Food Waste
Engaging Citizens Around the World to Act on Food Waste
This year is already proving to be extraordinary. We are seeing inflation reigniting and disposable incomes falling in many countries, while poverty levels are predicted to rise. This is against a backdrop of 14% of...
Food Waste
Upstream Food Losses: Reducing Waste at the Source
This week is Food Waste Action Week, and the spotlight is on how we can collectively cut emissions by reducing food waste. The aim of the week is to create lasting change globally that helps...
Food Waste
CGF Sustainability Director: “How Grocery Can Unite to Take Meaningful Action on Food Waste”
An article written by The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Director of Sustainability, Ignacio Gavilan, was published in The Grocer about the scale and implications of the global food waste problem, the role that the consumer...
Environmental Sustainability
Companies Commit to Simplify Food Date Labels Worldwide by 2020, Reducing Food Waste
NEW YORK, 20th September 2017 — “Sell by,” “Use by,” “Display until,” “Best before,” what do they all mean? Consumers around the world navigate a range of date labels on food products, and the resulting confusion...
Food Waste
Understanding the Scale of the Global Food Loss Problem is Our First Step Towards Fixing It
At The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), we have been concerned with food waste since 2015, when we launched our Board Resolution to reduce waste in our members’ supply chains and meet Sustainable Development Goal 12.3....
Food Waste
World Food Day 2018: How CGF Members are Tackling #ZeroHunger Worldwide
In a world with a growing population, increasing cost of food, concerns about inequality and food insecurity, diverting food waste from landfills and finding innovative ways of putting it to beneficial use are particularly important....
Environmental Sustainability
New Report at NY Climate Week Urges Industry Scaling Regenerative Agriculture as Critical for The Future
At NY Climate Week, The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Net Zero Taskforce, Accenture and the Climate Champions Team (CCT) have jointly launched a brief report arguing that “consumer industries scale-up of regenerative agriculture is the...
Food Waste
CGF Environmental Director Speaks about Food Waste at World Food Summit in Copenhagen
On 30th – 31st August, Environmental Sustainability Director, Ignacio Gavilan attended the “Better Food for More People” World Food Summit in Copenhagen, Denmark. The annual event, organised by the Ministry of Environment and Food of...
Food Waste
The CGF Holds First North American Food Waste and Date Labeling Workshop in Chicago
On May 20th – 21st, The Consumer Goods Forum’s Environmental Sustainability team held a Food Waste and Date Labeling Workshop in Chicago, the first of its kind in North America. Discussions during the workshop centered...
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...
Corporate
Transparency in Sustainability Reporting Takes Centre Stage as Consumer Goods Leaders Launch First Collective Annual Report
PARIS, 30th November — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) today publishes its first annual report, ‘Collective action today, impact at scale tomorrow – review 2021’. The report details the collaboration of over 400 members and...
Corporate
The Year Ahead for CGF China
In the Chinese Zodiac, the new year that started on 12th February is the Year of the Ox. The many qualities of the ox are believed to influence the year’s outcome: a symbol of hard...
Environmental Sustainability
CGF Sustainability Director Joins Panel on Net Zero at The Economist Group’s 3rd Annual Sustainability Week
On October 4th 2023, Director of Health and Sustainability at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sharon Bligh joined a panel discussion dedicated to looking at the consumer goods sector’s role in achieving the net zero...
Plastic Waste
No Plastic in Nature – A Revolution Within Our Grasp
In advance of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Sustainable Retail Summit in October 2019, Kavita Prakash-Mani, Global Conservation Director at WWF, invites the consumer goods industry to make, and act on, public commitments to plastic waste...
Corporate
Report Shows Challenges of 2022 Didn’t Slow Action on Global Issues by Consumer Goods Companies
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF’s) 2022 annual report demonstrates tangible progress in addressing some of the global challenges facing the industry such as food waste, plastic pollution, deforestation and human rights challenges Contributions in the...
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