Search by a keyword or select one below

Latest News & Resources

News Update 27 Nov 2025 Human Rights The CGF Advances Business Leadership on Human Rights at the UN Forum in Geneva
News Update 25 Nov 2025 Food Waste Driving Change Locally: CGF Japan’s Efforts to Combat Consumer Food Waste in 2025
Blog 25 Nov 2025 Forest Positive What COP30 Signals for Business Leadership on Forests

All News & Resources

Loading ...
Second Scheme Applies for SSCI Benchmarking: BRCGS Press Release 07 Sep 2020 Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative Second Scheme Applies for SSCI Benchmarking: BRCGS PARIS, 7 September 2020 – The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is pleased to announce it has received a benchmark application from the BRCGS, the first step in recognising the BRCGS as meeting industry expectations for...
The Consumer Goods Forum Launches Food Waste Coalition of Action News Update 17 Aug 2020 Food Waste The Consumer Goods Forum Launches Food Waste Coalition of Action The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) has today launched a CEO-led Coalition of Action on Food Waste, bringing together 14 of the world’s largest retailers and manufacturers with the goal of halving per capita global food...
Sustainable Retail Summit Experts Series: Ignacio Gavilan, Environmental Sustainability, CGF Video 31 Jul 2020 Sustainable Retail Summit Sustainable Retail Summit Experts Series: Ignacio Gavilan, Environmental Sustainability, CGF    Registrations for the virtual Sustainable Retail Summit will be opening soon. Click here to visit the event website.
Introducing the CGF’s Coalition of Action on Food Waste Podcast 29 Jun 2020 Food Waste Introducing the CGF’s Coalition of Action on Food Waste In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, we catch up with the two Co-Chairs of the CGF’s newly launched Coalition of Action on Food Waste, Francisco Cordero from the Kellogg Company and Brittni Furrow...
Introducing the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative Video 27 Jun 2020 Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative Introducing the Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Getting to Know the CGF’s New Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan Podcast 25 Jun 2020 Corporate Getting to Know the CGF’s New Managing Director, Wai-Chan Chan In the June episode of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Corporate Podcast, special guest host Madelaine VanDerHeyden sits down with an even more special guest star: Wai-Chan Chan, the new Managing Director of the CGF. In...
The Consumer Goods Forum – Better Lives Through Better Business Video 16 Jun 2020 Corporate The Consumer Goods Forum – Better Lives Through Better Business
The Recyclable Toothpaste Tube: Colgate’s Journey Blog 19 May 2020 Plastic Waste The Recyclable Toothpaste Tube: Colgate’s Journey In 2014, Colgate issued its first formal packaging sustainability goals, which included a commitment for all packaging to be recyclable by 2020 for three categories: Pet Nutrition, Home Care, and Personal Care. Conspicuous for its...
Sustainability Leaders Series | Spotlight on Amcor Flexibles Video 11 May 2020 Planet Sustainability Leaders Series | Spotlight on Amcor Flexibles
Press Release 16 Apr 2020 Corporate The Consumer Goods Forum Announces Managing Director Succession: Peter Freedman to be Succeeded by Wai-Chan Chan PARIS, 16th April 2020 — The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) announces that Peter Freedman will step down as Managing Director (MD) after leading the organisation for more than six years.
CGF Environmental Sustainability Newsletter – Q1 2020 Video 30 Mar 2020 People CGF Environmental Sustainability Newsletter – Q1 2020
From Farm to Fork: Supply Chain Transparency Podcast 05 Mar 2020 Corporate From Farm to Fork: Supply Chain Transparency Are consumers as interested in sustainable products as we might like to think? How can technology empower the industry to connect the data dots from farm to fork? Marjan De Bock-Smit, Founder and Owner of...
Member Spotlight on Grupo Éxito Podcast 03 Mar 2020 People Member Spotlight on Grupo Éxito In the first episode of Season 2 of the CGF’s Sustainability Series, host Louise Chester talks to Pablo Montoya Dávila, Head of Sustainability at Grupo Éxito, one of the CGF’s key members in Latin America....
Sustainability Leaders Series | Spotlight on Food Waste with Wasteless Video 02 Mar 2020 Food Waste Sustainability Leaders Series | Spotlight on Food Waste with Wasteless
Full Interview: CGF Talks to Olaf Koch, Chairman of the Management Board, METRO AG Video 25 Feb 2020 Corporate Full Interview: CGF Talks to Olaf Koch, Chairman of the Management Board, METRO AG In the latest edition of our CEO Interview Series, we speak to Olaf Koch, Chairman of the Management Board of METRO AG. In this chat, Olaf talks about the importance of collaboration in driving positive...
Reflections as We Move into a New Decade Blog 11 Feb 2020 Planet Reflections as We Move into a New Decade When it comes to sustainability, we know that our current system is still far from bringing effective change. 2019 wasn’t an exception. Scientists and NGOs point to an existential threat and call for urgent action; businesses...
The Consumer Goods Forum Official Logo
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.