Blog26 Jun 2024E2E Value Chain
Demystifying the CPG Aisle: How Data and GPT are Reshaping Consumer Packaged Goods Industry The CPG industry, encompassing everything from your morning coffee to beverages and snacks, is undergoing a significant transformation. While core consumer needs remain the same, how we shop for and interact with these products is...
Blog24 Jun 2024Forest Positive
That deforestation-free product may not be what you think This blog post was written by one of our stakeholders and does not necessarily reflect the views of the Consumer Goods Forum itself. With the EU’s deforestation regulation (EUDR) in centre view and commodity buyers...
Blog12 Jun 2024Health & Wellness
Migros Ticaret’s Five Dimensions of Employee Wellbeing Holistic health has become more important than ever in today’s polycrisis, especially in the aftermath of the Covid pandemic. According to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) “World mental health report: transforming mental health for all”,...
Blog11 Jun 2024Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
Interview with Luiza Reguse for the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative Spotlight Series An interview with Luiza Reguse for the GSSI Spotlight Series Passionate about the profound impact of food production on both people’s lives and the environment, Luiza Reguse embarked on her journey in the world...
Blog05 Jun 2024Forest Positive
Four key steps FMCG firms can take to protect and restore forests Globally, we’re losing an area of natural forest approximately the size of London each week – with devastating consequences. Research shows that Amazonian deforestation and rising temperatures are pushing the South American monsoon toward...
Blog21 May 2024Forest Positive
Business Must Ensure Southeast Asia’s Forest Positive Future Supply chains have to be made more sustainable, ethical and reliable Wai-Chan Chan is managing director of The Consumer Goods Forum, a global network of retailers and manufacturers focused on industry standards and driving positive...
Blog11 Apr 2024E2E Value Chain
Embracing Sustainability Regulations: Strategies for CPG, Retailers, and Suppliers in a Changing Landscape The evolving landscape of sustainability-related regulations presents opportunities for CPGs and retailers to drive innovation and strengthen partnerships within their supply chains. Proactive collaboration will be key to balancing compliance with these important initiatives while...
Blog05 Mar 2024E2E Value Chain
Overcoming Regulatory Challenges With Data Management Consumer product companies and grocery retailers are essential businesses that provide critical food products across the world and have built trustworthy relationships with consumers. As major economic drivers with a sizable influence on the environment...
Blog29 Feb 2024Food Waste
Global Farm Loss Tool: A Solution to Empower Growers It goes without saying that every farmer on the planet would like to eliminate their on-farm losses and maximize their yield to harvest and sell. Yet as the first blog of this three-part series shows,...
Blog01 Feb 2024Food Waste
A Global Farm Loss Tool Grounded in Measurement In the first blog on the Global Farm Loss Tool (GFLT) Project with the CGF’s Food Waste Coalition of Action members, we laid the foundation that food loss and waste (FLW) is a critical issue...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...