Planet
The Sustainable Retail Summit 2023 Executive Summary
COPENHAGEN, 18th October 2023: Under the glittering lights of the Tivoli Hotel’s exhibition centre in Copenhagen, Denmark, The Consumer Goods Forum commenced its 8th edition of the Sustainable Retail Summit which brings together more than...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Rainforest Alliance Applies for SSCI Benchmarking
PARIS, 21 November 2023 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce it has received an application from Rainforest Alliance submitting its Sustainable Agriculture Standard for the SSCI Benchmarking...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
New SSCI Benchmark Consultation Opens for FSSC 24000
The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is delighted to announce the opening of a stakeholder consultation for FSSC 24000, as it advances to the final stages in the SSCI Benchmark process. Foundation FSSC’s FSSC 24000...
Forest Positive
To Achieve a ‘Forest Positive’ Planet, We Must Prioritise the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
With the climate crisis threatening to turn tracts of the lush Amazon into dry grassland, companies need to put in place policies that respect Indigenous Peoples and local communities’ rights While environmental and social sustainability...
Responsibility in an Essential Product Category: Empowering Women While Striving to Improve Environmental Impact
In a world driven by innovation and sustainability, P&G has stood as a beacon of purpose, unwavering in its mission to touch lives and improve lives. What makes this purpose truly unique is its unyielding...
Health & Wellness
Supporting Healthy Minds: A PepsiCo Case Study
To amplify The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) ambition to establish well-being programmes to promote employee health, the CGF’s Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action strives to work with CGF members to support the creation of a workplace...
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...
Planet
Environmental Sustainability in Retail: Consistency in Footprint Monitoring and Data Collection
Measuring an environmental footprint is crucial and one of the first steps in becoming more sustainable. It helps identify areas for environmental impact reduction, make more future-proof choices, and showcase efforts to produce sustainably to...
Health & Wellness
The Consumer Goods Forum Healthier Lives Steering Committee Accelerates Action on Health and Well-Being at Key Retail Gathering in Copenhagen
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action’s (CHL) Steering Committee, which consists of manufacturers, retailers and external partners, met in Copenhagen on 18 October 2023 ahead of the CGF Sustainable...
Industry Solutions
La Aplicación de Soluciones Inteligentes de Gestión de Datos Afecta a las Estrategias Sosteni
In this Spanish Episode of the End-To-End Value Chain podcast, Ruediger Hagerdon discusses how sustainable strategies are affected by applying smart data management solutions with Miriam Molino Sanchez, Stibo Systems.
Sustainable Retail Summit
How Environmental Data Empowers Product Personalization
Environmental data, like real-time air quality and pollen insights, is a powerful tool that can be used in product personalization innovations. For retailers across diverse sectors, personalization has become a new frontier in consumer...
Japan
Japanese Member Companies Join the Call to Action to Reduce Consumer Food Waste
Throughout the month of October, eight member companies of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Japan Sustainability Local Group Food Loss and Waste working group (JSLG-FLW) are taking action to raise social awareness on the need...
Food Waste
Food Waste Coalition Steering Committee Meets in Copenhagen to Share Progress on SDG 12.3
On October 18th 2023, The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Food Waste Coalition Steering Committee came together ahead of the Sustainable Retail Summit in Copenhagen to discuss progress made on the Coalition’s objectives and the trajectory...