Last updated: 15 November 2007
World Congress 2007 - Holding corporations to account
Sydney Australia, 29 October - 1 November 2007
The eighteenth Consumers International (CI) World Congress brings together the rich diversity of the global consumer movement to debate, celebrate and campaign for the shared concerns of consumers everywhere.
Never before have global consumer demands for corporate transparency, accountability and responsibility been so pressing.
Whether it's unethical marketing, sustainable consumption, credit and debt, or what we eat - consumers are losing trust in companies and calling for change.
Congress 2007 encapsulates the critical importance of these issues.
Topics
The focus of the Congress is on four key areas within an accountability theme - the impact of consumption on our planet; marketing; credit and debt, and what we eat. The topics covering these four areas are:
Follow events as they unfold
Download the programme, read more about the speakers and follow the fringe events.
The four Congress topics listed above each has an in-depth section devoted to highlights and features.
Congress media coverage also includes audio and video files on YouTube, presentations on Slideshare.net and a daily blog hosted by Choice, CI's co-host of the Congress in Sydney.
More information about CI
CI's information leaflet reflects CI's vision for a modern global consumer movement.
The full-colour Strategic Plan brochure sets out CI's strategic objectives for 2007-2011.
Both publications are available in English, French and Spanish and can be downloaded in PDF format.
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