Healthier Lives
Spotlight on Health: CGF Members Lead the Way Towards a Healthier Future
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Healthier Lives Coalition (HL) steering committee met in London from 20 – 21 October 2025, bringing together leaders from across the retail, manufacturing, and health sectors to align on priorities...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Fresh Thinking for Sustainable Supply Chains: SSCI and IFPA Convene North American Leaders in Anaheim
The CGF’s Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative and the International Fresh Produce Association bring sustainability conversations to life around the world’s largest produce and floral gathering. The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) — an industry solution...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
New SSCI Benchmark Consultation Opens for Kenya Flower Council and MPS
The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce a public stakeholder consultation for two floral schemes; Kenya Flower Council (KFC), for its Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standards (FOSS), and MPS for its MPS-Socially...
Healthier Lives
From Principles to Practice: How CGF Members Are Advancing Employee Wellbeing in Latin America
This World Mental Health Day on 10 October 2025, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is spotlighting the progress of its Employee Health & Wellbeing workstream in Latin America, where members, who employ over 5.8 million...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Building Trust in Seafood Supply Chains: CGF Showcases SSCI at the Conxemar International Congress
At the Conxemar International Congress, held on 6 October 2025 in Vigo, Spain, 26,000+ industry leaders from across the seafood sector gathered to debate the future of sustainable growth in a complex global market. The...
Healthier Lives
CGF Co-Leads Food Retail and Manufacturer Community for Action at Stockholm Food Forum with WBCSD
From 3-4 October 2025, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) joined over 700 international participants with representation across academia, business, Farmers, Fishers and Indigenous Peoples Organisations (FFIPOs), finance, food service, goverance, policymakers and NGOs at the Stockholm Food Forum organised by scientific body, the EAT Lancet Commission. At...
Food Waste
New CGF Publication “Inspiring Consumers to Waste Less Food” Shares Best Practices for Retailers and Manufacturers
29th September 2025 – On the occasion of the International Day of Food Loss and Waste, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), through its Food Waste Coalition of Action, has published “Inspiring Consumers to Waste Less...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
New SSCI Benchmark Consultation Opens for Sedex-SMETA 7.0
The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce a public stakeholder consultation for SMETA 7.0, Sedex’s flagship social and environmental auditing methodology. This consultation falls under the SSCI’s Processing & Manufacturing and Primary...
Human Rights
Redesigning Recruitment Markets at the UN Forum: CGF Leads Dialogue on Building an Ethical Recruitment Marketplace
At the United Nations Forum on Responsible Business and Human Rights held 16-19 September 2025 in Bangkok, Thailand – which united over 150 partner organisations and 1,200 attendees from across sectors – The Consumer Goods...
Healthier Lives
Lessons in Longevity: China and Japan Explore Paths to Better, Longer Lives
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) members in China and Japan are joining forces to help people live better, longer lives. At a pivotal meeting in Shanghai on 2 July 2025, the CGF China Healthier Lives...
Healthier Lives
Driving Change Through Healthier Choices: How METRO France, Chefs and Manufacturers Inspire Healthier Menus
In the past four years, the Mon Restaurant Passe Au Durable (“My Restaurant Goes Sustainable”) initiative has continued to inspire chefs across France to adopt healthier and more sustainable recipes into their menus. The initiative...
Healthier Lives
Healthier Lives Coalition Welcomes New Members: Reckitt and Woolworths Group
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is pleased to welcome two new members to the Healthier Lives (HL) Coalition. Health and home hygiene manufacturer Reckitt, and the retailer Woolworths Group bringing the membership to 37 consumer...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Sedex-SMETA 7.0 Advances on SSCI Benchmarking Journey
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to highlight the ongoing benchmarking process of Sedex’s SMETA 7.0 — its flagship social and environmental auditing methodology — under the SSCI’s Manufacturing...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative Welcomes New Member Dutch Flower Group
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to welcome a new member, the floral retail supplier Dutch Flower Group (DFG), bringing its membership to 26 CGF members. The SSCI builds...
Climate Transition
Carrefour Joins the Climate Transition Coalition of Action
We are pleased to welcome Carrefour as the newest member of the Climate Transition Coalition of Action, our joint effort to drive climate progress across the consumer goods sector. The coalition unites 31 manufacturers, retailers,...
Forest Positive
Scaling Solutions Through Collaboration: CGF at London Climate Action Week 2025
At London Climate Action Week (LCAW) 2025, The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) showcased its commitment to building climate-resilient, deforestation-free, and socially responsible supply chains. With people and planet at the heart of our priorities and...
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