Driving Nature, Climate, and People Positive Impacts in Production Landscapes Worldwide

Making Bags Better: Re-thinking Flexible Plastic Packaging: In this month’s episode, we are joined by Archana Jagannathan, Senior Director of Sustainable Packaging, PepsiCo Europe. PepsiCo Europe just announced their plans to eliminate virgin fossil-based plastic in all of their crisp and chip bags by 2030. Archana shares more about this innovative project, the challenges involved and why collaboration is critical to success. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

17 min listen

A Deep Dive Into Social Sustainability in the Seafood Sector: In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden speaks with Leslie Huksha, Senior Vice President of Global Corporate and Social Responsibility at The Bumble Bee Seafood Company, which is one of the newest members of The Consumer Goods Forum and its Human Rights Coalition - Working to End Forced Labour. Madelaine speaks with Leslie about the social sustainability landscape in the seafood sector, and how businesses can take action to address major challenges. Learn more about the CGF's work on human rights at www.tcgfsocial.com. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

16 min listen

Embracing Nature, Innovation and Collaboration to Brew Sustainable Beer: In this month’s episode, we are joined by Preeti Srivastav, Group Sustainability Director at Asahi Europe & International, who shares on how the company is driving positive change through the implementation of their sustainability strategy, in particular their innovative plastics and packaging solutions, as well as their participation in the Race to Zero. Preeti also speaks on her inspiring journey to becoming a female leader in the sustainability space. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

18 min listen

Collecting Open-Source Information to Aid Responsible Recruitment: In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden speaks with CGF member Sarah Smith from The Kellogg Company, and Marcus Burke from WBCSD, to discuss a new tool developed by AIM-Progress and WBCSD to aid organisations in their responsible sourcing and supply chain due diligence. Take a listen to learn more about the human rights challenges facing the consumer goods industry and how collective action and open-source platforms can help businesses create a positive impact. Learn more about the CGF's social sustainability work at www.tcgfsocial.com. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

16 min listen

The Road to Sustainable Coffee: In this month’s episode, host Louise Chester is joined by David Brussa, Total Quality & Sustainability Director at illycaffè, who shares about the company’s strong Italian tradition and values, as well as the steps they are taking to “walk the talk” on sustainability. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

27 min listen

Ensuring Good Working Conditions Worldwide with Human Rights Due Diligence: In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden connects with Richa Mittal, Senior Director, Agriculture and Supply Chain Innovation at the Fair Labor Association. In 2021, he CGF Human Rights Coalition ⁠— Working to End Forced Labour started working with the Fair Labor Association and the UN International Organisation for Migration to help support Coalition members advance on their mission to ensure fair and good working conditions for workers worldwide. Richa, who is helping members implement critical Human Rights Due Diligence systems in their own operations that will help identify, remedy and prevent forced labour risks, joins the podcast to share her insights on the critical role of HRDD in fighting forced labour, and why companies' own operations are a key area to take action. To learn more about the HRC's work, visit www.tcgfsocial.com. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

21 min listen

Protecting Human and Planetary Health: In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Series, host Louise Chester speaks to Katie Decker, Global President of Essential Health and Sustainability at Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health. Katie shares more about the company’s work to deliver greater benefits for people, communities and the planet, via its Healthy Lives Mission. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

27 min listen

Chemical Recycling in a Circular Economy for Plastics: In the latest episode of the podcast, host Louise Chester is joined by Colin Kerr, Global Head R&D Packaging Excellence & Technology at Unilever. Colin, who is co-lead of the CGF's Plastic Waste Coalition’s chemical recycling workstream spoke about Coalition’s announcements on the topic earlier in the year and shared his thoughts on the contribution that this technology can make to the plastic challenge. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

21 min listen

Driving Nature, Climate, and People Positive Impacts in Production Landscapes Worldwide: In this episode of the CGF Sustainability podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden catches up with Anna Turrell, Head of Environment, Tesco, for a special in-person conversation at the 2022 CGF Global Summit in Dublin, Ireland. As co-lead of the CGF Forest Positive Coalition Landscape Engagement Working Group, Anna shares with Madelaine the Coalition's ambitious landscape engagement strategy with insights on how the Coalition members are working individually and collectively to drive nature, climate, and people positive outcomes in forest communities around the world. Learn more about this strategy at www.tcgfforestpositive.com. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

26 min listen

Tackling Upstream Food Loss and Waste: In this episode of the Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Moira Borens and Sebastian Gatzer from McKinsey & Company about the collaboration project they have been working on with the CGF’s Food Waste Coalition to look in detail at where food gets lost upstream between the farm and the retailer, focusing on tomatoes as a case study for this work. They share some of the common drivers, actionable levers they have uncovered, as well as the role that manufacturers and retailers can play to be part of the solution. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

27 min listen

Ensuring Sustainable Supply Chains in the Fresh Produce Industry: In the first episode of season 4 of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)'s Sustainability Podcast Series, the CGF chats with Tamara Muruetagoiena, Director of Sustainability at the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA). IFPA is one of the newest members of the CGF's Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI) — take a listen to hear about IFPA's choice to join the SSCI and how Tamara is looking forward to developing the SSCI's new environmental benchmark criteria. Learn more about the SSCI at www.tcgfssci.com. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

14 min listen

Effective Decarbonisation Strategy: In this episode of the CGF podcast, Mark Chadwick, EMEA Executive Managing Director at ENGIE Impact talks with Zoe Daruwalla about the key takeaways from the Global Summit and the main challenges companies in the Food, Bevorage and Consumer Goods sector are facing as they strive to achieve Net Zero. by CGF Sustainability Podcast

17 min listen

Global and Local Perspectives on Advancing Human Rights Due Diligence: In this third episode of season four of The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF)'s Sustainability Podcast Series, Maria Isabel-Cubies, Senior Manager with the CGF chats live at the Global Summit in Tokyo with Tomoya Obokata, UN Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Slavery about global and local perspectives on advancing human rights due diligence. In the context of global environmental crises and the consumer goods industry, they discuss trends in forced and modern slavery, the measures businesses should be taking to prevent and address human rights risks in their value chains, emerging legislation, consumer awareness, how Asia-Pacific is progressing and opportunities for collaboration amongst all actors with continued inspiration and resilience. To learn more about human rights due diligence, go online to www.tcgfsocial.com by CGF Sustainability Podcast

15 min listen

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