The Board of Directors at the Consumer Goods Forum is asking leaders fromaround the world to act with “determination, leadership and ambition” to devise legally binding and long-term policies supporting the environment.
The board renewed its own climate commitments by approving two resolutions. The first resolution vowsto help achieve zero net deforestation by 2020 through the sustainable sourcing of key commodities, while the second calls to begin phasing-out hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) in new refrigeration installations by 2015 and replace them with non-HFC refrigerants.