Blog26 Oct 2021E2E Value Chain
The Future of Value Creation It isn’t sufficient to talk about Value Creation: value has to be sustained. The International Federation of Accountants talks about a cycle of definition, creation, delivery, and sustainability. This idea of a dynamic Value Creation...
Blog19 Oct 2021E2E Value Chain
The Paradox of Value If there is something important the COVID-19 pandemic has reminded us of, it is that many things are more valuable than money. Perhaps this shouldn’t surprise anyone. For example, the economic principle that states that...
Press Release03 Nov 2011
Consumer Goods Forum Recommends Improved Collaboration Between Governments and Business on Sustainable Growth and Job Creation CANNES, France, 3rd November 2011 – Speaking yesterday at the B20 Summit, the Co-Chairs of the Consumer Goods Forum, Muhtar Kent, Chairman of the Board and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company and Lars Olofsson,...
Blog29 Apr 2022E2E Value Chain
The Bright Side of the Most Valuable Spot in Retail (Part II) The first part of this blog series showed us the main bottlenecks of promotions on the shop floor. What if retailers and brands could join forces to overcome these obstacles and together achieve effective and...
Press Release27 Jan 2015
Healthy Living Focus of New External Scientific Advisory Council The Consumer Goods Forum Takes Work on Health and Wellness to Next Level PARIS, 27th January 2015 – The Consumer Goods Forum (the “CGF”) today announced the creation of an independent External Scientific Advisory...
Blog15 Nov 2021E2E Value Chain
The Path to an Intelligent Enterprise Digital transformation is not limited to the introduction of appropriate software systems, but above all reorganises business relationships, corporate processes, and value chains. The corresponding software supports and drives this transformation. However, it is primarily...
Press Release10 Dec 2020Human Rights
Major Retailers and Consumer Brands Commit to Eradicate Forced Labour from Global Supply Chains with Launch of New Coalition of Action PARIS, 10 December 2020 – Today, on annual Human Rights Day, 19 leading members of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announce their collective stance against forced labour with the creation of the CGF’s new Human...
Blog02 Apr 2019E2E Value Chain
Addressing the Product Data Accuracy and Completeness Challenge P&G is proud to be part of The Consumer Goods Forum. We are engaged at every level of the CGF’s agenda from our CEO’s active participation on the Board of Directors to P&G leadership on...
Blog02 Nov 2021E2E Value Chain
Dip into the (Profit) Pool No matter how you define value, for-profit companies will continue to be measured by, well, profit. Of course, there is accounting profit and economic profit. The major difference is that accounting profit only considers tangible...
Blog24 Feb 2021E2E Value Chain
Growing the Joint Profit Pool of Retailers and Manufacturers in Europe In Europe, modern trade retailers account for 40% to 80% of annual sales and gross profit for most consumer packaged goods companies (CPGs). Much of that profit is concentrated in four to five main customers...
Blog08 Mar 2019Global Summit
Industry Collaboration, the Global Summit and Technology Combine As an industry, we are facing challenges that impact us globally and on a smaller, more localised scale. We have seen in recent years, especially in the face of new competition, new consumer demands and...
Blog03 Oct 2014
Consumer Engagement Principles: Addressing the Value Exchange An outcome of our Future Value Chain 2022 programme, the rationale for the Consumer Engagement Principles project notes that in the context of consumer trust and legislation, and with regards to the use of...
Press Release28 Nov 2022Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA) Applies for SSCI Benchmarking PARIS, 30th November, 2022 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) has received a benchmarking application from the Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA), marking their first step in earning...
Press Release10 Nov 2023Food 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...
Blog11 May 2021E2E Value Chain
Squaring the Circle I started this blog on Earth Day, 23rd April 2021. Amid watching a documentary on whales, heartfelt pleas for a better future by young activist Bella Lack, and dances and songs that celebrate the natural...