Defining Values)
This is the first of three articles in a series about ‘the value of values’ in which we will highlight values as a guiding principle for positive impact. We’ll begin by defining what values are,...
E2E Value Chain
Defend Against Inflation With Resilient Supply Chains
For years, prices around the world have rising moderately. And we expect that; it’s part of how economics and business works. The difference is, now we are currently experiencing some of the highest spikes in...
Human Rights
Empowering Women and Encouraging Entrepreneurship in the Cocoa Supply Chain
In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8th March, I’m happy to reflect on and share progress for recent initiatives Ferrero has undertaken together with our partners to elevate and support women who play a...
Sustainable Retail Summit
Three Ways Businesses Can Help Refugees
The global refugee crisis is one of the defining challenges of our time. The number of refugees around the world is at an all-time high — over 25 million — and that number continues to grow....
CGF Forced Labour Initiative Welcomed at Meeting with Pope Francis
PARIS, 19th January 2017 – On 13th and 14th January, Peter Freedman, Managing Director of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), participated in the 2017 Rome Roundtable to discuss a variety of topics related to sustainable and inclusive...
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