CGF Podcast

In this month’s episode, we talk to Veronika Pountcheva, Global Director of Corporate Responsibility and Senior Vice President at METRO AG, and co-chair of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Sustainability Initiative. Veronika explains how METRO is contributing to shaping the future of food in the face of a changing climate, and shares her wisdom on how innovative partnerships and collaborative action can drive progress on today's big challenges.

In the August episode, host Louise Chester welcomes Kavita Prakash-Mani, Global Conservation Director at WWF and 2019 SRS speaker to talk all things sustainability, including plastics, food waste, and deforestation, as well as the vital role that the private sector can play in driving change.

The July episode features Ray Gaul, SVP Retail Insights EMEA at Kantar Consulting, who shares his unique insights on new formulas for business growth, and his thoughts on the challenges and opportunities facing retailers as they navigate today’s changing landscape.

In the June episode of the CGF Podcast, host Louise Chester catches up with the CGF's Managing Director Peter Freedman, as the team returns from the CGF’s flagship event, the Global Summit in Vancouver. Peter reflects on what made this year’s Summit special, the key takeaways from the June Board meeting and the industry’s progress and future plans.

In this month’s episode, we spoke to Tom Heap, Environmental, Science and Rural Affairs broadcaster for the BBC and moderator of the CGF’s Sustainable Retail Summit. As we gear up for this year’s edition in October, Tom shares his thoughts on the hard truths about sustainability, re-thinking the current consumerism model, the changing face of public advocacy, and more.

Join the conversation with Tom and leading industry experts in Berlin this October! Register today: www.tcgfsrs.com

The fourth episode, “Celebrating World Health Day”, features Sharon Bligh, Director of the Health and Wellness at the CGF alongside one of our Health and Wellness Steering Committee co-chairs, Alex Hurd, from Walmart.

To mark the occasion of World Health Day on April 7th, Sharon and Alex discuss this year’s theme, Universal Health Coverage, and how the consumer goods industry can play a key role. They also give listeners insight into the mission and projects of the Health and Wellness Initiative, including the initiative’s flagship project, Collaboration for Healthier Lives.

The CGF Podcast series welcomes guests from inside and outside the organisation and membership to discuss challenges facing the consumer goods industry, the planet and its people. The third episode in the series “GFSI and the Future of Food Safety” features Veronique Discours-Buhot, Director of the Global Food Safety Initiative, who gives listeners an insider’s perspective on last month’s GFSI conference in Nice, and shares her thoughts on how GFSI is supporting the implementation of safe food worldwide.

The second episode “Transformational Tech, Data & the Consumer Goods Industry” features Ruediger Hagedorn, Director of the End To End Value Chain Initiative, who gives listeners insight into his work at the CGF and shares his thoughts on the technologies that are shaping our industry.

The first episode “A New Year in Sustainability” features Ignacio Gavilan, Director of Environmental Sustainability and Didier Bergeret, Director of Social Sustainability who review 2018, look at what we achieved as an industry and explore the challenges that this new year, and future may bring.