Consumer Goods Forum

Essity on CDP's A List for sustainability

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Tuesday, December 13, 2022
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STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The hygiene and health company Essity has once again been recognized for its leadership in sustainability by the global non-profit environmental organization CDP.

Key Points: 
  • STOCKHOLM, Dec. 13, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --The hygiene and health company Essity has once again been recognized for its leadership in sustainability by the global non-profit environmental organization CDP.
  • The company is awarded a place on CDP's prestigious A List for its work in combating deforestation.
  • Based on data reported through CDP's 2022 Forests questionnaire, Essity was one of a small number of companies that achieved an `A' - out of more than 10,000 companies scored.
  • With its ambitious efforts to prevent deforestation and promote responsible forestry, Essity is a leader in terms of its objectives, actions, and transparency in the environmental field.

Carrefour and Danone with Nine Major Food Manufacturers Win 2022 SIRIUS Prize in Sustainable Collaboration for Healthier Lives Initiative in France

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Monday, November 28, 2022
CHL, Taste, Health, Food, Geography, Knowledge, Orangi Pilot Project, CGF, Unilever, SIRIUS, Carrefour, Consumer Goods Forum, KPMG, Collaboration, Partnership for a Healthier America, EUR, Danone, Management, Barilla

Key figures from the pilot project published by Carrefour in June 2022 include:

Key Points: 
  • Key figures from the pilot project published by Carrefour in June 2022 include:
    189% sales increase from in-store activities.
  • Building on the learnings from our evaluation partners KPMG and Catalina is key for the initiative to continue to evolve and impact at scale.
  • In this way, the CHL France team has been continuously collaborating in moving consumers and restaurateurs towards healthier and more sustainable diets.
  • Thomas Kyriaco, CSR Client Director, Danone: "Bringing health through food to as many people and in the most sustainable way as possible is our mission at Danone.

Consumer Goods Companies Release Practical Guidance on Repayment of Worker-Paid Recruitment Fees

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Friday, October 28, 2022
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The Guidance is derived and aligned with Impactt's "Principles and Guidelines for the Repayment of Migrant Worker Recruitment Fees and Related Costs."

Key Points: 
  • The Guidance is derived and aligned with Impactt's "Principles and Guidelines for the Repayment of Migrant Worker Recruitment Fees and Related Costs."
  • This Guidance offers step-by-step advice for businesses on how to address the important topic of recruitment fees."
  • We recognise that providing practical guidance, alongside hands-on support, to suppliers and recruitment intermediaries is critical for improving supply chain practices.
  • We hope this Guidance will support further collaboration between supply chain partners to remediate and tackle the root causes of recruitment fees."

Consumer Goods Companies Release Practical Guidance on Repayment of Worker-Paid Recruitment Fees

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Friday, October 28, 2022
Pip, Guidance, ILO, Board of directors, Human rights, Chief executive officer, International Labour Organization, Government, Forced labour, Adoption, Risk, Guideline, HRDD, Geography, EUR, Social impact, Board, Movement, Industry, Automotive Industry Action Group, Capability, CGF, Consumer Goods Forum, Repayment plan, Migrant worker, HRC, Knowledge, Working group, Mars, Incorporated, Debt bondage, Partnership, Employment agency, Tutoring, Public relations, Management, Sustainability, Unilever, Walmart, Mars

The Guidance is derived and aligned with Impactt's "Principles and Guidelines for the Repayment of Migrant Worker Recruitment Fees and Related Costs."

Key Points: 
  • The Guidance is derived and aligned with Impactt's "Principles and Guidelines for the Repayment of Migrant Worker Recruitment Fees and Related Costs."
  • This Guidance offers step-by-step advice for businesses on how to address the important topic of recruitment fees."
  • We recognise that providing practical guidance, alongside hands-on support, to suppliers and recruitment intermediaries is critical for improving supply chain practices.
  • We hope this Guidance will support further collaboration between supply chain partners to remediate and tackle the root causes of recruitment fees."

Major Consumer Goods Companies Signal Shared Demand for 800,000 Tons of Chemically Recycled Materials

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time, Consumer Goods Forum, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, CGF, Plastic, Vision, Mars, Recycling, Ferrero, Technology, Barilla, Life-cycle assessment, LCA, Industry, Principle, Danone, Letter, Henkel, Coalition, PepsiCo, Ellen, MacArthur Foundation, Amcor, Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever, Incorporated

A wider survey of coalition member companies indicates demand of 800,000 tons of chemically recycled material per year by 2030, in addition to their needs for mechanically recycled materials.

Key Points: 
  • A wider survey of coalition member companies indicates demand of 800,000 tons of chemically recycled material per year by 2030, in addition to their needs for mechanically recycled materials.
  • The Coalition conducted a survey of member companies which revealed that there is demand for at least 800,000 tons of chemically recycled materials per year by 2030.
  • Demand for chemically recycled material does not reduce the need to continue the scale-up of mechanical recycling infrastructure.
  • It is primarily focused on demand which cannot be met at scale by mechanically recycled materials today (e.g., food-contact flexible packaging applications).

Major Consumer Goods Companies Signal Shared Demand for 800,000 Tons of Chemically Recycled Materials

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Wednesday, October 12, 2022
Time, Consumer Goods Forum, Ellen MacArthur Foundation, CGF, Plastic, Vision, Mars, Recycling, Ferrero, Technology, Barilla, Life-cycle assessment, LCA, Industry, Principle, Danone, Letter, Henkel, Coalition, PepsiCo, Ellen, MacArthur Foundation, Amcor, Colgate-Palmolive, Unilever, Incorporated

A wider survey of coalition member companies indicates demand of 800,000 tons of chemically recycled material per year by 2030, in addition to their needs for mechanically recycled materials.

Key Points: 
  • A wider survey of coalition member companies indicates demand of 800,000 tons of chemically recycled material per year by 2030, in addition to their needs for mechanically recycled materials.
  • The Coalition conducted a survey of member companies which revealed that there is demand for at least 800,000 tons of chemically recycled materials per year by 2030.
  • Demand for chemically recycled material does not reduce the need to continue the scale-up of mechanical recycling infrastructure.
  • It is primarily focused on demand which cannot be met at scale by mechanically recycled materials today (e.g., food-contact flexible packaging applications).

Canada Plastics Pact welcomes six new Partners committed to tackling plastic waste and pollution

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Monday, October 3, 2022
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OTTAWA, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is pleased to welcome six new Partners in Q3 of 2022 who are uniting under the CPPs shared action plan to build a circular economy for plastics packaging in Canada.

Key Points: 
  • OTTAWA, Oct. 03, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) is pleased to welcome six new Partners in Q3 of 2022 who are uniting under the CPPs shared action plan to build a circular economy for plastics packaging in Canada.
  • New CPP Partners includes reusable packaging borrowing services, a manufacturer in stretch film products, a leading independent research organization, a non-governmental organization working to eliminate plastic pollution in Canada, and an organization working to lead Canadas direct mail industry towards sustainable practices.
  • The new Implementation Partners of the CPP are: Mind Your Plastic , The Conference Board of Canada , The Sustainable Mail Group .
  • With more than 90 Partners, the CPP continues to work towards ambitious targets for circular plastics packaging in Canada, set out in its Roadmap to 2025 .

World's Leading Consumer Goods Companies Put Transparency and Transformation at Forefront of Latest Deforestation Report

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
KPI, Adoption, PepsiCo, Walmart, METRO AG, Culture, Colgate-Palmolive, Gaps, Mars, Incorporated, Performance, APP, Knowledge, NEW, Company, Danone, CGF, Industry, Learning, METRO, Sainsbury, Government, Geography, General Mills, CEO, Consumer Goods Forum, Chief executive officer, Annual report, COP26, KPI-driven code analysis, Climate, Report, Board of directors, EUR, Office of the President, Value chain, Board, Tesco, Reckitt, Awareness, Sainsbury's, Grupo Bimbo, Disclosure, Coalition, Agriculture, Online shopping, Recycling, Risk management, Management, Sodexo, Mars, Essity, Unilever

Highlights of this new publication, entitled "Driving Transformational Change Throughout the Value Chain," include:

Key Points: 
  • Highlights of this new publication, entitled "Driving Transformational Change Throughout the Value Chain," include:
    Building trust and transparency.
  • As a result, all Coalition members are now collectively reporting on 62% of the total deforestation metrics, with 10 companies reporting on at least 75% of the KPIs across commodities.
  • Transparency and accountability are key to this transformational change and this latest report reflects both progress made and gaps to fill.
  • The Consumer Goods Forum ("CGF") is a global, parity-based industry network that is driven by its members to encourage the global adoption of practices and standards that serves the consumer goods industry worldwide.

World's Leading Consumer Goods Companies Put Transparency and Transformation at Forefront of Latest Deforestation Report

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
KPI, Adoption, PepsiCo, Walmart, METRO AG, Culture, Gaps, Colgate-Palmolive, Mars, Incorporated, Performance, APP, Knowledge, NEW, Company, Danone, CGF, Industry, Learning, METRO, Sainsbury, Government, Geography, General Mills, CEO, Consumer Goods Forum, Chief executive officer, Annual report, KPI-driven code analysis, Climate, Report, Board of directors, COP26, EUR, Office of the President, Value chain, Board, Tesco, Reckitt, Awareness, Sainsbury's, Grupo Bimbo, Disclosure, Coalition, Agriculture, Online shopping, Recycling, Risk management, Management, Sodexo, Mars, Essity, Unilever

Highlights of this new publication, entitled "Driving Transformational Change Throughout the Value Chain," include:

Key Points: 
  • Highlights of this new publication, entitled "Driving Transformational Change Throughout the Value Chain," include:
    Building trust and transparency.
  • As a result, all Coalition members are now collectively reporting on 62% of the total deforestation metrics, with 10 companies reporting on at least 75% of the KPIs across commodities.
  • Transparency and accountability are key to this transformational change and this latest report reflects both progress made and gaps to fill.
  • The Consumer Goods Forum ("CGF") is a global, parity-based industry network that is driven by its members to encourage the global adoption of practices and standards that serves the consumer goods industry worldwide.

The Consumer Goods Forum's Sustainable Retail Summit to unite hundreds of industry leaders to help ensure better lives through better business

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Thursday, September 22, 2022
Zero, YouTube, Health, ESG, Coca-Cola, Twitter, The Coca-Cola Company, GAIN, Knowledge, LinkedIn, Human rights, Lists of publishing companies, National brand, CGF, Industry, CSR, Transition, Environment, Supply, CEO, Chief executive officer, Technology, Consumer Goods Forum, Food Fighters, Food safety, Solution, Board of directors, Leadership, Christina Adane, Plastic, Non-governmental organization, Forest, EUR, Breakout (1975 film), Board, Conference, Ahold Delhaize, Biting, Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition, Management, Renewable energy, Toy, Unilever, Facebook

Taking place 26-28 October and focused on 'From Conversation to Action: The Transition to Better Business', the event will help companies realise their sustainability ambitions and create better lives through better business.

Key Points: 
  • Taking place 26-28 October and focused on 'From Conversation to Action: The Transition to Better Business', the event will help companies realise their sustainability ambitions and create better lives through better business.
  • The event will offer a unique opportunity to learn how the industry can reinvent business models and shape the future of the industry, the planet, and its people.
  • By providing such a platform, we can more effectively find the balance between long-term challenges and short-term constraints and help ensure business is taking meaningful action."
  • The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) is the only CEO-led organisation that represents both manufacturers and retailers globally.