Forest Positive
Certified Forest Products Help Meet Corporate Sustainability Targets and UN SDGs
Zero-net deforestation is a key objective of the The Consumer Goods Forum and many of its member companies. To achieve it, the CGF has recognized forest certification as an important tool within its sourcing guidelines....
Food Waste
CGF Sustainability Director Moderates Panel on Food Waste and the SDGs at The Future of Food USA
On March 25th, Ignacio Gavilan, Director of Sustainability at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), joined a panel at The Future of Food USA, organised by Innovation Forum. Ignacio, who oversees the CGF’s Coalition Food Waste was...
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....
Corporate
Consumer Goods CEOs Highlight Five Urgent Actions Needed to Help Reach 2030 SDG Deadline
DUBLIN, 20 June 2022: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and the EY organization have today published a new report bringing together opinions from 13 consumer industry leaders that outlines the urgent priorities the sector must...
Corporate
Collaboration Has Never Been More Critical: 2022 Must be the Year to Prioritise Partnership Working
As we race towards the planet’s best last chance to halt runaway climate change and the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals, time to ensure a greener planet and thriving communities is short. Almost...
Corporate
Harnessing the Positive Power of Global Food Systems is More Vital Than Ever
Our world is at a critical juncture. Almost half the children around the planet are already at ‘extremely high risk’ from the impacts of the climate crisis. Alongside this, the pandemic has intensified inequality and...
Food Waste
CGF Japan Collaborates with Save the Children Japan for the Second Year to Provide Food Support Boxes
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Japan Sustainability Local Group (JSLG), WRI 10x20x30 Food Waste Reduction Initiative Japan Project and Save the Children Japan have agreed to collaborate and conduct this supporting program in July and...
Food Waste
Addressing Post-Harvest Losses is Crucial in the Fight Against Food Waste
We first launched our work on food waste at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) a little over five years ago. It’s been five years of strong progress, but it is still not enough. Food waste...
Food Waste
New Champions 12.3 Report Asks if World is Making Progress on Food Loss and Waste
A new report on behalf of Champions 12.3 assesses global progress toward Target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which calls for halving food waste and reducing food loss by 2030. Champions 12.3 is a unique...
Human Rights
Stronger Together in Our Fight Against Forced Labor
The social and economic devastation of the Covid pandemic has eroded years of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In 2020 global labor income fell by USD $3.7 trillion; over 100 million people were...
Corporate
New Year’s Reflection: An Interview with CGF Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan
Madelaine VanDerHeyden sat down with the CGF Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan, to reflect on his first eight months at the CGF, key highlights from the past year, and what the new year will hold. Madelaine:...
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...
Healthier Communities High on Agenda at this Year’s Sustainable Retail Summit
Some 240 delegates from nearly 30 countries joined this year’s Sustainable Retail Summit, held in Paris on 27th & 28th October. The event delivered on its promise to inspire and inform, leaving participants equipped with the...
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....
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