If you’ve spent sleepless nights worrying about the state of our planet, chances are you’re not alone. But as we furrow our brows with climate change concerns, how many of us can claim that we’ve taken meaningful action?
As Ed Mayo from UK’s National Consumer Council observes:
We can’t fight for our choices as consumers if [...]
A butterfly sees a flower that it likes, lands on it, enjoys the nectar and flies away. In doing so, it doesn’t damage the beauty of the flower, nor does it destroy its delicate petals. This is the epitome of sustainable consumption and it’s the philosophy behind an innovative group purchasing and distribution system by [...]
Read More..>>Accountability is a major buzzword in the world of consumer advocacy. Today’s Congress programme kicked off with discussions on how to hold corporations accountable in an era of globalisation and the importance of taking charge as socially-responsible consumers.
Linda Burney, the NSW Minister for Fair Trading, spoke of the need for us to take on a [...]
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Read More..>>Catherine Raffaele reports that a number of presentations are now available from speakers at Monday’s fringe meeting Increasing Consumers Voice in Intellectual Property Policy.
Intellectual property policies are increasingly affecting consumers’ lives. Access to knowledge in many developing countries is limited by over-restrictive copyright policies.Patent protection policies can restrict access to medicines which mean the [...]
Peter Kell, CHOICE CEO, says:
Consumers can be – in fact already are – a powerful voice in holding corporations to account. During this congress we will hear stories from across the world of how consumers and consumer organisations are working to ensure that markets are fair, efficient and equitable.
And we will also hear about [...]
With the permission of the speakers, we’ll be uploading some of the presentations from this year’s Congress on Slideshare. Just go to www.slideshare.net/CI.World.Congress.2007 to view the available presentations, such as Dr. Jiraporn Limpananont’s presentation on access to medicines in Thailand, from yesterday’s Intellectual Property side event.
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Read More..>>Richard Lloyd raised the question of where to hold the next CI World Congress.
We’ve got reports on some of Monday’s fringe events. Georgina has given us the first of two accounts of the day-long campaigning event on advocacy for consumers’ intellectual property rights and Candice has given her impressions of the food marketing fringe event. [...]
Today consumer groups met at a World Congress fringe event to consider developing a World Consumers’ Energy Charter.
Bjarne Pedersen reported back on the CI consultation with members in developing countries and their issues for an Energy Charter. He explained how CI hopes to work with member organisaitons to deveop the charter. His presentation is here:. [...]
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