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Ending 2020 grateful for opportunity to work with & learn from people who protect consumer rights in the marketplace, advocating for a fair, safe & sustainable economy for us all. Wishing a healthy and happy start to 2021 and success in the year ahead.
Back in March @Consumers_Int Members called on @g20org to recognise that "Emerging markets & #vulnerable #consumers in every nation face the biggest risks in terms of the immediate impact on health and mortality, and the economic downturn that will follow" https://www.consumersinternational.org/what-we-do/covid-19/
Thru 2020 @Consumers_Intl Members advised people & fought for better consumer protection in financial services. 23 shared their strategies with @CGAP @WorldBank https://www.cgap.org/blog/3-opportunities-strengthen-consumer-voice-financial-services?utm_source=hootsuite&utm_medium=&utm_term=&utm_content=&utm_campaign=
Members called for action on #food issues from #safety and #nutrition to #waste and rising #prices - supporting the @UN @FoodSystems Summit via @Consumers_Int as Champion https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/blog/2020/09/leading-advocates-for-transforming-global-food-systems-named-ahead-of-milestone-un-summit/
Digital advertising is a booming industry which now fuels the internet. @Consumers_Int Members supported our @mozilla fellow @HKingaby in exploring how to build better online https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/blog/report-dangers-ai-powered-advertising-and-how-address-them/ #adtech #AI
Building on past work looking at consumer attitudes to #IoT around the world, we joined a coalition for trust by design and better standards in consumer connected devices with @CarnegieMellon @wef #cybersecurity #consumerIoT https://www.weforum.org/connectedworld/initiatives
With @UNEP and @10YFP @Consumers_Int Members showed that #PlasticsPackaging labelling is confusing & inconsistent. They gave 5 recommendations to make #sustainability the easy choice #SDG12 #TacklePlasticPollution https://bit.ly/2Z36bJG
With @ssnc_global , consumer advocates in 30 countries demonstrated what “Sharing Community” really means locally – changing the system, not just cleaning up after it - during Green Action Week #sustainableconsumption #circulareconomy @Consumers_Int https://greenactionweek.org
Young consumer advocates launched a new @Consumers_Int Next Generation Network to connect and support each other. So good they have already been called on to share their views at global events like @CGF_The_Forum
Consumer advocates ended 2020 looking forward not back: “The decade to come is the determinant in our sustainability challenge - it is a decade of many transitions, many opportunities & many threats, and a celebration of community” Yassir Suliman, Sudan https://www.consumersinternational.org/who-we-are/60-years-of-impact/
