360° SearchNetwork Hot Spots Trends Time Series

Advanced Search Options >>

Consumers International

Type: Organization

Name: Consumers International (CI)

Web Address: http://www.consumersinternational.org/homepage.asp

Fact Sheet: Fact Sheet for Consumers International

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Innovating food products: how can standards ensure consumer protection?

The ISO/COPOLCO committee on consumer policy will be holding its annual meetings in Malta between tomorrow and Friday on the invitation of MCCAA. On Tuesday, there will be a workshop at the Grand Excelsior Hotel, Floriana, on the theme Innovating Food ... [Published Times of Malta - May 20 2013]

Entities: Invention, Ruth Mackay, Consumers International, Excelsior Hotel

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

International Telecommunications Union

Online advocacy, slacktivism and making a real difference

Dr Jeremy MalcolmMay 15, 2013The vast majority of online statements and petitions have absolutely no effect on policy makersSlacktivism: Shallow engagement with social problems that does not follow through into concrete action offlineDigital Consumers ... [Published Digital News Asia - May 14 2013]

Entities: International Telecommunications Union, Stop Online Piracy Act, PROTECT IP Act

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL: Spain: Foreclosure law harmful to consumers

The European Court of Justice has ruled that Spanish legislation regarding foreclosure is incompatible with an existing EU Directive on Unfair Terms and is thus harmful to the consumer.As the law stood, once a bank has begun foreclosure proceedings, an ... [Published 4 Traders - May 02 2013]

Entities: Foreclosure, Consumers International, Spain, European Court of Justice, Turning Point

First reported Apr 30 2013 - Updated Apr 30 2013 - 1 reports

Green Action Fund call for applications

Consumers International (CI) is pleased to invite applications for the 2013 round of the Green Action Fund (GAF) campaign.This annual award programme, made available through the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), aims to promote sustainable ... [Published Consumers International - Apr 30 2013]

Entities: Consumers International, Green Action, Pesticide, Agriculture

First reported Apr 18 2013 - Updated Apr 18 2013 - 1 reports

Consumers International

CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL: Sustainable Business Model Survey Summary

Consumer International today published the results of a one-of-a-kind sustainable business model (SBM) survey targeting its Members worldwide.The SBM survey is a tool that will enable CI to generate baseline data and information to assess the collective ... [Published 4 Traders - Apr 18 2013]

Entities: Consumers International, Threat

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 1 reports

Brazil's sustainability goals thwarted by government automobile policies

As car ownership increases by 119% in a decade, will Brazil's new urban mobility policy succeed in curbing air pollution?In the last decade alone, there has been a 119% increase in the number of cars on Brazil's roads while 40% of Brazilian households ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Apr 05 2013]

Entities: Brazil, Sustainability, São Paulo

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

Consumers Union's Dr. Michael Hansen to Testify Tomorrow March 6,...

—Michael K. Hansen, Ph.D., a Senior Staff Scientist with Consumers Union, the public policy arm of Consumer Reports, will appear tomorrow, March 6, 2013 at 8:00 am, before the Washington State House Agriculture & Natural Resources committee to testify ... [Published PRWeb - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Michael Hansen, Consumers Union, Genetically Modified Foods, Testimony

First reported Mar 05 2013 - Updated Mar 05 2013 - 1 reports

Sustainability education in Chile looks to shift consumer behaviour

Chilean authorities have responded strongly to a Unesco initiative which is trying to embed sustainability in schoolsChile is in the vanguard of efforts to shape a new generation of green consumers in Latin America where rising living standards are increasingly ... [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 05 2013]

Entities: Sustainability, Chile, Education

First reported Feb 13 2013 - Updated Feb 13 2013 - 1 reports

Consumers Union's Dr. Michael Hansen to Testify Tomorrow February...

Expert Testimony to be Given by Consumers Union in Support of Labeling GE Food in Washington State Michael K. Hansen Ph.D., a Senior Staff Scientist with Consumers Union, the public policy arm of Consumer Reports, will appear tomorrow, February 14, 2013 ... [Published PRWeb - Feb 13 2013]

Entities: Michael Hansen, Consumers Union, Genetically Modified Foods, Testimony

Quotes

CI member Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) welcomed the decision: "Definitely, the European judgment is an important turning point. Finally, judges will have tools to stop an eviction and owners may defend themselves with legal grounds according to current society. It is illogical and unfair to judge in the 21st Century with a last century law."

CONSUMERS INTERNATIONAL: Spain: Foreclosure law harmful to consumers [Published 4 Traders - May 02 2013]

Luis Flores, CI's project co-ordinator, said: "When they were looking for alternatives, they were thinking of countries where there would be enough consciousness, awareness of sustainability, certain minimal levels of institutional development and where Unesco's Decade of Education for Sustainable Development was doing some sort of work."

Sustainability education in Chile looks to shift consumer behaviour [Published Guardian.co.uk - Mar 05 2013]

"We are concerned that in important areas the recommendations fall short of what is required. In particular, we are concerned that the OECD principles do not include any explicit reference to deposit guarantees in the event of bank failures" Consumers International said in a letter to the G20

Global forum asks G20 to protect consumers [Published Topnews.in - Oct 13 2011]