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A global approach to Product Safety

Ahead of a new survey on product safety that will be launched next week, Consumers International’s Director General Amanda Long looks at some of the challenges facing those who want to keep consumers…

Open banking goes live

This month, the UK became the first country in the world to implement open banking. This blog explores how significant this technology could be for consumers, including potential opportunities and…

How can the consumer become king?

Guest blogger ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director of Nigerian organisation Paradigm Initiative, examines how the rights of newly connected consumers can be secured.

A Partnership to Tackle Growing Risks in a Connected World

With a shared vision of putting people at the center of the digital world, the Internet Society and Consumers International have formed a new working partnership aimed at creating a safer, more…

Over 7000 languages are spoken in the world today, but not many are represented online

50% of the world will soon be online. To help the next 50% join them, we must make sure services and content speak their language.

The top five insights we discussed at the G20

In our latest blog, we highlight the top five issues we discussed at the G20 in Japan, where Consumers International joined representatives from 38 countries, alongside consumer experts such as…

The Future of Food

Food systems are in crisis: while overweight and obesity are on the rise (and currently affecting two billion people globally), one in nine people in the world remain undernourished, and over 600…

Two-Dimensional Dialogues Don’t Solve Sustainability Challenges

Akira Sakano, Chair of the Board of Directors at Zero Waste Academy in Japan talks through their innovative project which has become a global case study of success. In Kamikatsu Village 81% of…

Effective unit pricing can be a guiding light for consumers during COVID-19

In this commentary, Ian Jarratt, Consumers Federation of Australia, outlines why consumers can save significant amounts of money when retailers provide the unit price of pre-packaged products, and…

World Food Safety Day 2020: Food, trade and future UK food policy

Sue Davies, Head of Consumer Protection and Food Policy at Which? (UK), offers a perspective on UK food policy and trade, highlighting the importance of putting consumers first and building on…

International support grows for #cleanupcars campaign

Consumer organisations and agencies in more than 50 countries are now supporting Consumers International’s (CI's) call for all car companies to come clean on whether they are also using technology to…

20160204: Consumer Power Can Help #STOPTHECRASH and Save Lives

Consumer demand is a very powerful tool in our global marketplace. And today consumers have the chance to use this power to save lives. The statistics surrounding traffic crashes and fatalities…

20160209: Five Stars that Save Lives

It was my first trip to Chile and I was filled with nervous anticipation and excitement about meeting CI Members from across Latin America. Would I be able to communicate effectively (my Portuguese…

20160330: Safer Cars - Increased safety is paramount

Antonino Serra Cambaceres, Consumers International's Global Programme Manager for Consumer Justice and Protection, outlines why Electronic Stability Control (ESC) is needed in all vehicles following…

20160601: Why TiSA should be in the global consumer spotlight

This week trade ministers from 22 countries and the EU will meet in Paris to provide political support for negotiations on the Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA).

20160630: Safer Cars for Latin America – The campaign so far

Since early 2016, the Bloomberg Philanthropies car safety team at Consumers International (CI) has been working in partnership with consumer groups across Latin America on a regional campaign for…