Climate Transition
Towards Net Zero 2024 Commodity Masterclasses: Key Takeaways Report
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)’s Towards Net Zero Coalition has released its Key Takeaways Report summarizing insights and solutions discussed during its 2024 Commodity Masterclass series. This ongoing initiative convenes Coalition members to share best...
Health & Wellness
Healthier Lives Steering Committee Sets Ambitious Agenda for Health and Sustainability in 2025
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Collaboration for Healthier Lives Coalition of Action (CHL) met in London last week, ahead of the Sustainable Retail Summit. Steering Committee members convened to reflect on the Coalition’s global and regional...
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...
Sustainable Retail Summit
The Sustainable Retail Summit 2025 Day 2 Highlights
The second day of the Sustainable Retail Summit 2025 (SRS) reinforced that sustainability is a continuous process that requires businesses to adapt, innovate, and collaborate. As regulatory pressures grow and consumer expectations shift, the retail...
Sustainable Retail Summit
The Sustainable Retail Summit 2025 Day 1 Highlights
The Sustainable Retail Summit 2025 kicked off today in London, bringing together industry leaders, innovators, and changemakers from across the consumer goods sector to tackle the most pressing sustainability challenges. This year’s event, themed “Sustainability...
Food Waste
Driving Change Locally: CGF Japan’s Efforts to Combat Consumer Food Waste in 2024
Building on the impactful initiatives of 2024, the member companies of The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Japan Food Loss and Waste Working Group carried out a series of activities throughout October to raise social awareness...
Food Waste
Top Tips for Communicating on The Climate Benefits From Reducing Food Loss and Waste
The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) Food Waste Coalition offers tips for communicating the climate benefits of reducing food loss and waste (FLW). It highlights how to convert GHG reductions into relatable metrics, showcases case studies...
Forest Positive
Forest Positive Coalition Welcomes New Member: ALDI SOUTH GROUP
The Consumer Goods Forum’s (CGF) Forest Positive Coalition (FPC) is pleased to welcome a new member, ALDI SOUTH GROUP. Anke Ehlers, Managing Director of International Sustainability at ALDI SOUTH Group, said, “At ALDI SOUTH Group...
Data-Driven Value Chain
Towards Decarbonizing Freight Transport in Latin America (White Paper)
Decarbonizing freight transport is crucial to tackling climate change in Latin America. As one of the largest emitters of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the region, this sector plays a fundamental role in the transition to...
Planet
Resetting Sustainability Strategies: Facing the New Reality in Consumer Industries
Sustainability is evolving, and so are the strategies of Retailers and Consumer Products companies. Over the past year, I’ve spoken to many Chief Sustainability Officers, and they are all trying to balance their ambition...
Plastic Waste
Sustainability in 2025: Accelerating Retail’s Role in Systemic Change
The Consumer Goods Forum Sustainable Retail Summit will convene sustainability leaders in London on January 29th. Ben Dixon shares a perspective ahead of this important annual event. As London’s foggy January sets the scene, sustainability...
Forest Positive
Forest Positive Coalition Leads Collaborative Action for Sustainable Transformation in Brazil’s Soy and Cattle Sectors
The Consumer Goods Forum’s Forest Positive Coalition hosted a landmark series of multistakeholder meetings in Brazil in 2024, bringing together over 140 leaders from government, business, philanthropy, and civil society sectors to advance sustainable practices...
Health & Wellness
Employee Wellbeing in SPAR Norway
A division of NorgesGruppen ASA, SPAR Norway is operated within the retail division Kjøpmannshuset, which not only includes SPAR and EUROSPAR branded stores but other retail formats as well. The SPAR Brand was introduced to Norway in 1984 and has grown to be a retail format with a presence across the country. SPAR Norway enables independent retailers to learn from international best practice and also from innovations implemented in company-owned stores.
Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative
SSCI Benchmark Consultation Opens For FISH
The Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) is happy to announce the opening of a public stakeholder consultation for the Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew, as it advances in the SSCI Benchmark process....
Industry Solutions
IOO·HORIZON 2024 Sitges, Studio Session with Maryann Moschides, Scanbuy Inc.
During the 1OO • Horizon Conference, 2024, held in Sitges, Spain. We had the opportunity to interview Maryann Moschides, CMO at Scanbuy Inc. She highlighted what her session , Impact of implementing QR Codes was...