Audio files of all Congress sessions are now online at the CHOICE Congress Full Coverage page.
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Comments(0) A Fuji Xerox executive has suggested that mandatory sustainability reporting may be necessary for transparent and speedy change towards real sustainable consumption.
Ramsey Moodie, Corporate Affairs Manager at Fuji Xerox, was a speaker at the congress session on sustainable consumption and tackling climate change.
During the course of his presentation Mr Moodie said “we’re [...]
More than 300 photos from the CI Congress are now available on Flickr. You can view the photos at www.flickr.com/groups/cicongress2007 and, if you have a Flickr account, you can download the photos, become a member of the CI World Congress 2007 group and invite others to join. You can also post your own photos to [...]
Read More..>>CHOICE Sustainable Consumption Project Officer Kate Norris reports on one of the interesting fringe meetings held prior to the Congress:
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals are chemicals that can mimic or block the human endocrine functions of metabolism, growth and development, and tissue function.
According to research presented by Dr Michael Hansen from Consumers Union (USA), EDCs [...]
Comments(2) One of the interesting presentations at the Congress was Guido Adriaenssens’ talk on how International testing of products can contribute to sustainable consumption.
Recent trends in product testing have seen the inclusion of environmental test criteria such as recycling, use of problematic materials, stand by energy and total energy consumption and life cycle analysis. [...]
Comments(0) Consumers International is encouraging all members to complete the member feedback survey.
Read More..>>An excerpt from Big Bucks Big Pharma, a documentary directed by Ronit Ridberg that was screened at the CI World Congress. A fascinating look at the marketing of drugs, both directly to consumers and to the medical industry, and the enormous influence it can have.
This statement, from former Merck sale rep Gene Carbona, provides [...]
Kenya’s Samuel Ochieng was today elected the first African President of Consumers International at the final session of CI’s World Congress in Sydney.
Mr Ochieng’s appointment comes as the global consumer movement wraps up four days of debate, discussion and action around the theme of holding corporations to account.
On becoming the first African President of Consumers [...]
Comments(0) You can view the presentation from Ina Wilken from the South African National Consumer Union, here.
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