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Top selling car gets ZERO safety rating

Consumers International and its Members are calling for urgent action to improve safety standards to prevent unsafe cars being allowed on roads in Latin America.

Clean Energy Futures

We are all consumers of energy services, and we all have the potential to drive forward clean energy transitions. Action from consumers is increasingly seen as key to reaching net zero. Demand-side…

Fair Digital Finance Accelerator

Digital financial services are transforming people's lives worldwide. With access to credit, savings and loans, families can prepare for financial shocks, young people can invest in their future, and…

Member Information

A new context As we battle rising prices across energy, food and finance, advance climate goals and safeguard the most vulnerable consumers amidst rapid digitisation, our agenda will ask crucial…

60 Years of Impact

Consumers International 60th Anniversary The consumer movement has grown from a pioneering group of founding members in 1960 to an incredibly diverse and powerful global network in 2020. During…

Car Safety

We highlighted a shocking double standard in the car industry which was putting consumers’ lives at risk. Motor manufacturing giants were selling cars in unregulated markets with minimal or no safety…

Samsung Galaxy Note7 product malfunction

Our update on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 recall is affecting millions of consumers worldwide. We have outlined the situation as we know it below and the global differences in the response from…

Press Release: Antibiotics Awareness Week - Consumers Demand Action from Fast Food Chains

This World Antibiotics Awareness Week more than 228,000 people across the world have called on top global restaurant chains to stop using meat raised with medically important antibiotics.

Campaign success: Nissan remove the ‘zero star’ Tsuru car from production

On 26th October 2016, Nissan announced a date for ending the production of the Tsuru. The car, which received a ‘zero star’ rating in NCAP safety tests, is manufactured in Mexico.

Press release: Global consumer movement response to Galaxy Note7 fiasco

Consumer rights organisations from around the world have criticised Samsung for its inconsistent approach during the Galaxy Note7 recall and have outlined measures of what it need to do to restore…

Take Antibiotics off the Menu before it's too late

Consumer organisations around the world have joined together to call on McDonald’s, KFC and Subway to stop using meat raised with important antibiotics, ahead of a UN General Assembly High-Level…

Double Standards in car safety contributes to high death toll on the roads in Latin America

Consumer organisations today released a joint report - Safer Cars For Latin America – in Lima Peru, which highlights the disparity of car safety regulations across Latin American countries, and shows…

Green Action Fund 2018 winners announced

Consumers International is delighted to announce that 24 Consumers International members from developing and transitional economies are to be awarded a grant of £2,000 each to implement this year’s…

25 Green Action Fund 2020 grants awarded to Consumers International Members

Consumers International is delighted to announce that 25 Consumers International members from developing and transitional economies are to be awarded a grant of £2,200 each to implement this year’s…

26 Green Action Fund 2021 grants awarded to Consumers International Members

Consumers International calls for action to support consumers at the global climate summit - COP26

Economy-wide transformation means establishing new patterns of consumption and production, which will sometimes require shifts in individuals’ behaviours. Consumers everywhere will have to make…

Consumer advocates around the world call for change in digital finance

From 14 – 18 March Consumers International hosted the Fair Digital Finance Forum, uniting marketplace actors, influential thinkers and consumer advocates across 18 impactful, high-level events with a…

The role of consumer advocacy at Davos 2022

Leaders from business and government need consumers to take action to meet the global issues we face, but first consumers need to feel protected and empowered. Below we provide a snapshot of the key…

Winners of Green Action Fund announced, awarding ambitious plans to advance sustainable consumption worldwide

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Green Action Fund 2022 - the annual global award given to our Members from developing and emerging economies for innovative projects that support…

Bringing the consumer voice to UNCTAD

From 18 – 19 July we will join policy makers and global consumer experts gathering for the Sixth Session of UNCTAD’s Intergovernmental Group of Experts (IGE) on Consumer Protection Law and Policy.…