The Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) will be hosting its annual Sustainable Retail Summit in Lisbon, Portugal on 25th-26th October 2018. The two-day event, now in its third year, has quickly become an influential addition to the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) calendar for those organisations looking to drive positive change and support sustainable business practices. The event is open to both members and non-members of The Consumer Goods Forum and will take place at the Dom Pedro Lisboa.

Topics on the agenda include plastic waste, migrant labour, consumer health, food waste and transparency.

Never the topic of solid waste and plastics has been more front and centre and participants will have the opportunity to hear first‐hand how the FMCG industry is looking to do its part to protect the oceans and shift towards a circular economy.

The list of speakers includes, among others:

 Fernando Manuel Ferreira Araújo, Secretary of State for Health, Portuguese Government
 Hans Van Bylen, CEO, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
 Mike Coupe, CEO, Sainsbury’s
 John Ross, President & CEO, IGA, Inc.
 Peter Freedman, Managing Director, The Consumer Goods Forum
 Alice Webb, BBC TV Executive and James Honeyborne, Executive Producer, Blue Planet II
 Susana Correia de Campos, Head of Employee Relations & Internal Social Responsibility, Jerónimo Martins
 Mike Barry, Director of Sustainable Business, Marks and Spencer
 Isabelle Grosmaitre, Alimentation Initiative Catalyst, Danone
 Demir Aytaç, Chief Human Resources Officer, Migros Ticaret A.S.
 Hugo Byrnes, VP Product Integrity, Ahold Delhaize
 Solitaire Townsend, Co-Founder of Futerra. Author of The Happy Hero - How to Change Your Life by Changing the World
 Tiago Pitta e Cunha, CEO, Oceano Azul Foundation
 Barry Parkin, Chief Procurement and Sustainability Officer, Mars, Incorporated