Health & Wellness
Healthier Lives Coalition Highlights Dietary Shifts and Better Nutrition at Paris 2025 Nutrition for Growth Event
In alignment with World Health Day, the Paris 2025 Nutrition for Growth Event reflected on the importance of collective action to improve nutrition, particularly in the area of maternal health. Ahead of the event on...
Health & Wellness
CGF Healthier Lives Employee Wellbeing Group Shares Learnings at the Workforce Wellbeing LIVE Event in London
In partnership with Life Science eXecutives (LSX), Director of CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action (CHL), Sharon Bligh, brought together global business leaders from AS Watson, Barilla, Ferrero, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition...
Planet
Announcing Sharon Bligh as Director of Health and Sustainability at The Consumer Goods Forum
Paris, July 7, 2023 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is thrilled to announce Sharon Bligh in a new, expanded leadership role as Director of Health and Sustainability. In this role, Sharon continues to lead...
Corporate
Sharon Bligh to Highlight the Opportunities for a Sustainable Food Future at Upcoming World Retail Congress
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Director of Health and Sustainability, Sharon Bligh, will speak about how we can create a sustainable future to protect the world’s long-term food supply at the World Retail Congress. Taking place...
Healthier Lives
Carrefour and Partners Unite to Promote Seasonal Recipes
Edited with results as of 25 November 2025 Paris, 17 October 2025 During the event “Cook our delicious seasonal treats”, Carrefour and four manufacturers (Danone, Fleury Michon, Flora Food Group, and Savencia) have joined the...
Healthier Lives
CGF Co-Leads Food Retail and Manufacturer Community for Action at Stockholm Food Forum with WBCSD
From 3-4 October 2025, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) joined over 700 international participants with representation across academia, business, Farmers, Fishers and Indigenous Peoples Organisations (FFIPOs), finance, food service, goverance, policymakers and NGOs at the Stockholm Food Forum organised by scientific body, the EAT Lancet Commission. At...
Healthier Lives
Uniting Sectors to Bridge Health and Labour: A Call to Action on Workforce Nutrition
On the 23rd May, ahead of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, The Consumer Goods Forum’s Health and Sustainability Director, Sharon Bligh, along with NGO partner, the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN), convened with...
Climate Transition
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Climate Transition Coalition Launches New Resource to Drive Supplier Decarbonisation
New York, 23rd September 2025 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and its Climate Transition Coalition today published its new Supplier Decarbonisation Playbook, a practical guide providing actionable steps for consumer goods companies to engage...
Healthier Lives
Spotlight on Health: CGF Members Lead the Way Towards a Healthier Future
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Healthier Lives Coalition (HL) steering committee met in London from 20 – 21 October 2025, bringing together leaders from across the retail, manufacturing, and health sectors to align on priorities...
Planet
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...
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...
Health & Wellness
Healthier Lives Launches in the UAE with ‘Choose Better’ Programme at COP28
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) member company Majid Al Futtaim Retail, owner of the Carrefour franchise in the Middle East and Africa has demonstrated its commitment to making healthier choices accessible to customers through its...
Healthier Lives
First Lady of Colombia Visits the CGF in Paris to Talk About Impact on Healthier Lives in Latin America
As a follow up to the recent meeting of the CGF’s Latin America Board, which was attended by the First Lady of Colombia , the CGF welcomed the First Lady Maria Juliana Ruíz Sandoval and...
Corporate
Reflections from COP28
Just short of 100,000 badges were issued for participants to attend the recent UN climate talks in Dubai, touted by many as a defining moment in our fight against climate change. Sharon Bligh, Director of...
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