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 falsify the results of their vehicle emissions tests.
CI has written an open letter to ten of the world’s largest car companies asking them to undertake immediate investigations and publish the results within seven days. The letter follows the revelation that Volkswagen (VW) had been using technology to falsify the results of the tests in their diesel cars, potentially affecting 11 million cars worldwide.
CI and our Members expect to hear from the car companies what their plans are for restoring consumer trust and cleaning up the tarnished image of the industry.
So far we have received support from over 70 organisations including:
ABUCO - Association Burundaise des Consommateurs, Burundi
ADC- Association pour la Défense des Droits des Consommateurs, Chad
ADEC- Association pour la Défense de l'Environnement et des Consommateurs, Senegal
ADECO - Associação para Defesa do Consumidor, Cape Verde
ADECOR- The Rwanda Consumers' Rights Protection organization, Rwanda
Agecare, Nigeria
ASCOMA - Association des Consommateurs du Mali
ASCOVI- Association des consommateurs des produits vivriers de la Republique Democratique du Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo
Asociacion Juvenil de Consumidores y Consumidoras FOJUCC, Chile
ATC - Association Togolaise des Consommateurs, Togo
BSSC-Benin Sante et Survie des Consommateurs, Benin
BEUC, The European Consumer Organisation
Centre for Consumer Defense - Centro para la Defensa del Consumidor (CDC), El Salvador
CHOICE, Australia
Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group (CAG), India
Confederación de Consumidores y Usuarios (CECU), Spain
Consumentenbond, The Netherlands
Consumer Affairs Commission, Jamaica
Consumer Association of India (CAI), India
Consumer Awareness Organisation (CAO), Nigeria
Consumer Coordination Council (CCC), India
Consumer Council of Fiji (CCF), Fiji
Consumer Council of Zimbabwe (CCZ), Zimbabwe
Consumer Education and Research Society (CERS), India
Consumer Education Trust (CONSENT), Uganda
Consumer Information Network, Kenya
Consumer Network Japan (JACONet), Japan
Consumer New Zealnd, New Zealand
Consumer Reports, United States
Consumer Rights & Services Organisation (CRSO), Afghanistan
Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS), India
Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), Bangladesh
Consumers Association of Penang (CAP), Malaysia
Consumers Association of Singapore (CASE), Singapore
Consumers Forum, India
Consumers Foundation, Chinese Taipei
Consumers Korea, South Korea
Consumers Lebanon
Consumers Union of Argentina - Unión de Consumidores de Argentina (UCA), Argentina
Consumidores Argentinos, Argentina
Croatian Union of the Consumer Protection Associations, Croatia
Association of Consumers and Users - Consumidores y Usuarios Asociados (CUA), Uruguay
Danish Consumer Council, Denmark
DECOM - Associação de Defesa do Consumidor, Mozambique
Education & Research Association for Consumers (ERA), Malaysia
EKPIZO, Greece
El Poder del Consumidor, Mexico
FAC-Côte d'Ivoire - Fédération des Associations de Consommateurs de Côte d 'Ivoire, Ivory Coast
FACUA Consumers in Action, Spain
FOMCA - Federation of Malaysian Consumers Associations, Malaysia
Foundation for Consumers (FFC), Thailand
Hong Kong Consumer Council
Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (IDEC), Brazil
Ipadecu - Panamean Institute of Consumer and User Rights, Panama
Kenya Consumers Association (KCO), Kenya
KEPKA, Greece
KONFOP, Russia
Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP), India
Namibia Consumers Trust (NCT), Namibia
NATCOF- National Consumers Forum, Seychelles
National Consumer Forum (NCF), South Africa
National Society for Consumer Protection, Jordan
ODECU - Organisation of Consumers and Users of Chile - Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios de Chile
Oman Association of Consumer Protection
PROCONSUMER, Argentina
PROTESTE - Associação Brasileira de Defesa do Consumidor, Brazil
REDECOMA - Regroupement pour la défense des consommateurs du Mali
Selangor & federal Territory Consumers association (SCA), Malaysia
Sudanese Consumers Protection Society (SCPS), Sudan
Sumatra Consumer Consultative Council, Tanzania
Swedish Consumers' Association
Tanzania Consumer Advocacy Society (TCAS), Tanzania
The Network for Consumer Protection, Pakistan
Unión Nacional de Consumidores y Usuarios de la República de Panamá (UNCUREPA), Panama
Vietnam Standards and consumers Association (VINASTAS), Vietnam
Voluntary Organisation in Interest of Consumer Education (VOICE), India
VZBV - Verbraucherzentrale Bundesverband, Germany
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Youth Education Network (YEN), Kenya
Zambia Consumer Association (ZACA), Zambia