Healthier Lives
Consumer Focused Flavours: Carrefour and Partners Unite to Promote Seasonal Recipes
Paris, 17 October 2025 During the event “Cook our delicious seasonal treats”, Carrefour and four manufacturers (Danone, Fleury Michon, Flora Food Group, and Savencia) have joined the Carrefour Engaged Consumers Club to encourage customers to...
Plastic Waste
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Plastic Waste Coalition Releases New Guidance on EPR for Packaging in Low-and Middle-Income Countries
Paris, 30th September, 2025 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Plastic Waste Coalition of Action has published a new discussion paper, “EPR for Packaging: Design and Implementation in Low-and Middle-Income Countries”, offering guidance to policymakers,...
Climate Transition
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Climate Transition Coalition Launches New Resource to Drive Supplier Decarbonisation
New York, 23rd September 2025 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) and its Climate Transition Coalition today published its new Supplier Decarbonisation Playbook, a practical guide providing actionable steps for consumer goods companies to engage...
Climate Transition
The Consumer Goods Forum Launches New Framework To Help the Industry Align on Emissions and Deforestation Data
Amsterdam, 12th June 2025 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Climate Transition Coalition, with the support of Boston Consulting Group (BCG), has launched the Common Data Framework. The new approach is designed to promote alignment...
Food Waste
The Consumer Goods Forum, WRAP, and WRI Streamline Food Waste Reporting with Common Reporting Deadline for 2025
Paris, Thursday 17th April – The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Food Waste Coalition of Action, in partnership with WRAP and the World Resources Institute (WRI), has announced 13th June 2025 as a shared deadline for voluntary annual food waste reporting...
Corporate
Annual Report 2024: Powerful Impact of Consumer Goods Companies Collaborating to Tackle Industry Challenges
Paris, 27 February 2024 – The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the only CEO-led organisation that brings together both retailers and manufacturers globally, today publishes its 2023 Annual Report, demonstrating how it is catalysing industry transformation...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
FISH Standard for Crew Achieves SSCI Recognition
PARIS, 26 November 2024 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce that Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew has successfully completed the SSCI Benchmarking...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
WIETA Achieves SSCI Recognition
PARIS, 5 February 2025 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce that Wine and Agricultural Ethical Trade Association (WIETA) has successfully completed the SSCI Benchmarking process and...
Sustainable Retail Summit
Industry Leaders Set out Actionable Sustainability Solutions at The Sustainable Retail Summit
The Consumer Goods Forum hosted industry leaders to discuss solutions to key sustainability and health challenges at The Sustainable Retail Summit in London this week. Talks included Tesco Group CEO, Ken Murphy, and Unilever...
Forest Positive
Forest Positive Report Shows Consumer Goods Sector is Increasing Transparency in Efforts to Reduce Deforestation in Supply Chains
In their 2024 Annual Report, The Consumer Goods Forum’s Forest Positive Coalition showcases remarkable progress in combating deforestation and enhancing transparency across palm oil, soy, paper, pulp, and beef supply chains. With a focus on...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
MPS Applies For SSCI Benchmarking
PARIS, 26 November 2024 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) has received a benchmarking application from MPS for its MPS-Socially Qualified (MPS-SQ) standard. This marks MPS’s first step towards earning...
Human Rights
Launch of the Converged Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Assessment Tool
Paris, 22 November 2024 — Members of AIM-Progress and The Consumer Goods Forum Human Rights Coalition, which includes major fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies, are delighted to have partnered with the Fair Labor Association (FLA) and...
Climate Transition
Coalition of Leading Companies Share New Supplier Sustainability Targets To Accelerate Decarbonisation Across Consumer Goods Industry
Paris, 21st November 2024 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Towards Net Zero Coalition of Action has published new supplier sustainability targets to set clear baseline standards across the consumer goods sector. The Coalition, made...
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
EHPEA Applies for SSCI Benchmarking
PARIS, 25 September 2024 — The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce that the Ethiopian Horticulture Producer Exporter Association (EHPEA) has submitted its Code of Practice for Sustainable...
Industry Solutions
Consumer Goods Leaders Gear Up for CGF’s IOO HORIZON Event to Advance Data-Driven, Sustainable Value Chains
PARIS, 2nd September 2024: The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), the only CEO-led organisation that unites manufacturers and retailers globally, will bring together industry leaders at IOO HORIZON to explore the cutting-edge intersection of data, sustainability, and the...
Health & Wellness
METRO France dévoile un livre de recettes innovant pour inspirer les chefs et promouvoir des habitudes alimentaires plus saines
Paris le 12 septembre 2024 : La Coalition d’action Collaboration of Healthier Lives (CHL) du Consumer Goods Forum (CGF), en partenariat avec METRO France et sept grands fabricants de produits alimentaires – Barilla, Bonduelle, Bel,...