A year of leadership, impact, and real-world results
In a year defined by economic uncertainty, global trade tensions, and unprecedented pressure on affordability, FHCP remained a clear, solutions-focused voice for Canada’s food, health, and consumer products sector. Our advocacy continued to deliver meaningful results — grounded in industry expertise, strengthened by member engagement, and increasingly reflected in federal decision-making.
What distinguished 2025 was not a new direction. It was a stronger alignment between our sector’s priorities and the national agenda. Whether advancing a smarter approach to tariffs, unpacking the complexities of the “Buy Canadian” movement, driving affordability to the top of the federal election agenda, or helping catalyze long-overdue regulatory reform, our work consistently delivered clarity, credibility, and practical solutions rooted in industry expertise.
At the same time, we reinforced member value by taking conversations out of boardrooms and into real-world settings, and by creating more hands-on learning, more in-person connections, and more opportunities to see policy in practice.
The stories below reflect a year of progress — for our sector, for policymakers, and for the Canadians who rely on the products our members make every day.
5. Sustainability leadership: From policy tables to plant floors
FHCP strengthened its position as a sustainability leader by pairing hands-on learning with practical policy guidance that helped members navigate Canada’s evolving circular-economy landscape.
In 2025, FHCP expanded its role as a sustainability leader by connecting policy development with on-the-ground experience. Through member tours of material recovery facilities and plastics recycling plants, we created opportunities for companies to see how packaging is sorted, processed, and marketed. These tours also showed how packaging design decisions directly affect real recycling outcomes.
These experiences were reinforced by a year of active engagement from our sustainability team. Collectively, they presented an EPR 101 member-exclusive session, facilitated workshops, contributed to national roundtables, delivered keynotes, participated in solution-oriented panels, and worked closely with partners to translate complex circular-economy policy into practical guidance.
Alongside this hands-on work, we continued to offer clear, evidence-based thought leadership — from our statement on packaging, plastics, and consumer affordability to CEO Michael Graydon’s op-ed on smarter regulation, to our contributions on Blue Box reforms and national EPR implementation. Together, these efforts supported members with strategic insight. They also offered practical, on-the-ground understanding of how Canada’s sustainability framework continues to evolve.
What’s next? We will continue connecting policy with practical experience, expanding member access to real-world sustainability insights and implementation guidance.
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