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...
Blog18 Apr 2018Health & Wellness
Middle East Children Adopting Fruits & Vegetables Through Nestlé and LuLu Supermarkets Collaboration Children in the Middle East have been adopting fruits and vegetables in droves, influenced by a tasting movement driven by us at Nestlé Middle East and our partners at the LuLu Group. It is generally...
Blog10 Dec 2019Human Rights
Nestlé’s System to Tackle Child Labor Works – Now We’re Scaling It Up I’ve headed up the Nestlé Cocoa Plan for almost 12 years, so I’ve seen at firsthand how our Child Labor Monitoring and Remediation System, (CLMRS), works and how it has benefitted kids and families in...
News Update03 Apr 2020Corporate
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....
Blog26 Nov 2018Collaboration for Healthier Lives
Helping 50 Million Children Lead Healthier Lives by 2030 “How do I get my kids to eat more veggies?” Parents face this and many other questions on a day-to-day basis as they try to give their children a healthy start in life. I know...
Blog06 Oct 2023Forest Positive
Using satellite technology for grievance monitoring and reforestation activities This impact story is part of a collection of narratives that bring to life some of the complex challenges Forest Positive Coalition members are facing on our forest positive journey and our lessons learned. We’re...
Blog18 Dec 2019Health & Wellness
Celebrating Parenthood – Our Parental Policy Helps Nurture the Precious Parent-Child Bond Caring for employees is a crucial component of the Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Health & Wellness leadership agenda. Its key focus area: to explore means by which the industry can empower employees in communities around...
Blog02 Nov 2022Forest Positive
Nestlé: Learnings From Our Journey Towards Deforestation-free Supply Chains When Nestlé first committed to no deforestation in 2010, it was the beginning of a major journey. There wasn’t an industry-wide definition of deforestation, there was limited visibility beyond direct suppliers and that made it difficult to assess deforestation risks....
Blog25 Jun 2018Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Working Together to Build Trust in Sustainable Supply Chains Prioritising sustainability has never been more important. With more people involved in forced labour than at any time in history, and with land area the size of New Zealand being deforested in 2016, business and...
Blog21 Mar 2023Forest Positive
How Businesses Are Creating Landscapes That Are #ForestPositiveForAll As brands and retailers, consumer goods companies rely on forest ecosystems to provide essential commodities, along with the millions of people employed in global supply chains who live and work in forests. However, they are...
Blog06 Oct 2023Forest Positive
The power of landscapes to drive progress on climate and company commitments in the Cerrado Biome, Tocantins, Brazil This impact story is part of a collection of narratives that bring to life some of the complex challenges Forest Positive Coalition members are facing on our forest positive journey and our lessons learned. We’re...
Blog06 Oct 2023Forest Positive
Sabah Landscape in Malaysia: Building forest and people positive capacity throughout the value chain This impact story is part of a collection of narratives that bring to life some of the complex challenges Forest Positive Coalition members are facing on our forest positive journey and our lessons learned. We’re...
Press Release04 Feb 2013Food Safety
Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) Welcomes New Board Members PARIS, France, 4th February 2013 – Yves Rey, Chairman of the Global Food Safety Initiative Board of Directors and Corporate Quality General Manager, Danone, France announced today that three new Board members will join the...
News Update22 Jun 2018Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Chris Tyas, Senior Vice President Global Head Supply Chain at Nestlé Introduces the SSCI at the Global Summit On Friday 15th June, Chris Tyas, Global Head Supply Chain of Nestlé presented The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) at the Global Summit in Singapore. During the I-Talk session, entitled...
Blog10 Dec 2020Forest Positive
What We Learnt From Our Forest Footprint Pilot Exercise Working towards a ‘Forest Positive’ strategy Since Nestlé made its no-deforestation commitment in 2010, we have worked directly within our supply chains to ensure that we know where the palm oil and other raw...
Press Release24 Jun 2010
The Coca‐Cola Company and Carrefour Chiefs to Head Collaborative Industry Platform Muhtar Kent and Lars Olofsson elected co‐chairs of The Consumer Goods Forum PARIS, 24th June 2010 – The Consumer Goods Forum has elected Muhtar Kent, Chairman and CEO of The Coca‐Cola Company, and Lars...