CGF Sustainability Podcast

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

In the final episode of the year, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden is joined by Rosey Hurst from Impactt Limited and Brent Wilton from Tuhana Business and Human Rights to discuss the scale of the unethical recruitment problem and what businesses can do to take action.

In this month’s episode, we are joined by Lisa Moon, Chief Executive Officer at The Global FoodBanking Network, an international non-profit organisation based in Chicago that supports community-driven solutions to alleviate hunger in more than 40 countries. Lisa shares her insights on how businesses can build successful partnerships with food banks and talks on the impact for both people and planet.

In this month’s episode, host Louise Chester is joined by Ségolène Challe, Plastic Packaging Manager to Carrefour to hear more about the company’s work on returnable packaging, and more specifically their innovative partnership with LOOP in their Parisian stores.

In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester is joined by Chris Daly, Chief Sustainability Officer at PepsiCo to talk all things circular economy, health, carbon neutrality and consumer behaviour. Chris will also be joining a panel discussion on at The Consumer Goods Forum’s sixth annual Sustainable Retail Summit taking place on October 13th and 14th, for those listeners who may be interested in continuing the climate conversation directly with him!

www.tcgfsocial.com | www.tcgfssci.com | In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Fritz Micus, Director of Corporate Communications at Symrise. Take a listen to hear Fritz speak about Symrise’s innovative, multi-faceted sustainability strategy, and more.

www.tcgfsocial.com | www.tcgfssci.com | In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden checks in with Brian White, Vice President Compliance at the J.M. Smucker Company, an active and long-time participant in the CGF's social sustainability work. Take a listen to hear Brian's reflections on why The J.M. Smucker Company has been involved in the CGF's Coalitions of Action, social challenges facing the consumer goods industry today, and opportunities for the future.

In this episode, you will hear from Jyrki Talvitie, Senior Advisor on Sustainability at Magnit, who shares unique insights on the sustainability landscape in Russia, as well as updates on the retailer’s strategic work on key sustainability topics such as food waste, and healthy living. Tune in to hear more!

In the latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester is joined by Veronika Pountcheva, Global Director of Corporate Responsibility and Senior Vice President at METRO AG and co-chair of the CGF’s Human Rights Coalition - Working to End Forced Labour. To mark Women’s History Month, Veronika speaks about gender-based violence, how this ties in with the issue of forced labour, and what our industry can do to help vulnerable, female workers in its supply chain.

www.tcgfplasticwaste.com | In this latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast and wrapping up 2020, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden catches up with the co-chairs of the CGF Plastic Waste Coalition of Action, Barry Parkin from Mars, Inc., and Rob Nicol from Walmart Canada. The Plastic Waste Coalition announced its first actions that will have a real impact in reducing plastic pollution worldwide in December 2020; in this episode, Barry and Rob share what it means for 36 of the world's largest global brands to come together on this issue, how these actions will actually change the plastics game, and their thoughts on the future of plastics after the start of a pandemic.

In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden catches up with the co-chairs of the Forest Positive Coalition, Christine M. McGrath and Bertrand Swiderski, a month after the launch of the Coalition at Climate Week NYC. During this time, the first draft of the Coalition's Palm Oil Roadmap was published, an essential document that will guide the actions of Coalition members as they work to supply forest positive palm oil. Tune in to hear Christine and Bertrand discuss the purpose of the Roadmaps, how they were developed and how they can guide individual member actions, giving examples from their own companies, Mondelēz International and Carrefour.

www.tcgfssci.com | In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Madelaine VanDerHeyden chats with Hugo Byrnes of Ahold Delhaize and Stefanie Moreland of Trident Seafoods about the ongoing collaboration between the CGF's Sustainable Supply Chain Initiative (SSCI), of which Hugo is a co-chair, and the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), of which Stefanie is a partner and Hugo is a board member. Since 2018, the SSCI and the GSSI have been working together to align social sustainability standards for the seafood sector. Their common goal is to develop a social compliance benchmark tool that brings together each organisation's respective expertise in supply chain social compliance standards and the landscape of sustainability in the seafood sector. Hugo and Stefanie discuss the partnership's recent milestone, the launch of the public consultation on their first set of jointly developed benchmark criteria, and how the unique partnership between the SSCI and the GSSI will help the industry #seafoodchange by aligning social sustainability standards.

In this latest episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, special guest host Madelaine VanDerHeyden speaks with Alejandra Vázquez Langle, Environmental Sustainability Global Director at Grupo Bimbo. As an active member of the CGF's Coalition of Action on Plastic Waste, Grupo Bimbo has been one of the leading manufacturers driving the effort to reduce waste throughout its supply chain. Alejandra also shares one of the company's key values, caring for others, and how it leads the group's partnerships and collaborations in Latin America and across the world.

In this month’s episode, Justin Adams, Executive Director at the Tropical Forest Alliance reflects upon the industry’s progress on deforestation as we move towards the launch of the CGF’s Forest Positive Coaliton of Action in the coming months. He shares why collective action is key, as well as his thoughts on how the current COVID-19 crisis could shape how we look at this issue in the future.

Season 2 of the Sustainability Podcast continues with guest Brent Wilton, Director of Global Workplace Rights at The Coca-Cola Company. Brent, the newly appointed manufacturer co-chair of the CGF’s Human Rights Coalition, talks about the industry’s journey towards the creation of the coalition, the impact of collective action on combatting forced labour, and the pathway forwards.

In the first episode of Season 2, host Louise Chester talks to Pablo Montoya Dávila, Head of Sustainability at Grupo Éxito, one of the CGF’s key members in Latin America. Pablo speaks about the company’s sustainability priorities, the importance of circular economy, consumer trends in Latin America, and shares his own personal motivations for the work that he does.

In this episode, host Louise Chester talks to Dr. Richard Swannell, Director, WRAP Global, about the fight against food waste, the challenges and barriers to success, and the vital role that consumers can play.

In this month’s podcast, we sit down with Mary Rice, Executive Director at the Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA), to talk all things refrigeration and refrigerant gases. Mary shares the facts on why phasing down HFCs and switching to natural refrigerants is a must for the climate, as well as her thoughts on the industry’s progress so far.

Host Louise Chester continues the conversation with Frances House, Deputy Chief Executive of the Institute for Human Rights and Business , who speaks about the topics of forced labour, responsible recruitment, the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration and the role of advocacy in driving progress on the issue. The CGF and IHRB have been key partners in the fight against forced labour for several years now, and Frances has a wealth of knowledge on the topic.

Frances House, Deputy Chief Executive of the Institute for Human Rights and Business speaks about forced labour, responsible recruitment, the importance of cross-sectoral collaboration and the role of advocacy in driving progress on the issue. The CGF and IHRB have been key partners in the fight against forced labour for several years now, and Frances has a wealth of knowledge on the topic.

In this month’s Sustainability Podcast Series, Sander Defruyt, who leads the New Plastics Economy Initiative at the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, digs into the topic of plastics and offers his insight in to our industry’s progress on this urgent issue, the power of collective action, and the organisation’s circular economy vision. Find out more about The Consumer Goods Forum’s endorsement of the New Plastics Economy vision here.

In this month’s podcast we catch up with Co-founder of Futerra, Solitaire Townsend, fresh from the stage at the CGF Global Summit in Vancouver. Solitaire reflects on her first Summit, and shares her thoughts on how brands can win and maintain consumer loyalty, as well as some of the new insights just added to the Honest Product Guide, a joint publication created by the CGF and Futerra. Take a look at the newly refreshed Honest Product Guide here: http://bit.ly/2Y2eJNS

In the second episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast series, we spoke to Nicholas Glicher, lawyer and Chief Operating Officer at Thomson Reuters Foundation. Nicholas talks about the role of law in the fight against forced labour, how the Foundation’s Stop Slavery Awards is driving change and empowering our industry, and much more.

Mike Barry is known throughout the responsible business world for his work on the development and delivery of Marks & Spencer’s Plan A, the company’s consumer focused sustainability plan. As he finishes his term as co-chair of the CGF’s Sustainability Steering Committee, we wanted to capture his reflections on his time in the role and get his insights on the big sustainability challenges facing the industry.