World Consumer Rights Day 2020 - Resources Page
The Sustainable Consumer
Welcome to the exclusive World Consumer Rights Day 2020 resources hub for Consumers International members. Below you will find a collection of briefings and resources to help you prepare your campaign and activities for the day.
- Briefings and campaign outline
- Supporting resources and joint action
- Social media and logo devices
- Sustainable Pledge
- Keep in touch
We urgently need drastic action to address the global crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. To do this we need to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, waste and resource use from across all sectors.
This is a global challenge which requires coordinated and global solutions. As a global consumer movement, we can play an important role. Encouraging consumers to consume sustainability is vital, as well as ensuring the infrastructure and choice is in the place for them to do that.
World Consumer Rights Day 2020 will focus on involving and empowering consumers to make the sustainable choices needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals.
To ensure you are fully prepared for the day, we have created a campaign pack with more details on the 2020 theme and how you can get involved. We also have an issue briefing outlining the relevant sustainable consumption issues, what action has been taken my our members across the globe and a suggestions of a joint action.
To help you with your planned activity for March 15, we’ve created a range of campaign resources. Click on the links below to download them.
Webinar
Thank you to those who attended our member webinar on Wednesday 5 February 2020.
View below:
Blog series
#1: What's your action to tackle climate change? - Garette Clarke, University of Groningen
#2: What motivates consumers to act sustainably? - Linda Steg, University of Groningen
Generation Z Coordinated Action
The consumer movement can play a powerful role in engaging and raising awareness amongst young people. We are asking members to use World Consumer Rights Day 2020 as an opportunity to work with a local school, college or university and organise a session with a small group to talk about sustainable consumption.
Click below to download supporting resources for the coordinated action, including a guide, promotional imagery that can be printed onto stickers, t-shirts or tote bags, and a poster pack.
Download Coordinated Action Guide
Download photo video release form
Due to the global outbreak of COVID-19, some members have reported that they are no longer able to gather groups or go ahead with the public activities that they had planned. And as a result many of you are prioritising online campaigns for the day.
One way you could do this is by asking consumers to pledge to act more sustainably. You can highlight actions consumers could take to make a difference in your country or context. Ask them to commit to one action and share the pledge visual banner on social media using the hashtag #MySustainablePledge as well as #SustainableConsumer to tie it back into the wider campaign.
Download Pledge
World Consumer Rights Day is our chance to deliver real impact for consumers and to show the depth and breadth of our collective community.
To ensure that we work together and coordinate our activities, we’d love to hear from you about your planned campaigns for the day and how we can help.
If you have any information to share or questions about the day, please email wcrd@consint.org or contact your regional networker.
This World Consumer Rights Day we want to reach more people in more countries than ever before. We will be using social media to remind the world about the importance of observing and enforcing consumer rights, and we need your help!
There will be a range of social media activities that you can take part in for the day and we will continue to use the hashtag #SustainableConsumer.
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SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGES
You can download the full social media pack here, with #SustainableConsumer profile pictures and cover images, and banners for your Twitter and Facebook posts. See below for a preview of some of the banners.
LOGO PACK
Click below to download the World Consumer Rights Day 2020 logo pack, including usage guidelines.