Sustainability

The growth of food waste consciousness, mini-meals, gluten-free products and mainstream veganism top the consumer health trends expected to make headlines in 2013. Certainly, they will each have major implications for marketers and retailers looking to sway consumer opinion in the new year and beyond. Is your company on top of these trends?

Accenture will provide Unilever with HR business process outsourcing services that benefit more than 130,000 Unilever employees in more than 100 countries and introduce a series of service improvements focused on enhancing the user experience.

No. 1 player P&G made progress toward its purpose-inspired growth strategy, while Unilever reported gains in its transformation to a sustainable growth company. Most of the companies on this list followed their lead with modest sales gains in 2011.

CGT Editor Alliston Ackerman gives you a sneak peek into the trends and topics discussed in this month's issue.

Some things are simply out of our control. Find out how the earthquake that hit Japan literally shook the Tobacco market in 2011.

Big break-up headlines rocked the food industry in 2011. But the market overall reported growth across the board. Expect big changes on this list next year.

Current Nestl Waters North America Inc. President and Chief Executive Officer, Kim Jeffery, plans to step down after 20 years, and 34 years with the company, to assume a non-executive Chairman position.

By adopting leading practices in S&OP, Seventh Generation expects to improve forecast accuracy by 10 percent at the SKU level, decrease inventory by 15 percent, while maintaining historically high service levels.