Case Study18 Jan 2024Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Thai Union is Driving Alignment and Improvement in the Seafood Sector Using the SSCI Benchmark Tool Seafood is one of the most traded commodities in the world and also one of the largest industries, with the sector employing at least 260 million workers worldwide. However, it is one of the most at-risk industries from a social sustainability perspective.
News Update17 Jan 2024Forest Positive
Mikel Hancock, Walmart, Appointed New Co-Chair of Forest Positive Coalition of Action The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is pleased to announce Mikel Hancock, Senior Director, Strategic Initiatives for Walmart has been elected as the new Retailer Co-Chair of the Forest Positive Coalition of Action joining fellow Co-Chair...
Press Release16 Jan 2024Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
amfori Applies for SSCI Benchmarking PARIS, 16 January 2024 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce it has received a benchmarking application from amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI). The application marks amfori’s...
News Update20 Dec 2023Health & Wellness
Healthier Lives Launches in the UAE with ‘Choose Better’ Programme at COP28 The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) member company Majid Al Futtaim Retail, owner of the Carrefour franchise in the Middle East and Africa has demonstrated its commitment to making healthier choices accessible to customers through its...
Blog20 Dec 2023Corporate
Reflections from COP28 Just short of 100,000 badges were issued for participants to attend the recent UN climate talks in Dubai, touted by many as a defining moment in our fight against climate change. Sharon Bligh, Director of...
Video18 Dec 2023Health & Wellness
A Message on #WellbeingAtWork from Roberto di Bernardini, Chief Human Resources Officer, Danone Roberto di Bernardini, Chief Human Resources Officer, Danone, lends his voice to the video series for CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action #employeewellbeing campaign. C-suite level executives of member companies talk about what...
Blog11 Dec 2023Sustainable Retail Summit
Making Strides with our Partners Towards Deforestation-free Supply Chains Every year, the world loses around 10 million hectares of forest, while deforestation alone accounts for 11% of greenhouse gas emissions. Europe is leading the way in deforestation legislation with their European Union Deforestation Regulation...
News Update11 Dec 2023
CGF Sustainability Director Joins Panel on Circular Economy at INC-3 in Nairobi On 16th November, Director of Sustainability at The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), Cédric Dever, joined a panel discussion dedicated to a circular economy for plastics at the third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-3),...
Blog11 Dec 2023Food Waste
New CGF and WWF Partnership Taking the Lead on Reducing Farm Loss to Help Shrink Footprint of Food Each year, 2.5 billion tonnes of food are wasted across food service, grocery retail, and our own kitchens. A lesser known, and often not as well measured, part of the issue happens on farms due...
Blog10 Dec 2023Human Rights
The Imperative for Holistic Corporate Responsibility: Tackling Worker Rights Violations and Climate Crisis Together #CloserThanYouThink: Why we’re calling for urgent action on forced labour for Human Rights Day 2023 Despite much progress, there has been a record level of worker rights violations around the world this year, according to...
Video06 Dec 2023Health & Wellness
VP of Human Resources at Grupo Éxito Champions Employee Well-Being and Mental Health As part of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) 2023 Year of Employee Well-being campaign, Juan Felipe Montoya Calle, Vice President of Human Resources at Grupo Éxito, whose CEO Carlos Mario Giraldo sits on the CGF Board of Directors,...
News Update06 Dec 2023Health & Wellness
VP of Human Resources at Grupo Éxito Champions Employee Well-Being and Mental Health As part of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) 2023 Year of Employee Well-being campaign, Juan Felipe Montoya Calle, Vice President of Human Resources at Grupo Éxito, whose CEO Carlos Mario Giraldo sits on the CGF...
Blog05 Dec 2023E2E Value Chain
The Imperatives of Data to Support Sustainability and Transparency Companies run the real risk of failing to meet consumer and regulatory demands Pressure increases on businesses: regulations and changing consumer demands are coming their way, demanding sustainability through transparency. And all companies face this...
Press Release01 Dec 2023Corporate
The Consumer Goods Forum Announces New Board Members Paris, Thursday, 30 November 2023: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is proud to announce the appointment of new members to its Board of Directors, including Cécile Béliot of Bel Group and Nathalie Roos of Lipton...
Video30 Nov 2023Health & Wellness
A Message on #WellbeingAtWork from Fernando Lerdo de Tejada, Executive VP LATAM, Grupo Bimbo Fernando Lerdo de Tejada, Executive VP LATAM, Grupo Bimbo lends his voice to the video series for CGF Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action #employeewellbeing campaign. C-suite level executives of member companies talk about...
Blog23 Nov 2023Food Waste
Turning the Tables on Food Waste: A Call to Action for Sustainable Change Article originally published in The Grocer, 23rd November 2023 Considering approximately nine million people die from hunger and hunger-related diseases every year, the staggering 1.3 billion tonnes of food that doesn’t get eaten every year...