Awards

This year's agenda honed in on interactive, discussion-type sessions with the launch of CGT University, for starters. Here are ten conference highlights that will strike a leadership chord.

The one-of-a-kind award honors the chief information officer who has made the largest demonstrable business impact within his or her consumer goods organization through the implementation of technology.

Throughout the year, CGT will accept nominations for consumer goods companies and executives to be recognized.

Three consumer goods companies were recognized for technology initiatives in the areas of customer management, mid-market growth and supply chain.

The 1st Annual Awards program will recognize 7 best-in-class supplier teams based on their achievements with data analytics in the retail space.

In overall assessment, the D&I Index ranked the company 15th out of more than 4,000 publicly traded companies worldwide.

The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices highlighted progress in several areas, including: Health and Nutrition, Materiality, Corporate Philanthropy, Water Related Risks and Packaging.

Jeffrey M. Ettinger will retire on October 30, 2016 and James P. Snee will take over as the company's new leader.