Corporate New Year’s Reflections with CGF Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan www.theconsumergoodsforum.com | In the first episode of the third season of the CGF Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden catches up with Wai-Chan Chan, the CGF’s Managing Director, to reflect on his first eight months at the CGF, key highlights from the past year, and what the new year will hold. 
Food Safety Food Safety: Rethink, Reset, Recharge In this, the first episode in our new GFSI Podcast Series, “Food Safety: Rethink, Reset, Recharge”, we speak to Erica Sheward, Director of GFSI, who looks back on 2020 and the impact of COVID-19 on food safety, and looks ahead to all the new and exciting actions taking shape within GFSI. These include updates on […] 
E2E Value Chain Delving Into Digital Manufacturing & Operations For the first End-to-End Value Chain podcast episode of 2021, we’re taking a deep dive into digital manufacturing and operations. Tune in to hear insights from Tracey Countryman, Senior Managing Director, Industry X Manufacturing and Operations at Accenture, as she delves into this topic with the CGF’s E2E Director, Ruediger Hagedorn. The CGF and Accenture […] 
Plastic Waste Keeping Plastics in the Value Chain and Out of Nature: Introducing the CGF Plastic Waste Coalition of Action www.tcgfplasticwaste.com | In this latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast and wrapping up 2020, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden catches up with the co-chairs of the CGF Plastic Waste Coalition of Action, Barry Parkin from Mars, Inc., and Rob Nicol from Walmart Canada. The Plastic Waste Coalition announced its first actions that will have a […] 
Corporate Collaboration, Action & a Better Tomorrow In this episode of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Corporate Podcast Series, we talk to Isabelle Grosmaitre, the One Planet. One Health Catalyst at Danone, and Co-Chair of the CGF’s Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action. Isabelle share her thoughts on staying healthy during the pandemic, the need for leadership to contribute to healthier futures […] 
Sustainable Retail Summit Reflections on the Sustainable Retail Summit & the Road to Recovery Ahead After the 2020 Sustainable Retail Summit in October, the CGF’s Madelaine VanDerHeyden caught up with Rob Manhoudt from Procter & Gamble, the Executive Sponsor of this year’s SRS, to hear his reflections on the learnings from SRS and the shared road to recovery ahead of us. Tune in for Rob’s thoughts on the need for […] 
E2E Value Chain Supply Chain Transparency, Reimagined In this episode, CGF’s Ruediger Hagedorn speaks to Trinanjan Gupta at TagOne, a blockchain empowered tech traceability platform, about the challenges in supply chain transparency and the role blockchain and cloud tech play in capturing and sharing data in food supply chains. Sign Up For More End-to-End Value Chain Podcasts iTunes Spotify 
Forest Positive Mapping the Road to a Forest Positive Future In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden catches up with the co-chairs of the Forest Positive Coalition, Christine M. McGrath and Bertrand Swiderski, a month after the launch of the Coalition at Climate Week NYC. During this time, the first draft of the Coalition’s Palm Oil Roadmap was published, an essential […] 
E2E Value Chain Responsive Supply Chains In this episode of the End-to-End Value Chain podcast series, CGF’s Ruediger Hagedorn speaks to Rebecca Liao, Co-Founder and COO at Skuchain about the role deep-tier financing and blockchain play in achieving responsive supply chains. For more information, read the blog post Achieving a More Responsive Supply Chain. Sign Up For […] 
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative Driving Change in the Seafood Industry In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden chats with Hugo Byrnes of Ahold Delhaize and Stefanie Moreland of Trident Seafoods about the ongoing collaboration between the CGF’s Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI), of which Hugo is a co-chair, and the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), of which Stefanie is a partner […] 
Corporate Insights on Consumer Behaviour in Light of COVID-19 In this episode of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Podcast, guest Lynn Evison from Alvarez and Marsal shares insights on the evolving landscape of the retail industry from the group’s latest report. The report, “The Shape of Retail: Consumers and the new normal”, offers details about how retailers have responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and its […] 
Food Waste Introducing the CGF’s Coalition of Action on Food Waste In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, we catch up with the two Co-Chairs of the CGF’s newly launched Coalition of Action on Food Waste, Francisco Cordero from the Kellogg Company and Brittni Furrow from Ahold Delhaize. Francisco and Brittni share the Coalition’s ambitious agenda, the goal of which is to reduce food waste […] 
Corporate Getting to Know the CGF’s New Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan In the June episode of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Corporate Podcast, special guest host Madelaine VanDerHeyden sits down with an even more special guest star: Wai-Chan Chan, the new Managing Director of the CGF. In his first few weeks as Managing Director, Wai-Chan has already led a CGF Board Meeting, moderated our Virtual Knowledge Series […] 
Plastic Waste Being a Good Neighbour in a Waste-free World In this latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, special guest host Madelaine VanDerHeyden speaks with Alejandra Vázquez Langle, Environmental Sustainability Global Director at Grupo Bimbo. As an active member of the CGF’s Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste, Grupo Bimbo has been one of the leading manufacturers driving the effort to reduce waste throughout its […] 
E2E Value Chain COVID-19 and Its Impact On Consumer Goods Companies In this episode of the End-to-End Value Chain podcast series, CGF’s Ruediger Hagedorn speaks to Rajesh Ray, Associate Partner, IBM GBS about the impact Covid-19 is having on consumer goods companies. Sign Up For More End-to-End Value Chain Podcasts iTunes Spotify 
Health & Wellness Employee Health and the Workforce Nutrition Alliance On the occasion of International Workers’ Day, the latest episode of the CGF Podcast brings together Christina Nyhus Dhillon from the Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) and the CGF’s very own Sharon Bligh to talk about how their respective organisations are working together to champion employee health, supporting employers through the Workforce Nutrition Alliance. […] 
