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Global Consumer Goods Companies Release First Collective Baseline Study, Putting Increased Transparency at the Forefront of Action to Reduce Food Waste and Loss Press Release 10 Nov 2023 Food Waste Global Consumer Goods Companies Release First Collective Baseline Study, Putting Increased Transparency at the Forefront of Action to Reduce Food Waste and Loss Paris, 16th November 2023 –The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Food Waste Coalition of Action has today released its first baseline report, presenting operational food surplus and waste aggregated data from sixteen of its retailer and...
Food Safety Capacity Building and Africa’s Food System: Building the Foundation for Success Blog 02 Nov 2017 Food Safety Capacity Building and Africa’s Food System: Building the Foundation for Success   Africa is well-known for the tremendous economic and social challenges faced by its people, but also for its great economic and human potential. The challenges, opportunities and dynamism that characterize the continent today are...
The Consumer Goods Forum, WRAP, and WRI Streamline Food Waste Reporting with Common Reporting Deadline for 2025 Press Release 17 Apr 2025 Food Waste The Consumer Goods Forum, WRAP, and WRI Streamline Food Waste Reporting with Common Reporting Deadline for 2025 Paris, Thursday 17th April – The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Food Waste Coalition of Action, in partnership with WRAP and the World Resources Institute (WRI), has announced 13th June 2025 as a shared deadline for voluntary annual food waste reporting...
Press Release 05 Feb 2010 2010 Food Safety Conference – Press Highlights – Day 2 5th February 2010 –    Private vs. Public Food Safety Efforts    Safe food is a shared accountability between governments and companies. On the second day of the Global Food Safety Conference in Washington DC,...
Blog 04 Dec 2020 Sustainable Retail Summit Everyone Deserves Access to Healthy Food. So Why Is So Much of It Going to Waste? At our recent Sustainable Retail Summit, the topics of food systems and healthy diets converged quite frequently, with many panellists pointing out where and how these two concepts overlap. Before this year’s SRS, we already...
Press Release 24 Jun 2015 Planet Consumer Goods Industry Commits to Food Waste Reduction PARIS and NEW YORK, 24th June 2015 – The Consumer Goods Forum (the CGF) today announced its commitment to tackling the global food waste challenge by agreeing to halve food waste within the operations of...
CEOs from Global Food Industry Giants to Gather at  GFSI’s 2017 Global Food Safety Conference Press Release 21 Dec 2016 Food Safety CEOs from Global Food Industry Giants to Gather at GFSI’s 2017 Global Food Safety Conference PARIS and HOUSTON, 21st December 2016 – Leadership for Growth is the theme of GFSI’s 16th Global Food Safety Conference. In a striking demonstration that “food safety must come from the top” in a vibrant...
The Global Food Safety Conference Leads Industry in Tackling Future Challenges Press Release 01 Mar 2016 The Global Food Safety Conference Leads Industry in Tackling Future Challenges BERLIN, 1st March 2016 – This week, the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is bringing together 1,000 leading food safety specialists in Berlin for the 15th annual Global Food Safety Conference (GFSC). Gathered at the...
Actions from Consumer Goods Companies to Drive Down Food Waste Showcased in New Case Study Booklet from The Consumer Goods Forum Press Release 28 Jan 2021 Food Waste Actions from Consumer Goods Companies to Drive Down Food Waste Showcased in New Case Study Booklet from The Consumer Goods Forum PARIS, 28 January — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has today published the newest edition of its Food Waste Case Study Booklet, a collection of stories from CGF members, including those of its Food Waste...
Fighting Food Waste Starts with Respecting Food Blog 24 Sep 2019 Food Waste Fighting Food Waste Starts with Respecting Food Recent data shows that in Germany alone 12 million tons of food goes to waste every year. Worldwide this adds up to more than 1.3 billion tons of edible food that ends up on landfills....
Press Release 28 Feb 2014 Highlights from the Global Food Safety Conference 2014: Day 3   ANAHEIM, Calif., USA, 28th February 2014 – The last day of the Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Global Food Safety Conference was kicked off by yet another set of inspiring breakfast sessions, kindly hosted by...
Press Release 26 Feb 2014 Highlights from the Global Food Safety Conference 2014: Day 1 ANAHEIM, Calif., USA – 26th February 2014 – The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Global Food Safety Conference kicked off today in Anaheim, California with a record breaking attendance of over 1100 attendees from 50 countries...
Tackling Food Waste: Annabelle Souchon’s Vision as New Co-Chair of the CGF’s Coalition Blog 13 Feb 2025 Food Waste Tackling Food Waste: Annabelle Souchon’s Vision as New Co-Chair of the CGF’s Coalition As the newly appointed Co-Chair of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Food Waste Coalition of Action, Annabelle Souchon, Group CRS Manager at Bel Group, is bringing her passion and expertise to the forefront of the...
Special Edition: Industry Actions to Tackle Covid-19 and Support People News Update 03 Apr 2020 Corporate Special Edition: Industry Actions to Tackle Covid-19 and Support People The strength of the CGF lies in its collaborative efforts and ability to bring our industry together to discuss challenges impacting our people, our customers and our businesses, and to share best practices and knowledge....
Press Release 15 Jul 2014 GFSI Position Paper on Mitigating the Public Health Risk of Food Fraud  PARIS, 15th July 2014 – The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) is proud to release a paper on the position of the GFSI on Food Fraud mitigation. This work has been led by the GFSI...
Ethical Food Choices Shape Our Future Blog 28 Aug 2019 Sustainable Retail Summit Ethical Food Choices Shape Our Future Today’s consumers are conscientious: they act responsibly and want to eat ethically. They link food to their personality, so they want their food decisions to reflect their ethical values. This link is particularly strong among...
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