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 retailing group Royal Ahold, and Paul Bulcke, CEO of Nestlé. The pair will replace outgoing co-chairs Muhtar Kent of The […]
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 recognized that early life offers the best opportunity to impact long-term health, which is why we have been encouraging kids […]
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 Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. As demonstrated in our 2019 report ‘Tackling Child Labor’, it is making a real difference to […]
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. The world is now facing a pandemic not seen in our lifetime, but our industry is stepping up and showcasing […]
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 – I’m one of them! It turns out that one of the answers to the vegetable question is to involve […]
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 the world to pursue healthier lifestyles. As the founding member of the CGF and the Global Co-Lead of the Health […]
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. Now, a decade later, we have progressed enormously: ingredients that are high-risk for deforestation are largely traceable. We developed a […]
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 governments face a clear call to action. On our side, as a business and Board member company of The Consumer […]
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 often far away from the landscapes and regions where these commodities are sourced. To transform the consumer goods industry to […]
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 GFSI Board of Directors, effective from January 2013. The GFSI Board is delighted to welcome: John Carter, Senior Director […]
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 “Making Responsible Sourcing Easier for the Industry” Tyas gave delegates insight into the CGF’s newest initiative which is due to […]
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 materials we buy come from. We now go all the way back to the plantation or the smallholder, verify that […]
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 Olofsson, CEO of Carrefour, the world’s second‐largest retailer, as its new co‐chairs. Jointly, the co‐chairs will drive cross‐industry collaborative action […]
News Update23 Jun 2016
CEOs Talk Health & Wellness During Global Summit in Cape Town Some 800 c-level delegates were on hand as the Global Summit celebrated its 60th birthday in Cape Town this June. With it focus on seizing opportunities in the face of disruption, a number of sessions referenced consumer health and the impact changing consumer demands are having on our industry. However, there were three sessions in particular that […]
Webinar20 Jun 2017
[WEBINAR] Health & Wellness Learning Series – Responsible Marketing to Children Insights with Nestlé
Webinar20 Jun 2017
Webinar Recording: Health & Wellness Learning Series – Responsible Marketing to Children Insights with Nestlé