On March 13, 2025, representatives of InfoCons are participating in multiple sessions organized by Consumers International Summit, ahead of World Consumer Rights Day. Hosted on Zoom, these sessions – organized by Consumers International – will bring together key voices to address important topics such as fair consumption, gender justice, clean energy, and other issues essential to promoting sustainable lifestyles.
Today’s discussions will explore:
- Diversifying dependence on natural resources and advancing global biodiversity goals through consumer rights that ensure access, safety, and economic choice.
- The future of consumer protection in an evolving global marketplace, reaffirming the role of the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection in driving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
- Case studies of best practices and the role of consumer insights in strengthening gender justice and climate policy.
- Community-driven solutions and partnerships between local stakeholders to accelerate the transition to clean energy.
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The sessions organized today by Consumers International will showcase leading initiatives that amplify consumer voices in shaping sustainable lifestyles, inspiring us all to become champions for change.
Speakers during today’s meetings include:
- Minnie Degawan, Managing Director, FSC Indigenous Foundation
- Roxana Salazar, Director, Fundación Ambio
- Alessandro Galli, Research Director, Hot or Cool Institute
- Hirotsugu Takahashi, Lead on Sustainable Production and Consumption, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat
- Alice Kemunto, Director, Consumer Grassroots Association
- Shirish V. Deshpande, Chairman, Mumbai Grahak Panchayat (MGP)
- Laura Best, Researcher and Policy Advocate, Oxford University
- Teresa Moreira, Head of Competition and Consumer Policies, UN Trade and Development
- Carmen Ligia Valderrama, Professor, Universidad del Externado Colombia
- Eunice Phiri Hamavhwa, Acting Executive Director, Competition and Consumer Protection Commission , Zambia
- Carla Barata, Director-General, Directorate-General for Consumers, Portugal
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- Sascha Gabizon, Executive Director, Women Engage for a Common Future
- Caroline Hammarstedt Nuss, Analyst and Gender Implementation Advisor, Swedish Consumer Agency
- Claudia Collado, President, Acción del Consumidor (ADELCO)
- Mariëlle Feenstra, Co-founder & Scientific Director, 75inQ
- Igor Rodrigues Britto, Executive Director, Instituto Brasileiro de Defesa do Consumidor (Idec)
- Petra van der Aa, Expert Sustainability and Energy Transition, Consumentenbond
- Laurens Rutten, Senior Policy Officer, Bureau Européen des Unions de Consommateurs (BEUC)
- Justin MacMullan, Principal Policy Advisor (Consumer Rights), Which? UK
- Halina Jagielska, Young Energy Consumer Task Force Manager, European Youth Energy Network
- Andriana Sukova, Deputy Director-General, European Commission’s Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
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