CONSUMER GOODS FORUM FKA CIES THE FOOD BUSINESS FORUM
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Organizations Filed Purposes: BRINGING TOGETHER CONSUMER GOODS MANUFACTURERS AND RETAILERS IN PURSUIT OF BUSINESS PRACTICES FOR EFFICIENCY AND POSITIVE CHANGE ACROSS OUR INDUSTRY, BENEFITING SHOPPERS, CONSUMERS, AND THE WORLD WITHOUT IMPEDING COMPETITION.

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

SUSTAINABLE VALUE CHAINS AND BUSINESS PRACTICES GLOBALLY: ACTING TOGETHER TO POSITION THE INDUSTRY AS A LEADER IN PROTECTING AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE AND REDUCING WASTE, AND ERADICATING FORCED LABOUR FROM THE GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS AND OWN OPERATIONS OF OUR MEMBER COMPANIES.ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYOUR ENVIRONMENTAL WORK SEES MEMBERS COLLABORATING TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRY'S GOAL OF CREATING SUSTAINABLE VALUE CHAINS AND BUSINESS PRACTICES GLOBALLY. WITH AN EMPHASIS ON TACKLING TODAY'S BIGGEST CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, OUR APPROACH TO DRIVING POSITIVE CHANGE IS BUILT AROUND ENGAGING OUR WIDER MEMBERSHIP AND ENCOURAGING PARTICIPATION AND IMPLEMENTATION, WITH A FIRM COMMITMENT TO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF GLOBAL WARMING ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY AND THROUGH PARTICIPATION IN SPECIALIST, OPEN WORKING GROUPS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS KEY CHALLENGES. PROVIDING ENVIRONMENTAL LEADERSHIP THE MISSION OF OUR SUSTAINABILITY WORK IS TO POSITION THE CONSUMER GOODS INDUSTRY AS A LEADER IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE, REDUCING WASTE AND IMPROVING SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS. THIS OBJECTIVE WILL BE ACHIEVED THROUGH THE GLOBAL AND COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS OF OUR MEMBERS AND, MORE SPECIFICALLY, BY ADDRESSING SUSTAINABILITY CHALLENGES THAT IMPACT THE INDUSTRY; BRINGING GLOBAL ALIGNMENT AND VOLUNTARY STANDARDS TO NON-COMPETITIVE AREAS SUCH AS ETHICAL SOURCING; AND DEVELOPING AND AGREEING ON METHODOLOGIES AND METRICS THAT MEASURE SUSTAINABILITY IMPROVEMENTS IN THE INDUSTRY. DEVELOPING PUBLIC COMMITMENTS & A FRAMEWORK FOR CHANGE IN 2010, OUR BOARD APPROVED TWO PUBLIC COMMITMENTS ON ACHIEVING ZERO-NET DEFORESTATION BY 2020 THROUGH THE SUSTAINABLE SOURCING OF KEY COMMODITIES LIKE SOY, PALM OIL, BEEF AND PAPER AND PULP AND ON BEGINNING TO PHASE OUT HFC REFRIGERANTS FROM 2015. A THIRD RESOLUTION WAS THEN APPROVED IN 2015 TO HALVE FOOD WASTE WITHIN OUR MEMBERS' INDIVIDUAL OPERATIONS BY 2025. IN 2016, A SECOND REFRIGERATION RESOLUTION WAS APPROVED TO CONTINUE THE PHASE OUT OF HFCS AND CALL ON THE INCLUSION OF HFCS IN THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL. TO HELP SUPPORT THESE GOALS, OUR MEMBERS HAVE CO-PRODUCED A NUMBER OF KEY TOOLS, SUCH AS OUR TOPIC-SPECIFIC BEST PRACTICE BOOKLETS AND FOOD WASTE REFERENCE DOCUMENT.SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY: FIGHTING FORCED LABOUR OUR MEMBERS HAVE BEEN LONG COMMITTED TO PROMOTING DECENT WORKING CONDITIONS WORLDWIDE BUT RECOGNISE THAT THE ERADICATION OF FORCED LABOUR REMAINS A KEY CHALLENGE. WE ARE, THEREFORE, WORKING TO DRIVE GLOBAL COLLABORATION BETWEEN RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS AND THEREBY DEDICATE SPECIFIC EFFORTS TO ADDRESS FORCED LABOUR AS ONE OF THE MOST PRESSING SOCIAL ISSUES OF OUR TIME. THIS COMMITMENT WAS CONFIRMED WITH THE JANUARY 2016 ANNOUNCEMENT OF A BOARD-APPROVED SOCIAL RESOLUTION ON FORCED LABOUR, AND, MORE RECENTLY, THROUGH THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRIORITY INDUSTRY PRINCIPLES ON FORCED LABOUR. CREATING A PLATFORM FOR SUCCESS TO HELP ENSURE IMPLEMENTATION ACROSS OUR WIDER MEMBERSHIP, WE WILL HARNESS THE POWER OF COLLECTIVE ACTION AS AN INDUSTRY GROUP TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS ISSUES AND GEOGRAPHIES OF SHARED CONCERN, ENHANCING THE EFFICIENCY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL COMPANY INITIATIVES IN THIS AREA. IN AREAS OF SHARED CONCERN, WE WILL JOINTLY DEVELOP SPECIFIC ACTION PLANS SUPPORTING THE ERADICATION OF FORCED LABOUR, IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE WIDELY EMBRACED GUIDANCE PROVIDED BY THE UNITED NATIONS GUIDING PRINCIPLES ON BUSINESS AND HUMAN RIGHTS. TO ACHIEVE THIS AMBITIOUS GOAL, WE WILL WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHER INDUSTRIES, WITH GOVERNMENTS AND WITH CIVIL SOCIETY. WE RECOGNISE THAT PROGRESS WILL REQUIRE MEANINGFUL ADVANCES IN ENFORCEMENT OF RELEVANT NATIONAL LAWS, INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORKS AND INCREASED SUPPORT FOR AND PROTECTION OF VICTIMS AND VULNERABLE POPULATIONS.

SAFE FOOD FOR CONSUMERS, EVERYWHERE: BRINGING TOGETHER KEY ACTORS OF THE FOOD INDUSTRY TO COLLABORATIVELY DRIVE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT IN FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AROUND THE WORLD.THE GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY INITIATIVE (GFSI) BRINGS TOGETHER KEY ACTORS OF 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 IGOS, GOVERNMENTS, ACADEMIA AND SERVICE PROVIDERS. DEFINING FOOD SAFETY REQUIREMENTS SUPERMARKETS, RESTAURANT CHAINS, CONVENIENCE STORES, FOOD MANUFACTURERS AND OTHER PLAYERS THROUGHOUT THE VALUE CHAIN FROM FARM TO FORK ALL IMPLEMENT FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES. FOOD SAFETY EXPERTS IN OUR GFSI TECHNICAL WORKING GROUPS HAVE CREATED THE WORLD'S MOST WIDELY ACCEPTED FUNDAMENTAL FOOD SAFETY GUIDELINES, LAID OUT IN THE GFSI BENCHMARKING REQUIREMENTS, TO PROVIDE A COMMON BENCHMARK FOR THESE WIDELY-USED FOOD SAFETY CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES. ONCE SUCCESSFULLY BENCHMARKED THEY ARE 'RECOGNISED', DRIVING GROWING CONFIDENCE, ACCEPTANCE AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THIRD-PARTY CERTIFICATION ALONG THE ENTIRE FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN. CREATING LINKS WITH KEY ORGANISATIONS & REGULATORS IN ORDER TO FOSTER GREATER HARMONISATION, ONE KEY OBJECTIVE OF GFSI IS TO BUILD PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AND ACTIVELY ENGAGE GOVERNMENTS IN RECOGNISING AND ACCEPTING GFSI BENCHMARKED CERTIFICATION PROGRAMMES AS AN EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT TOOL FOR GLOBAL FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON CREATING ACTIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS THE FAO, WTO AND OIE TO FURTHER ALIGN INDUSTRY AND GOVERNMENT.

EMPOWERED, HEALTHIER CONSUMERS GLOBALLY: HELPING COMPANIES AND OTHER PARTNERS TO COLLABORATE TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES AND DEMONSTRATE BUSINESS AS A FORCE FOR GOOD.A COLLECTIVE BUSINESS MOVEMENT TO EMPOWER PEOPLE TO LIVE HEALTHIER LIVES AND DRIVE SHARED BUSINESS VALUE THROUGH OUR HEALTH & WELLNESS WORK, WE ARE BRINGING TOGETHER OUR MEMBERS AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO HELP CONSUMERS AND EMPLOYEES MAKE INFORMED CHOICES AND ADOPT HEALTHIER LIFESTYLES. WE ADVOCATE FOR EMPOWERING CONSUMERS WITH PRODUCTS AND SERVICES AND MEANINGFUL INFORMATION TO SUPPORT HEALTHIER DIETS, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND BALANCED LIFESTYLES. WE WANT TO HELP THEM MAKE GOOD DECISIONS FOR THEMSELVES AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND WE WANT OUR BUSINESSES TO BE SEEN AS A FORCE FOR GOOD. THROUGH COLLABORATION WE CAN DEFINE NEW BUSINESS COLLABORATIONS, LEARN BEST PRACTICES IN NUDGING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR AND CREATE GRASS ROOTS MOVEMENTS ONE COMMUNITY AT A TIME, BRINGING TOGETHER MULTI-STAKEHOLDER COALITIONS TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS FOR THE GLOBAL HEALTH CHALLENGES. COLLABORATION FOR HEALTHIER LIVES OUR MEMBER-LED COLLABORATION FOR HEALTHIER LIVES INITIATIVE IS A GLOBAL CONVENING POWER FOR STAKEHOLDERS TO LEARN AND EXPLORE HOW RETAILERS AND MANUFACTURERS CAN TOGETHER HELP PEOPLE TAKE INCREMENTAL STEPS TOWARDS LIVING HEALTHIER LIVES, WHILE ALSO CONTRIBUTING TO OUR SHARED BUSINESS VALUE IN HEALTH AND WELLNESS WITH INNOVATIONS AND NEW BUSINESS COLLABORATIONS. WE FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT THE STORE ENVIRONMENT CAN CREATE A TRANFORMATIONAL IMPACT ON THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF PEOPLE. TAKING THE REGIONAL APPROACH ALTHOUGH HEALTH AND WELLNESS IS A GLOBAL CHALLENGE, WE RECOGNISE THAT THE REASONS FOR HEALTH ISSUES CAN VARY FROM COUNTRY-TO-COUNTRY. IF WE ARE TO ACHIEVE OUR GOAL OF CREATING POSITIVE CHANGE IN COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD, WE NEED TO TAILOR OUR APPROACH TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE LOCAL PEOPLE AND TO WORK WITH LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS. AS SUCH, WE ARE ROLLING OUT COLLABORATION FOR HEALTHIER LIVES INITIATIVES AROUND THE WORLD. WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED, OR ARE IN THE PROCESS OF LAUNCHING, INITIATIVES IN COLOMBIA, COSTA RICA, FRANCE, JAPAN, TURKEY, THE US AND UK.

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