Organizations

The Consumer Goods Forum has published the 2nd editions of two of its key sustainability publications: its Business Actions Against Forced Labour booklet and its Food Waste booklet, featuring 12 new case studies outlining members’ strategies on how they are working on the eradic...

 The Lemelson Foundation today announced the release of an integrated package of new educational and business management toolkits for invention-based entrepreneurs. Sustaining Our...

The second and final day of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Sustainable Retail Summit drew to a close yesterday.  It was full of fascinating discussions addressing three of the consumer goods industry’s biggest challenges. Taking place at the Centr...

The first day of The Consumer Goods Forum’s Second Sustainable Retail Summit drew to a close yesterday, and it was a great success. Taking place at the Centre Mont-Royal in Montréal, the Sustainable Retail Summit has brought together over 230 ...

Six Canadian organizations were awarded yesterday in Toronto by the Global Compact Network Canada (GCNC) for their outstanding efforts to help advance action towards the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals. The Lieutenant Governor of Onta...

The Consumer Goods Forum has launched a pilot campaign in Hagerstown, Maryland, to support community members in adopting healthier diets and lifestyles. Partnering with Healthy Washington County, members of The Consumer Goods Foru...

When natural disaster strikes, it is the time for communities to rise up and take care of one another, if for no other reason but for the sake of our common humanity. For 5 years, the Taylor Wilson Thompson  Family Foundation has recognized the need for looking after each other and h...

Research tells us that early language development is critical for young children’s social, behavioral and reading development.  Also, related literature supports the notion that early mastery of language is the key to mastering the encoding and decoding skills necessary to begin read...

Taylor Thompson, founder of the Taylor Wilson Thompson Family Foundation, announces the Foundation’s Big Problems Big Ideas Challenge of 2017-2018. The Big Problems Big Ideas Challenge is designed to develop leadership skills of middle school and high school students by engaging them in team buil...

Today, at the United Nations, His Excellency Prof. Alpha Condé, President of Guinea and Chairperson of the African Union, convened a high-level meeting to strengthen the partnership with the private sector and discuss opportunities created by Africa’s demographic change. Bringing...