Product Data
Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Transparency in Soy
Soy is one of the world’s most important crops, finding its way into animal feed, vegetable oil, even industrial chemicals. It is one of the most intensively grown: worldwide 1 in 10 acres of agricultural...
Corporate
The Importance of Transparency for the FMCG Industry
Transparency is widely acknowledged as a critical factor in building consumer trust in a company or brand. And there is a great deal of data demonstrating that trust leads to sales growth. So, transparency has...
E2E Value Chain
Unlocking the Value of Product Transparency
Fake news. Wikileaks. The Panama Papers. The March for Truth. It seems more than likely that the 2010s will be remembered chiefly for its crisis of trust, and the citizen-led movement for truth and transparency....
Product Data
Data Transparency Takes Centre Stage Throughout the Pandemic
The rate of change in consumer demand witnessed over the past few months has been unprecedented, calling attention to the importance of effective lines of communication between suppliers and retailers. As demand for certain products spiked and supply...
Forest Positive
World’s Leading Consumer Goods Companies Put Transparency and Transformation at Forefront of Latest Deforestation Report
NEW YORK and PARIS, 22nd September 2022 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition of Action has today released its second Annual Report, sharing the Coalition’s progress on commitments to remove deforestation, forest...
Forest Positive
Collaboration, transparency and monitoring enabling faster deforestation progress
In their 2023 Annual Report, The Consumer Goods Forum’s Forest Positive Coalition showcases remarkable progress in combating deforestation and enhancing transparency across palm oil, soy, paper, pulp, and beef supply chains. With a focus on...
E2E Value Chain
SGS, Transparency-One And Mars Food Launch Revolutionary Supply Chain Solution
Our increasingly connected world has given rise to larger and more complex supply chains and socially conscious consumers who want to know that the products they buy are produced responsibly. Mars Food has launched a...
Forest Positive
Companies Must Embrace Transparency to End Deforestation, says CGF Managing Director
In a recent article published in Food Dive, The Consumer Goods Forum Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan, has advocated for companies to adopt increased transparency efforts in order to make real progress against the deforestation crisis....
E2E Value Chain
Purposeful Shopping Can Be a Question Mark for CPGs — Is Data Transparency an Answer?
The pandemic accelerated changes already in motion. McKinsey coined “the next normal” to describe the Covid-spurred generational shift in how people live and shop and, most crucially, what they care about. Buyers today are doing...
Why Traceability and Transparency Have to be Top of the Agenda in the Boardroom
As we approach The Consumer Goods Forum’s 62nd Global Summit in Singapore, I’m looking forward to participating in and leading discussions related to traceability and environmental sustainability. The topic is becoming increasingly important for the...
Forest Positive
Radical Transparency is Vital to End Deforestation, Says CGF Sustainability Director
In a recent article published by Products of Change, The Consumer Goods Forum Director of Sustainability, Didier Bergeret, has explained why companies must commit to collaborative supply chain transparency if we are to achieve a...
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...
E2E Value Chain
Data Transparency Requires A Push & Pull Strategy
Brands and retailers today are under pressure to provide appropriately governed high-quality data to their internal teams to help drive better decisions and feed advanced analytics and other critical business applications. Companies are also increasing...
Forest Positive
Transparency is the Foundation for a Forest Positive Future, says CGF Sustainability Director
In a recent article published by edie, The Consumer Goods Forum Director of Sustainability, Didier Bergeret, has emphasized the importance of transparency and traceability in the fight against commodity-driven deforestation, forest degradation and conversion. Entitled...
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