The Consumer Goods Forum

WORKING TOGETHER TO ENABLE THE INDUSTRY TO PASSIONATELY SERVE SHOPPERS, CONSUMERS, AND COMMUNITIES.

THE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM (CGF) BRINGS CONSUMER GOODS RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS TOGETHER GLOBALLY TO HELP COLLABORATE, WITH OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS, TO SECURE CONSUMER TRUST AND DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE. THE CGF PROVIDES A WAY FOR COMPANIES TO BE AHEAD OF THE CURVE BY COMMITTING TO ACTIONS THAT MAKE THEIR INDIVIDUAL BUSINESSES AND THE ENTIRE INDUSTRY MORE SUSTAINABLE.DESPITE THE CHALLENGES OF COVID-19, CGF MEMBERS ADAPTED QUICKLY AND LEVERAGED THEIR COLLECTIVE POWER TO MAINTAIN THEIR FOCUS ON THE CRITICAL ISSUES AFFECTING BOTH THE IMMEDIATE AND LONGER-TERM SUSTAINABILITY OF THE INDUSTRY AND ITS STAKEHOLDERS.PROGRESS WAS ALSO SUSTAINED ON THE LONGER-TERM CHALLENGES FACING THE INDUSTRY WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF A NEW GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE AROUND EIGHT COALITIONS OF ACTION TO ACCELERATE CGF'S STRATEGIC PRIORITIES.THE COALITIONS WERE FORMALLY INTRODUCED TO MORE THAN 650 DELEGATES FROM 42 COUNTRIES AT OUR VIRTUAL 2021 GLOBAL SUMMIT, STREAMED LIVE FROM A STUDIO IN PARIS.EACH COALITION HAS BEEN DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE COLLECTIVE IMPACT THROUGH INDUSTRY-WIDE ACTIONS THAT DRIVE POSITIVE CHANGE FURTHER AND FASTER ON CRITICAL INDUSTRY ISSUES RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL AND SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY, HEALTH AND WELLNESS, END-TO-END VALUE CHAINS AND FOOD SAFETY. THE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM'S (CGF) STRATEGY IS FOCUSED ON HELPING TO ACCELERATE THE COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF ITS MEMBERS THROUGH THE DRIVE AND COMMITMENT OF ITS EIGHT COALITIONS OF ACTION IN AREAS OF SHARED RETAILER AND MANUFACTURER CONCERN, WHICH ARE ALSO SUPPORTED THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND BEST-PRACTICE SHARING AT KEY GLOBAL EVENTS.IN 2021, AT COP 26, THE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM (CGF) BECAME AN OFFICIAL "ACCELERATOR" OF THE UN-BACKED RACE TO ZERO CAMPAIGN, TO HELP INCREASE PROGRESS TOWARDS NET ZERO AMONG ITS GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP. IN A COORDINATED, GLOBAL RESPONSE, 45 CGF MEMBERS CAME TOGETHER ON ACTIONS TO SUPPORT VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES WITH A CEO-LED CALL TO ACTION TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE HEALTH AND ECONOMIC BURDENS OF PEOPLE HIT HARDEST BY THE PANDEMIC.

GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVETHE GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE (GFSI) BRINGS TOGETHER KEY ACTORS IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY TO COLLABORATIVELY DRIVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD. WITH A VISION OF SAFE FOOD FOR CONSUMERS EVERYWHERE, FOOD INDUSTRY LEADERS CREATED GFSI IN 2000 TO FIND COLLABORATIVE SOLUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE CONCERNS, NOTABLY TO REDUCE FOOD SAFETY RISKS, AUDIT DUPLICATION AND COSTS WHILE BUILDING TRUST THROUGHOUT THE SUPPLY CHAIN. THE GFSI COMMUNITY WORKS ON A VOLUNTEER BASIS AND IS COMPOSED OF THE WORLD'S LEADING FOOD SAFETY EXPERTS FROM RETAIL, MANUFACTURING AND FOOD SERVICE COMPANIES, AS WELL AS INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS, GOVERNMENTS, ACADEMIA AND SERVICE PROVIDERS TO THE GLOBAL FOOD INDUSTRY. 2021 HAS SEEN VAST PROGRESS ON EACH OF THE FIRST FOUR FEATURES OF GFSI 'RACE TO THE TOP' FRAMEWORK. OF SPECIAL NOTE, FEATURE 1 RE-IMAGINES THE APPROACH TO AUDITOR QUALIFICATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT. AFTER A SERIES OF STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS, NOVEMBER SAW THE LAUNCH OF THE ALL-NEW GFSI BENCHMARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION BODIES (PRBS) TO ENSURE A CONSISTENT APPROACH TO FOOD SAFETY ASSESSMENT AND FOSTER INVESTMENT IN THE PROFESSION OF AUDITING.

SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN INITIATIVETHE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM (CGF) SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN INITIATIVE (SSCI) BUILDS TRUST IN SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS WORLDWIDE BY BENCHMARKING THIRD-PARTY AUDITING AND CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES AND RECOGNISING SCHEMES THAT MEET INDUSTRY EXPECTATIONS. BY PROVIDING AN OPEN-SOURCE LIST OF RECOGNISED PROGRAMMES, THE SSCI DELIVERS CLEAR GUIDANCE ON WHICH SCHEMES COVER KEY SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA AND APPLY RELEVANT VERIFICATION PRACTICES. THE SSCI IMPROVES TRANSPARENCY IN THE MARKET, FACILITATES DECISION-MAKING ON SCHEMES AT BOTH BUYER AND SUPPLIER LEVEL AND SETS THE RESPONSIBLE SOURCING EXPECTATIONS FOR THE INDUSTRY. IN CLOSE COLLABORATION WITH THE GLOBAL SEAFOOD INITIATIVE (GSSI), THE SSCI DEVELOPED A SOCIAL COMPLIANCE BENCHMARK TOOL THAT CONSIDERS THE SPECIFICITIES OF THE SEAFOOD SECTOR. IN MAY 2021 SSCI LAUNCHED THE BENCHMARK REQUIREMENTS FOR AT-SEA OPERATIONS AND PRIMARY PRODUCTION SCOPES, OPENING THE SSCI BENCHMARK TO SOCIAL COMPLIANCE STANDARDS IN THE FISHING, AGRICULTURE, AND AQUACULTURE SECTORS.

FOREST POSITIVE COALITIONTHE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM (CGF) FOREST POSITIVE COALITION OF ACTION IS A CEO-LED INITIATIVE REPRESENTING 21 CGF MEMBER COMPANIES WHO ARE COMMITTED TO LEVERAGING COLLECTIVE ACTION AND ACCELERATING SYSTEMIC EFFORTS TO REMOVE DEFORESTATION, FOREST DEGRADATION AND CONVERSION FROM KEY COMMODITY SUPPLY CHAINS. LAUNCHED IN 2020, THE COALITION REPRESENTS A DYNAMIC SHIFT IN THE INDUSTRY'S APPROACH TO STOPPING DEFORESTATION: BY MOBILISING THE LEADING POSITION OF MEMBER COMPANIES TO BUILD MULTI-STAKEHOLDER PARTNERSHIPS AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION AND ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES. THE COALITION BRINGS TOGETHER DIVERSE STAKEHOLDERS FOR SUSTAINABLE IMPACT. THESE EFFORTS SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST-POSITIVE BUSINESSES THAT DRIVE TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE IN KEY LANDSCAPES AND COMMODITY SUPPLY CHAINS, STRENGTHENING THE RESILIENCE OF COMMUNITIES AND ECOSYSTEMS WORLDWIDE. IN 2021 COALITION MEMBERS HAVE LAUNCHED THE FIRST PHASE IN A STRATEGY TO TRANSFORM PRODUCTION LANDSCAPE AREAS EQUIVALENT TO THE SIZE OF THE COALITION'S COMBINED PRODUCTION-BASE FOOTPRINT TO FOREST POSITIVE BY 2030 AND PUBLISHED THEIR FIRST-EVER ANNUAL REPORT.FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4E, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES:PLASTIC WASTE COALITIONTHE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM ("CGF") COALITION OF ACTION ON PLASTIC WASTE WAS FOUNDED IN 2020 WITH THE AIM OF DEVELOPING A MORE CIRCULAR APPROACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND PROCESSING OF PLASTIC PACKAGING IN THE CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COALITION BUILDS OFF THE CGF'S 2018 ENDORSEMENT OF THE ELLEN MACARTHUR FOUNDATION'S NEW PLASTICS ECONOMY. AS A CEO-LED GROUP OF 40 COMMITTED AND INNOVATIVE RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS, THE COALITION'S VISION OF ACCELERATING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE NEW PLASTICS ECONOMY IS EMBODIED BY ITS CENTRAL AIMS FOR MEMBERS TO WORK TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING IMPACTFUL MEASURES THROUGH MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATIONS THAT WILL HELP MAKE CIRCULARITY THE NORM IN THE INDUSTRY. MEMBERS OF THE PLASTIC WASTE COALITION DESIGNED NINE 'GOLDEN DESIGN RULES' FOR PACKAGING THAT ARE NOW BEING IMPLEMENTED TO IMPROVE THE CIRCULARITY OF PLASTIC.FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4F, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES:FOOD WASTE COALITION THE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM (CGF)'S CEO-LED COALITION OF ACTION ON FOOD WASTE BRINGS TOGETHER 24 OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONSUMER GOODS RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS WITH THE GOAL OF HALVING PER CAPITA GLOBAL FOOD LOSS AT THE RETAILER AND CONSUMER LEVELS. WITH ITS EXPLICIT CEO ENGAGEMENT, ACTION-ORIENTED COMMITMENTS AND PASSION FOR ACCELERATING SUSTAINABLE CHANGE ON A GLOBAL LEVEL, THE COALITION IS A LEADER IN THE EFFORT TO REDUCE FOOD LOSS IN SUPPLY CHAINS WORLDWIDE BY DRIVING ACTION ON KEY ISSUES SUCH AS PUBLIC REPORTING, FULL SUPPLY CHAIN ENGAGEMENT, POST-HARVEST LOSSES AND REGIONAL CHALLENGES. TOGETHER, THE COALITION AND ITS MEMBERS PLAY A POWERFUL ROLE IN THE EFFORT TO REDUCE WASTE, REDUCING STRESS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, BENEFITTING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY AND ENSURING MORE FOOD MAKES IT TO STORES AND ONTO CONSUMERS' TABLES IN THE PROCESS. MEMBERS OF THE FOOD WASTE COALITION STRENGTHENED THEIR COMMITMENT TO THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOAL (SDG) 12.3 TARGETS TO CUT FOOD WASTE IN HALF UP AND DOWN THEIR SUPPLY CHAINS BY 2030, AND TO REPORT OPENLY ON THE IMPACT OF THEIR REDUCTION EFFORTS.FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4G, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES:PRODUCT DATA COALITIONTHE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM (CGF)'S CEO-LED COALITION OF ACTION ON PRODUCT DATA AIMS TO ADDRESS WEAKNESSES FACED IN TODAY'S DATA EXCHANGE PROCESSES. TO ACHIEVE THIS, THE COALITION WORKS TO ENSURE THAT ALL PRODUCTS HAVE A UNIQUE IDENTIFICATION, ALL UNIQUE PRODUCT IDS CAN BE VERIFIED IN REAL TIME, AND ALL BRAND OWNERS, RETAILERS AND PLATFORMS FOLLOW THE SAME FOUNDATIONAL GLOBAL DATA MODEL BY 2022. THIS IS TO BE DONE IN PARALLEL TO VOLUNTARILY TESTING DATA PORTS TECHNOLOGY TO FACILITATE USE OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND FEDERATED DATA SHARING IN THE MEDIUM TERM. MEMBERS OF THE COALITION, AND THEIR PARTNERS, SHARE A VISION FOR AN INDUSTRY IN WHICH TRADING PARTNERS HAVE ACCESS TO REAL-TIME, ACCURATE AND INDEPENDENTLY-ASSURED PRODUCT DATA; CONSUMERS CAN GET ACCURATE, ON DEMAND ANSWERS TO THEIR QUESTIONS ON THE PRODUCTS THEY BUY AND WHERE THEY COME FROM; AND CONSUMERS CAN ALSO BE CONFIDENT THAT COMPANIES WILL RELIABLY USE AND SAFEGUARD THEIR DATA. IN THE PAST YEAR THE COALITION MADE SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN ADVANCING THE FIVE KEY PROJECTS THAT ARE DESIGNED TO ACHIEVE GREATER ALIGNMENT THROUGHOUT THE INDUSTRY. GLOBAL TRADE ITEM NUMBER (GTIN) UBIQUITY AND ACCELERATED ADOPTION OF THE VERIFIED BY GS1 GLOBAL REGISTRY WERE THE MOST IMMEDIATE AND URGENT.FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4H, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES:COLLABORATION FOR HEALTHIER LIVES COALITIONTHE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM (CGF)'S CEO-LED COALITION OF ACTION ON COLLABORATION FOR HEALTHIER LIVES (CHL) IS ABOUT MAKING IT EASIER FOR PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD TO ADOPT HEALTHIER LIVES FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES. IT'S ABOUT MAKING HEALTHIER DECISIONS EASIER AND HABITUAL FOR PEOPLE IN EVERY COMMUNITY AROUND THE WORLD. CHL IS A GLOBAL MOVEMENT LED BY MANUFACTURERS, RETAILERS, PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES, DELIVERING LOCAL MOVEMENTS IN COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY NINE CHL INITIATIVES RUNNING ACROSS 14 COUNTRIES AND INVOLVING OVER 100 ORGANISATIONS. AS A COLLECTIVE, MEMBERS OF THE CGF, AND THEIR PARTNERS, ARE EXPLORING, EXPERIMENTING, INNOVATING AND EVOLVING BUSINESS MODELS TO SUPPORT POSITIVE CHANGE, WHILE SHARING DATA AND KNOWLEDGE AT SCALE, CROSS INDUSTRY. HEALTH IS NOT A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; IT'S A BASIC NECESSITY. AND, IT'S CLEAR NO COMPANY CAN SOLVE THIS ISSUE ALONE. COLLABORATION IS NEEDED AT SCALE AND ACROSS SECTORS IF THE CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY IS TO PLAY THE NECESSARY ROLE IN THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE. IN 2021 THE COLLABORATION FOR HEALTHIER LIVES COALITION ISSUED A CALL TO ACTION TO ACCELERATE SUPPORT FOR VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING IMPROVED ACCESS TO HEALTHIER FOODS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS THROUGH GLOBAL FOOD BANKS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES.FORM 990, PART III, LINE 4I, OTHER PROGRAM SERVICES:HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION -- WORKING TO END FORCED LABOURTHE CGF HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION -- WORKING TO END FORCED LABOUR (HRC) IS A CEO-LED COALITION OF ACTION FROM THE CONSUMER GOODS FORUM. AS AN INITIATIVE OF 28 OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST CONSUMER GOODS COMPANIES, THE HRC IS COMMITTED TO HELPING ACHIEVE FAIR AND DECENT WORKING CONDITIONS WORLDWIDE BY ERADICATING FORCED LABOUR FROM ITS SUPPLY CHAINS. THE WORK OF THE HRC CONTINUES THE CGF'S LONG HISTORY OF ENGAGEMENT ON THE ISSUE OF FORCED LABOUR WITHIN CONSUMER GOODS SUPPLY CHAINS BY BUILDING ON THE CGF'S SOCIAL RESOLUTION ON FORCED LABOUR, THE FIRST OF ITS KIND IN THE INDUSTRY; ITS PRIORITY INDUSTRY PRINCIPLES, AND ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN THE INDUSTRY. ON THE SOCIAL FRONT, THE HUMAN RIGHTS COALITION. THE GROUP ALSO HELPED LEAD ON A BOARD LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL TO ENCOURAGE GOVERNMENTS TO UNLOCK SEA TRANSPORTATION ROUTES AND PROTECT THE WELL-BEING OF SEAFARERS.