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Press Releases Human Rights

10.12.2025

The Consumer Goods Forum’s Human Rights Coalition Shares Member Progress in Tackling Forced Labour

Report from The Consumer Goods Forum’s Human Rights Coalition shows advancements made by individual companies using CGF’s framework to strengthen approaches to tackle forced labour.…

News Data-Driven Value Chain Industry Solutions

08.12.2025

Interoperability and AI: Building the Next Growth Frontier for Consumer Goods

In an increasingly data-driven world, interoperability and AI readiness are fast becoming the defining enablers of growth in the FMCG sector. The ability for systems,…

News Plastic Waste

05.12.2025

Driving Industry Progress: Walmart’s Rob Nicol Looks Back on His Tenure as Plastic Waste Co-Chair

As Rob Nicol, Vice President Corporate Affairs at Walmart Canada steps down from his role as Co-Chair of the Plastic Waste Coalition of Action, we…

News Plastic Waste

05.12.2025

Ashley C. Hall, Director of Sustainable Packaging at Walmart Appointed as New Co-Chair of the Plastic Waste Coalition

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ashley C. Hall, Director of Sustainable Packaging at Walmart, as the new Co-Chair…

News China Climate Transition

05.12.2025

CGF and Bain & Company Drive Sustainability Dialogue at CIIE 2025

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), in partnership with Bain & Company, hosted a roundtable on advancing green consumption at the 8th China International Import Expo…

News Climate Transition

03.12.2025

Climate Transition Coalition Launches “Guía de Agricultura y Ganadería Regenerativa” in Mexico City

On 19th November, The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Climate Transition Coalition officially launched its new spanish-language “Guía de Agricultura y Ganadería Regenerativa” (Regenerative Agriculture and…

Press Releases Corporate Sustainable Retail Summit

02.12.2025

Over 250 Industry Leaders to Unite at The Sustainable Retail Summit to Share Practical Solutions to Urgent Challenges

Paris, 02 December 2025 Hundreds of global consumer goods leaders and industry experts are counting down to The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Sustainable Retail Summit…

Case Studies Healthier Lives

01.12.2025

Sales Double on Featured Products as Carrefour & Partners Inspire Seasonal Eating

The Context Many consumers struggle to adopt and sustain seasonal, nutritious, and affordable eating habits. That’s why members of The CGF Healthier Lives Coalition, Carrefour,…

News Human Rights

27.11.2025

The CGF Advances Business Leadership on Human Rights at the UN Forum in Geneva

A strong theme at this year’s UN Forum on Business and Human Rights was the call for a shift toward a more consistent and efficient…

Case Studies Climate Transition

25.11.2025

Cultivating Change: Migros Ticaret’s Path to Regenerative Agriculture

Supporting sustainable agriculture aims to increase the soil’s organic matter and carbon sequestration, decrease carbon emissions and pesticide usage, while improving soil health and crop…

News Food Waste

25.11.2025

Driving Change Locally: CGF Japan’s Efforts to Combat Consumer Food Waste in 2025

Building on the impactful initiatives of 2025, the member companies of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Japan Food Loss and Waste Working Group carried out…

Case Studies Climate Transition

25.11.2025

Collaborating with Suppliers to Track and Reduce Carbon Emissions

The carbon footprints of the products sold by Migros Ticaret constitute the largest proportion of the company’s Scope 3 emissions.

Article Forest Positive

25.11.2025

What COP30 signals for business leadership on forests

News Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative

24.11.2025

New SSCI Benchmark consultation opens for amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI)

This public consultation is now closed. The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce a public stakeholder consultation for amfori BSCI (Business Social…

News Climate Transition

24.11.2025

Esselunga Joins the Climate Transition Coalition of Action

The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is delighted to welcome Esselunga as its newest member of the Climate Transition Coalition of Action. The Climate Transition Coalition…

Press Releases Corporate

24.11.2025

McCain Foods CEO Max Koeune announced as new Co-Chair of The Consumer Goods Forum

Paris, 20 November 2025, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the only CEO-led organisation that convenes both manufacturers and retailers globally, has announced Max Koeune, President…

Press Releases Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative

18.11.2025

The Consumer Goods Forum’s SSCI recognises Sedex’s SMETA 7.0, the world’s most widely used social audit platform

Paris, 18 November 2025 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announced today that SMETA 7.0, Sedex’s flagship social and environmental auditing methodology, has achieved recognition…

Case Studies Climate Transition

07.11.2025

AS Watson and L’Oréal Collaborate on Global Take-Back Campaigns for Beauty Packaging

Beauty and personal care products contribute to landfill waste. For example, in 2023, Hong Kong sent nearly 4 million tonnes of municipal solid waste to…

News Data-Driven Value Chain Industry Solutions

06.11.2025

Retail Media SpringBoard Insights: How AI and Retail Media are Shaping In-Store Shopper Experience

Retail media presents a lucrative growth engine for companies, particularly in the consumer goods landscape, but its full potential is at risk. While the sector…

News Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative

05.11.2025

SSCI’s environmental benchmark receives first applicant from USD 2 billion floriculture industry

The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce a major milestone in its global mission to build trust in…