CGF Podcast
CGF Podcast
The Consumer Goods Forum
The CGF Podcast welcomes guests from inside and outside the organisation and membership to discuss challenges facing the consumer goods industry, people and planet. During the series, we will cover topics such as plastics, forced labour, climate change, consumer health, transparency, data accuracy, food safety, sustainable supply chains, and everything in between.
Carbon Offsets: A Critical Tool to Achieve Net Zero
In this latest podcast hosted by Louise Chester, James Ramsay, Director of Sustainability Solutions at ENGIE Impact, Nawa Luywa Lindunda, Grants and Stakeholder Manager at ENGIE Energy Access (Africa) and Clément Chenost, Managing Partner of The Shared Wood Company, share their thoughts on the potential of various offsetting and nature-based solutions to mitigate the climate crisis.
Dec 19, 2022
32 min
Progress vs Paralysis: Helping Brands to Lead on Sustainability
In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to George Ames, Director of Client Services at Forster Communications. He shares his perspective on the challenges that companies deal with as they face the sometimes daunting task of speaking out on sustainability, the importance of prioritising sustained action to achieve a position of leadership in the space, and more.
Oct 11, 2022
20 min
Bringing Consumer Insights to Heritage Brands
In this episode of the CGF Sustainability Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Geoff Painter, Chief Insights Officer at Pladis, a company which is best known for its diverse portfolio of brands that have been loved for generations. Geoff shares more about the top trends shaping the industry today, how the company has used these insights to their advantage to stay so successful after all these years.
Sep 6, 2022
20 min
Exploring the Fundamentals of Decarbonisation
In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speakers to Nicolas Lefevre-Marton, Managing Director, Sustainability Solutions at ENGIE Impact. Nicolas has just come back from the CGF’s Global Summit in Dublin, where ENGIE Impact was a sponsor. He shares his key takeaways from the event, his thoughts on the top challenges facing the industry in reaching Net Zero, as well as more information on what to expect during the two upcoming interactive masterclasses on renewables and heat debcarbonisation, which will be co-hosted by the CGF and ENGIE Impact. For more information on the series, and to reserve your spot: https://view.engieimpact.com/cgf-decarbonization-masterclasses/p/1
Jun 28, 2022
16 min
Reflecting on the 2022 GFSI Conference
In the latest episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Global Food Safety Initiative Director Erika Sheward to hear her reflections on the recent 2022 GFSI conference which took place in Barcelona. She shares some of the conference highlights, GFSI’s top priorities, including trust and capability building, and explains why the conference theme – "Delivering Impact for Safe, Sustainable Food" – is so crucial to the bigger conversation.
Apr 29, 2022
18 min
Helping Retailers Build Lasting Shopper Loyalty
In this latest episode, host Louise Chester is joined by Simon Hay, Chief Executive Officer of tcc global about why shopper loyalty is vital and how his company helps retailers to build and strengthen relationships with their customers.
Feb 27, 2022
16 min
Sustainability and Shifting Shopper Priorities: Part II
In this first two-part episode of 2022, host Louise Chester speaks to Lars Holmquist, Executive Vice President for Sustainability and Communications at Tetra Pak. In Part II of their insightful conversation, Lars shared Tetra Pak’s stance on chemical recycling technology, as co-leads of the CGF’s workstream on the topic. He also shares insights and trends from the Tetra Pak Index, including ways that covid-19 has shaped the consumer landscape.
Feb 3, 2022
17 min
Sustainability and Shifting Shopper Priorities: Part I
In this first episode of 2022, host Louise Chester speaks to Lars Holmquist, Executive Vice President for Sustainability and Communications at Tetra Pak. In Part I of their insightful conversation, Lars shares details of the company’s sustainability strategy, built on the premise of “saving what’s good”, including protecting food, people and the planet. He talks on their work on topics such as food waste, sustainable packaging, chemical recycling and much more.
Jan 28, 2022
22 min
Putting Sustainability at the Heart of Business
For this month’s episode, host Louise Chester speaks to Sylvie Nicol, Chief Human Resources Officer at Henkel. Sylvie, who is responsible for sustainability at Board level at the company, is perfectly placed to share Henkel’s key priorities and projects to drive progress on sustainability.
Nov 17, 2021
17 min
Consumer Trends in the Post Covid-19 Era
In the October episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester speaks to Oliver Wright, Senior Managing Director at Accenture. Oliver shares insights on key consumer trends uncovered by Accenture during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as his thoughts on how our industry can harness the opportunities brought about by these behavioural shifts.
Oct 24, 2021
25 min
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